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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 September 1992
concerninganimal health conditions and veterinary certificates for the import of domestic animals
of the bovine and porcine species from Switzerland
(92/460/EEC)
(OJ L 261, 7.9.1992, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 92/518/EEC of 3 November 1992 L 325 23 11.11.1992
►M2Commission Decision 93/469/EEC of 26 July 1993 L 218 58 28.8.1993
►M3Commission Decision 93/504/EEC of 28 July 1993 L 236 16 21.9.1993
►M4Commission Decision 94/667/EC of 6 October 1994 L 260 32 8.10.1994
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 85, 6.4.1993, p. 28 (92/460/EEC)
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 September 1992
concerninganimal health conditions and veterinary certificates for
the import of domestic animals of the bovine and porcine species
from Switzerland
(92/460/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972
on health and veterinary inspection problems upon the import of bovine,ovine and caprine animals and swine and fresh meat or meat productsfrom third countries(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3763/
91(2), and in particular Article 8 and 11 thereof,
Whereas Member States shall import domesticanimals of the bovine
and porcine species in accordance with the provisions of Council
Directive 91/496/EEC(3) which lays down the principles governing the
organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Communityfrom third countries;
Whereas the geographical proximity of Switzerland to the Community
has implications for trade in live animals;
Whereas following Community veterinary missions it appears that
animal health in Switzerland is controlled by veterinary services whichcan offer satisfactory guarantees concerning diseases which might betransmitted through the import of domesticanimals of the bovine orporcine species;
Whereas the responsible Swiss veterinary authorities have confirmed
that Switzerland has during the last 24 months been free from foot-and-mouth disease and during the last 12 months been free from rinderpest,
contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia, vesicular stomatitis, bluetongue,
classical swine fever, African swine fever, porcine enteroviralencephalomyelitis (Teschen disease), swine vesicular disease andvesicular exanthema and that no vaccinations have been carried outagainst any of those diseases during the past 12 months;
Whereas the responsible Swiss veterinary authorities have undertaken to
notify the Commission and the Member States, by telex or telefax,within 24 hours, of the confirmation of the occurrence of any of the
abovementioned diseases or of the adoption of vaccination against any
of them or, within an appropriate period, of any proposed changes in theSwiss import rules concerning bovine animals or swine or the semen orembryos thereof;
Whereas bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis have been eradicated from
Switzerland, vaccination against bovine brucellosis is not permitted andthe measures taken by the responsible Swiss authorities to prevent arecrudescence of these diseases are sufficient to equate the status of
Swiss herds, other than those under official restriction, with that of herds
in the Community having the status of officially tuberculosis-free orofficially brucellosis-free;
Whereas the responsible Swiss veterinary authorities have undertaken to
supervise officially the issue of certificates arising from this Decisionand to ensure that all relevant certificates, declarations and statements onwhich export certification may have been based remain on official filefor at least 12 months following the dispatch of the animals to whichthey refer;1992D0460 — EN — 07.10.1994 — 004.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 56.
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Whereas the responsible Swiss veterinary authorities have undertaken
not to permit the issue of the certificates described in the Annexes to thisDecision in respect of animals which have been imported into
Switzerland unless such animals were imported in accordance with
veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements laiddown in Directive 72/462/EEC, including any relevant subsidiarydecisions;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. Without prejudice to paragraphs 2 and 4, Member States shall
authorize the import from Switzerland of the following animals:
(a) domestic animals of the bovine species for breeding or production
which meet the requirements set out in the animal health certificatein Annex A to this Decision and are accompanied by such acertificate;
(b) domestic animals of the bovine species for slaughter which meet the
requirements set out in the animal health certificate in Annex B tothis Decision and are accompanied by such a certificate;
(c) domestic animals of the porcine species for breeding or production
which meet the requirements set out in the animal health certificatein Annex C to this Decision and are accompanied by such a
certificate;
(d) domestic animals of the porcine species for slaughter which meet the
requirements set out in the animal health certificate in Annex D tothis Decision and are accompanied by such a certificate.
