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►B COUNCILDIRECTIVE
of21December 1982
onthenotificationofanimaldiseaseswithintheCommunity
(82/894/EEC)
(OJ L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 58)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 of 20 December 1985 L 362 8 31.12.1985
►M2Commission Decision 89/162/EEC of 10 February 1989 L 61 48 4.3.1989
►M3Commission Decision 90/134/EEC of 6 March 1990 L 76 23 22.3.1990
►M4Commission Decision 92/450/EEC of 30 July 1992 L 248 77 28.8.1992
►M5Commission Decision 98/12/EC of 15 December 1997 L 4 63 8.1.1998
►M6Commission Decision 2000/556/EC of 7 September 2000 L 235 27 19.9.2000
►M7Commission Decision 2002/788/EC of 10 October 2002 L 274 33 11.10.2002
►M8Council Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 of 14 April 2003 L 122 36 16.5.2003
►M9Commission Decision 2004/216/EC of 1 March 2004 L 67 27 5.3.2004
Amended by:
►A1Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
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COUNCILDIRECTIVE
of21December 1982
onthenotificationofanimaldiseaseswithintheCommunity
(82/894/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Articles43 and 100 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),
Whereas the Community has issued regulations in respect of the health
requirementsfor intra-Community trade in bovine animalsand s wine,fresh meat, fresh poultry meat and meat products;
Whereasthe appearance or pres ence of certain contagiousanimal
diseases presents a risk to the Community herd, notably by their spreadasa res ult of intra-Community trade; whereasrapid and accurate infor-mation is essential for the application of the various protection
measures provided for in Community regulations;
Whereasit isfor each Member State to notify each other Member State
and the Commission of the outbreak and disappearance of certainanimal diseases on its territory, in accordance with Article 9 of Council
Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems
affecting intra-Community trade on bovine animalsand s wine (
3), as
last amended by Council Directive 80/1274/EEC (4); Article 11 of
Council Directive 71/118/EEC of 15 February 1971 dealing with healthproblemsaffecting trade in fres h poultrymeat (
5), aslas t amended by
Council Directive 80/216/EEC (6); Article 7 of Council Directive 72/
461/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health problemsaffecting intra-
Community trade in fresh meat (7), aslas t amended by Council Direc-
tive 80/1099/EEC (8) and Article 7 of Council Directive 80/215/EEC of
22 January 1980 on animal health problemsaffecting intra-Communitytrade in meat products(
9), aslas t amended by Council Directive 80/
1100/EEC (10);
Whereas the method of notification and the diseases to be notified
require to be specifically laid down; whereas, in particular, there shouldbe a periodic review of the disease situation in each Member State;
Whereas, in the light of the experience gained from the aforesaid noti-
fication, adaptation to technical needswill be in line with a procedurecalling for close cooperation between the Member States and the
Commission,1982L0894 — EN — 25.03.2004 — 010.001 — 2
(1) Opinion delivered on 12/13 April 1982 (not yet published in the Official
Journal).
(2) OJ No C 112, 3. 5. 1982, p. 4.
(3) OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64.
(4) OJ No L 375, 31. 12. 1980, p. 75.
(5) OJ No L 55, 8. 3. 1971, p. 23.
(6) OJ No L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 8.
(7) OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 24.
(8) OJ No L 325, 1. 12. 1980, p. 14.
(9) OJ No L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 4.
(10) OJ No L 325, 1. 12. 1980, p. 16.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
1. ThisDirective refersto the notification of:
— outbreaks of any of the diseases listed in Annex I,
— removal — after eradication of the last outbreak — of restrictions
in relation to the outbreak of any diseases listed in Annex I.
2. ThisDirective s hall apply without prejudice to the particular
provisions for information in respect of the harmonization of eradica-
tion and/or prophylaxis of animal disease.
Article 2
For the purposes of this Directive:
(a) ‘holding’ means any establishment (agricultural or other) situated
in the territory of a Member State, in which animalsare reared orkept;
(b) ‘case’ means the official confirmation of any of the dieseases listed
in Annex I in any animal or carcase;
(c) ‘outbreak’ meansthe holding or place s ituated in the territory of
the Community where animals are assembled and where one ormore cases has or have been officially confirmed;
(d) ‘primary outbreak’ meansan outbrake not epizootiologically linked
with a previousoutbreak in the s ame region of a Member State asdefined in Article 2 of Directive 64/432/EEC or the first outbreak
in a different region of the same Member State.
Article 3
1. Each Member State shall notify directly to both the Commission
and the other Member Stateswithin 24 hours :
— the primary outbreak of any of the diseases listed in Annex I which
isconfirmed in itsterritory;
— the removal — after the eradication of the last outbreak — of
restrictions from its territory in relation to the outbreak of any ofthe diseases listed in Annex I;
2. The notificationsreferred to in paragraph 1 s hall include the
information featured in Annex II and shall be communicated by telex.
3. In the case of classical swine fever, the information provided
under Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980 introducingCommunity measures for the control of classical swine fever (
1), as
last amended by Directive 80/1274/EEC (2), shall be considered to be
sufficient.
Article 4
1. Without prejudice to the provisions referred to in Article 1 (2),
each Member State shall notify directly to the Commission, at least
on the first working day of each week, the secondary outbreaks of
any of the diseases listed in Annex I which are confirmed in its terri-tory.
