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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 July 1999
establishing the officially brucellosis free status of bovine herds of certain Member States or
regions of Member States and repealing Decision 97/175/EC
(notified under document number C(1999) 2092)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/466/EC)
(OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 34)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 2000/69/EC of22 December 1999 L 23 76 28.1.2000
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 July 1999
establishing the officially brucellosis free status of bovine herds of
certain Member States or regions of Member States and repealing
Decision 97/175/EC
(notified under document number C(1999) 2092)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/466/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of26 June 1964 on
animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovineanimals and swine(
1), as last amended by Directive 98/99/EC (2), and in
particular Annex AII(7) thereof,
(1) Whereas Member States or regions ofMember States may be
declared officially brucellosis-free if they meet certain conditions
set up in Directive 64/432/EEC;
(2) Whereas Commission Decision 97/175/EC (3) of18 December
1996 laying down the methods ofcontrol f or maintaining theofficially brucellosis-free status of bovine herds in certainMember States and regions ofMember States, specif ies theMember States and regions within Member States that fulfil these
criteria;
(3) Whereas this Decision will not be adapted to the legal situation
on 1 July 1999 since Directive 64/432/EEC was amended byDirective 98/46/EC (
4); whereas moreover certain provisions for
the recognition as officially brucellosis-free Member State orregion have been modified by Directive 98/46/EC; whereas it is
necessary to repeal Decision 97/175/EC;
(4) Whereas in accordance with the provisions ofDirective 64/432/
EEC Member States or regions may be declared officially brucel-losis-free if they meet the conditions of Annex AII(7) and theyretain their status as long as the conditions ofAnnex AII(8) arefulfilled;
(5) Whereas Member States and regions officially free of bovine
brucellosis are to report the occurrence ofall cases ofbrucellosisto the Commission, which may propose a decision to suspend orrevoke the status in accordance with the provisions ofAnnexAII(9) ofthat Directive;
(6) Whereas in accordance with Annex AII(7)(b) an identification
system allowing the identif ication ofherds oforigin and transit
for each bovine animal in accordance with Council Regulation(EC) No 820/97 (
5) is a prerequisite for granting the officially
free status for bovine brucellosis;
(7) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion ofthe Standing Veterinary Committee,
(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 107.
(3) OJ L 73, 14.3.1997, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 22.
(5) OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Member States and regions thereofref erred to respectively in
Annexes I and II are declared officially free of bovine brucellosis.
Article 2
The Decision shall be reviewed by 31 December 1999.
Article 3
Decision 97/175/EC is hereby repealed.
Article 4
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1999.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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ANNEX I
MEMBER STATES DECLARED OFFICIALLY FREE OF BOVINE
BRUCELLOSIS ►M1 ◄
Denmark
Germany
LuxembourgNetherlands (
1)
Austria
Finland
Sweden
(1) As from 1 August 1999.
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ANNEX II
REGIONS OF MEMBER STATES DECLARED OFFICIALLY FREE OF
BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS ►M1 UNTIL 30 JUNE 2000 ◄
Great Britain (United Kingdom)
Province Bolzano (Italy)