2. Member States may only authorize the importation from Switzer-
land of the domestic animals of the bovine or porcine species indicatedin paragraph 1 which have been imported into Switzerland if suchanimals were imported from the Community or from a third countryincluded in the list set out in the Annex to Council Decision 79/542/
EEC(
1) in so far as it covers domestic animals of these species and only
if the import was effected in accordance with veterinary conditions atleast as strict as the requirements of Chapter II of Directive 72/462/EEC,including any relevant subsidiary decisions.
3. Member States shall require that animals which are submitted to
tests in application of this Decision are continuously isolated underconditions approved by an official Swiss veterinarian from all cloven-hoofed animals not forming part of a consignment intended for export to
the Community or not of equivalent health status to such animals, from
the time of the first test to the time of loading.
4. Member States may only permit the entry onto their territory from
Switzerland of bovine animals if such animals:
(a) come from herds declared by the Swiss veterinary authorities to be
enzooticbovine leukosis-free as defined in Annex E to this Dec ision
and have been subjected, within 30 days before export and with
negative result, to an individual test for enzooticbovine leukosiscarried out according to the Protocol in Annex I to CommissionDecision 91/189/EEC(
2);
or
(b) are intended for meat production, are not more than 30 months of
age, come from herds which are included in a national programme
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(1) OJ No L 146, 14. 6. 1979, p. 15.
(2) OJ No L 96, 17. 4. 1991, p. 1.
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and are permanently marked as described in Annex F to this
Decision;
or
(c) come from herds which are included in a national programme for the
eradication of enzootic bovine leukosis, are consigned directly to aslaughterhouse and are slaughtered within three working days of
their arrival there.
In the case of the animals referred to at (b) and (c), Member States shall
ensure, by inspection, that such animals are clearly identified, shallsupervise them until slaughter and shall take all measures necessary toprevent contamination of indigenous herds.
5. Member States shall not authorize the import of domesticanimals
of the bovine or porcine species other than as indicated in this Article.
Article 2
Pending the entry into force of any measures adopted by the Community
for the eradication, prevention or control of a contagious or infectious
bovine or porcine disease other than rabies, tuberculosis, brucellosis,
foot-and-mouth disease, anthrax, rinderpest, contagious bovine pleur-opneumonia, enzooticbovine leukosis, porc ine enteroviralencephalomyelitis (Teschen disease), classical swine fever, Africanswine fever or swine vesicular disease, Member States may apply in
respect of animals imported from Switzerland such additional health
conditions as they apply to other animals within the framework of anational programme, submitted to and approved by the Commission, forthe eradication, prevention or control of such disease.
As a temporary measure until ►
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States may apply this Article in respect of national programmes whichhave been submitted to but not yet approved by the Commission but in
that case they must, without delay, provide the Commission and the
other Member States with details of the relevant health conditions.
Article 3
1. Member States shall render the introduction into their territory of
bovine or porcine animals from Switzerland subject to the provision of aguarantee that the animals to be imported have not been vaccinatedagainst foot-and-mouth disease.
2. Member States shall render the introduction into their territory of
pigs from Switzerland subject to the provision of a guarantee that have
not been vaccinated against classical swine fever and, in the case of pigs
intended for breeding or production, a guarantee that they have shown anegative result to a test for the antibody produced by the virus ofclassical swine fever.
Article 4
The present Decision shall apply from the 9 November 1992.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1992D0460 — EN — 07.10.1994 — 004.001 — 4
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ANNEX A
ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE
for domestic animals of the bovine species for breedingand production intended for consig nment to the
European Economic Community
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ANNEX B
ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE
for domestic bovine animals for immediate slaughter intended for consignment to the European
Economic Community
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ANNEX C
ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE
for domestic animals of the porcine species for breedingand production intended for consig nment to the
European Economic Community
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ANNEX D
ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE
for domestic animals of the porcine species for immediate slaughter intended for consignment to the
European Economic Community
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ANNEX E
ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS-FREE HERDS AND REGIONS
1. A herd becomes established as enzootic bovine leukosis-free when:
(a) (i) there has been no evidence whatever of enzootic bovine leukosis in
the herd for a period of at least two years;
and
(ii) it has been subjected with negative result to two herd tests for enzootic
bovine leukosis at an interval of not less than four and not more than
12 months, each herd test consisting of one of the serological tests
described in Annex I to Decision 91/189/EEC applied to all bovine
animals in the herd over 24 months of age on the date of the test;
or
b) the region in which it is situated becomes established as an enzootic
bovine leukosis-free region, provided the status of the herd is not at the
time suspended under the terms of paragraph 5.