The aforesaid notification shall cover the week ending at midnight on
the Sunday prior thereto.
The Commission shall correlate the various information, which it shall
transmit to the veterinary headquarters of each Member State.
2. The receipt of no information by the Commission shall be consid-
ered to mean that no secondary outbreaks have occurred during theperiod referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1.1982L0894 — EN — 25.03.2004 — 010.001 — 3
(1) OJ No L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 11.
(2) OJ No L 375, 31. 12. 1980, p. 75.
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3. The notificationsreferred to in paragraph 1 s hall contain the
information featured in Annex II and shall be communicated by telex.
Article 5
1. The codified form by which the information featured in Annex II
is to be transmitted shall be established according to the procedure laid
down in Article 6 and before the date of implementation of thisDirec-
tive.
2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6, it may
be decided:
— to supplement or amend the Annexes,
— that, notwithstanding Article 4, the scope, content and frequency of
the notification may be temporarily modified in the light of thedisease concerned and its particular epizootiological development.
Article 6
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health set up by Article 58 of Regulation(EC) No 178/2002 (
1).
2. Where reference ismade to thisArticle, Articles5 and 7 of Deci-
sion 1999/468/EC (2) shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be
set at three months.
3. The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Article 7
The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not
later than 1 January 1984 and shall forthwith inform the Commissionthereof.
Article 8
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.1982L0894 — EN — 25.03.2004 — 010.001 — 4
(1) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.▼M8
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ANNEX I
Diseaseswhicharesubjecttonotification
African horse sickness
African swine fever
Avian influenza (wasfowl plague)Bluetongue
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Classical swine feverContagiousbovine pleuropneumonia
Dourine
Equine encephalomyelitis(of all types , including Venezuelan equine encephalo-
myelitis)
Equine infectiousanaemia
Foot-and-mouth diseaseGlanders
Infectioushaematopoietic necros is
Infectiouss almon anaemiaLumpy skin disease
Newcastle disease
Peste des petits ruminantsPorcine enterovirus encephalomyelitis (was Teschen disease)
Rift valley fever
Rinderpest (cattle plague)Sheep and goat pox (Capripox)
Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)
Swine vesicular diseaseTropilaelapsmite
Vesicular stomatitis
Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia1982L0894 — EN — 25.03.2004 — 010.001 — 5
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ANNEX II
InformationtobegivenunderthenotificationrequiredbyArticles3and4
in relation to primary and secondary outbreaks of the diseases listed in
AnnexI
1. Date of dispatch.2. Time of dispatch.
3. Country of origin.
4. Name of disease and type of virus, where appropriate.
5. Serial number of outbreak.
6. Type of outbreak.7. Reference number of outbreak linked to thisoutbreak.
8. Region and geographical location of the holding.
9. Other region affected by restrictions.
10. Date of confirmation.
11. Date of suspicion.12. Date of estimation of first infection.
13. Origin of disease.
14. Control measures taken.
15. Number of susceptible animals on premises (a) cattle, (b) pigs, (c) sheep,
(d) goats, (e) poultry, (f) equidae, (g) fish, (h) wild species, (i) in the case
of diseases of bees the number of susceptible hives must be given.
16. Number of animals clinically affected on premises (a) cattle, (b) pigs, (c)
sheep, (d) goats, (e) poultry, (f) equidae, (g) fish, (h) wild species, (i) in
the case of diseases of bees the number of clinically affected hives must
be given.
17. Number of animals that have died on premises (a) cattle, (b) pigs, (c) sheep,
(d) goats, (e) poultry, (f) equidae, (g) fish, (h) wild species.
18. Number of stock slaughtered (a) cattle, (b) pigs, (c) sheep, (d) goats,(e)
poultry, (f) equidae, (g) fish, (h) wild species.
19. Number of carcasses destroyed (a) cattle, (b) pigs, (c) sheep, (d) goats, (e)
poultry, (f) equidae, (g) fish, (h) wild species, (i) in the case of diseases of
bees the number of destroyed hives must be given.
20. (Estimated) date of completion of killing.21. (Estimated) date of completion of destruction.
Inthecaseofswinefevertheadditionalinformation:
1. distance from nearest pig holding.
2. number and type (breeding, fattening and piglets(*)) of pigson the infected
premises.
3. number and type of pigs(breeding, fattening and piglets (*)) clinically
affected on the infected premises.
4. method of diagnosis.
5. if not on premises then whether confirmed in a slaughterhouse or in a
meansof trans port.
6. confirmation of primary cases (**) in feral pigs.
Inthecaseoffishdiseases:
Infections with infectious haematopoietic necrosis, infectious salmon anaemia,
and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, when confirmed in farms or zones approved1982L0894 — EN — 25.03.2004 — 010.001 — 6
(*) Animalsunder approximately 3 monthsold.
(**) Primary case in feral pigs means those cases occurring in free areas i.e. outside of
restricted areas for classical swine fever in feral pigs.
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or free, must be notified as primary outbreaks. The name and description of the
approved farm or zone must be included in the free text.1982L0894 — EN — 25.03.2004 — 010.001 — 7