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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of15July1999
establishing the officially brucellosis free status of bovine herds of certain Member States or
regionsofMember StatesandrepealingDecision97/175/EC
(notified under document number C(1999) 2092)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(1999/466/EC)
(OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 34)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 2000/69/EC of 22 December 1999 L 23 76 28.1.2000
►M2Commission Decision 2000/442/EC of 11 July 2000 L 176 51 15.7.2000
►M3Commission Decision 2000/694/EC of 27 October 2000 L 286 41 11.11.2000
►M4Commission Decision 2002/588/EC of 11 July 2002 L 187 52 16.7.2002
►M5Commission Decision 2003/164/EC of 10 March 2003 L 66 49 11.3.2003
▼B
COMMISSIONDECISION
of15July1999
establishing the officially brucellosis free status of bovine herds of
certain Member States or regions of Member States and repealing
Decision97/175/EC
(notified under document number C(1999) 2092)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(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 of 26 June 1964 on
animal health problemsaffecting intra-Community trade in bovineanimalsand s wine (
1), aslas t amended by Directive 98/99/EC (2), and
in particular Annex AII(7) thereof,
(1)WhereasMember Statesor regionsof Member Statesmay bedeclared officially brucellosis-free if they meet certain conditionsset up in Directive 64/432/EEC;
(2)Whereas Commission Decision 97/175/EC (3) of 18 December
1996 laying down the methodsof control for maintaining theofficially brucellosis-free status of bovine herds in certainMember States and regions of Member States, specifies theMember Statesand regionswithin Member Statesthat 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); whereasmoreover certain provis ionsfor
the recognition as officially brucellosis-free Member State or
region have been modified by Directive 98/46/EC; whereasit isnecessary to repeal Decision 97/175/EC;
(4)Whereasin accordance with the provis ionsof Directive 64/432/
EEC Member Statesor regionsmay be declared officially
brucellosis-free if they meet the conditions of Annex AII(7) andthey retain their s tatusaslong asthe conditionsof Annex AII(8)are fulfilled;
(5)WhereasMember Statesand regionsofficially free of bovinebrucellosis are to report the occurrence of all cases of brucellosisto the Commission, which may propose a decision to suspend orrevoke the status in accordance with the provisions of AnnexAII(9) of that Directive;
(6)Whereasin accordance with Annex AII(7)(b) an identificationsystem allowing the identification of herds of origin and transitfor each bovine animal in accordance with Council Regulation(EC) No 820/97 (
5) isa prerequis ite 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 of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Member Statesand regionsthereof referred to res pectively in
Annexes I and II are declared officially free of bovine brucellosis.1999D0466 — EN — 11.03.2003 — 005.001 — 2
(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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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.1999D0466 — EN — 11.03.2003 — 005.001 — 3
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ANNEXI
MEMBER STATES DECLARED OFFICIALLY FREE OF BOVINE
BRUCELLOSIS ►M1 ◄
Denmark
Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands(1)
AustriaFinland
Sweden1999D0466 — EN — 11.03.2003 — 005.001 — 4
(1) Asfrom 1 Augus t 1999.
▼M5
ANNEXII
REGIONS OF MEMBER STATES DECLAREDOFFICIALLY FREE OF
BOVINEBRUCELLOSIS
Great Britain (United Kingdom)
Province Bolzano (Italy)
Region Emilia Romagna (Italy)
Islands of Pico, Graciosa, Flores and Corvo (Autonomous Region of Azores,
Portugal).1999D0466 — EN — 11.03.2003 — 005.001 — 5