2. A region becomes established as enzootic bovine leukosis-free when:
(a) at least 99,8 % of bovine herds have the status of enzooticbovine
leukosis-free;
or
(b) (i) there has been no evidence whatever of enzootic bovine leukosis in
the region for a period of at least three years;
and
(ii) all bovine herds in the region have been subjected to at least one herd
test as described in paragraph 1;
and
(iii) at least 10 % of bovine herds in the region, selected on a random
basis, have been subjected with negative result to at least two herd
tests as described in paragraph 1.
3. A herd maintains its status as enzooticbovine leukosis-free as long as:
(a) there is no evidence whatever of enzootic bovine leukosis in the herd;
and
(b) all the bovine animals in the herd were born there or were introduced from
herds of enzooticbovine leukosis-free status;
and
(c) within three years of the date of its establishment as enzootic bovine
leukosis-free, and at intervals of not more than three years thereafter, it is
subjected with negative result to a herd test as described in paragraph 1.
4. A region maintains its status as enzooticbovine leukosis-free as long as:
(a) each year, a proportion of the herds in the region, selected on a random
basis and sufficient in number to demonstrate, with a 99 % confidence
rating, that not more than 0,2 % of herds are infected with enzootic bovine
leukosis, have been subjected to a herd test as described in paragraph 1;
or
(b) each year, a proportion of the herds in the region, sufficient to contain at
least 20 % of the bovine animals in the region over 24 months of age, have
been subjected with negative result to a herd test as described in paragraph
1.
5. The enzooticbovine leukosis free status of a herd is suspended when:
(a) the conditions described in paragraph 3 cease to apply;
or
(b) one or more animals give a positive result to one of the serological tests
described in Annex I to Decision 91/189/EEC.
6. The enzooticbovine leukosis-free status of a region is suspended when:
(a) the conditions described in paragraph 4 cease to apply;
or
(b) enzootic bovine leukosis is detected and confirmed in more than 0,2 % of
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7. The enzooticbovine leukosis-free status of a herd is re-established when:
(a) any reactor animal and, if the reactor is a cow, its progeny in the herd have
been removed under the supervision of the veterinary authorities for
slaughter, except that the competent authority may grant a derogation from
the requirement for the removal of the progeny of a reactor cow if it is
satisfied that the animal(s) was/were separated from its/their dam
immediately after birth;
and
(b) (i) if the suspension results from a positive test on a single animal, the
herd has been subjected with negative result and not less than three
months after the withdrawal referred to in paragraph 7 (a) to a herd
test as described in paragraph 1;
or
(ii) if the suspension results from a positive test on more than one animal,
the herd has been subjected to two herd tests as described in paragraph
1, the first being applied not less than three months after the
withdrawl referred to in paragraph 7 (a) and the second not less than
four or more than 12 months later, the tests to include any progeny of
a reactor cow retained in the herd under the derogation referred to in
paragraph 7 (a), regardless of their age at the time of test;
and
c) an epizootological enquiry has been conducted on all herds epizootolo-
gically linked to the infected herd.
8. The enzooticbovine leukosis-free status of a region is re-established when:
(a) at least 99,8 % of bovine herds in the region have the status of enzootic
bovine leukosis-free;
and
(b) at least 20 % of bovine herds in the region have been subjected with
negative result to two herd tests as described in paragraph 1, at an interval
of not less than four and not more than 12 months.1992D0460 — EN — 07.10.1994 — 004.001 — 18
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ANNEX F
Mark to be applied to bovine animals in application of Article 1 (4) (b)
A permanent mark, having the dimensions indicated below, applied to and visible
on at least two places on the hind-quarters of each animal using the technique
known as ‘freeze-branding’.
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