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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 June 2003
establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis, and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain
Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds
(notified under document number C(2003) 1925)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/467/EC)
(OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1 Commission Decision 2004/63/EC of 23 December 2003 L 13 32 20.1.2004
►M2 Commission Decision 2004/230/EC of 5 March 2004 L 70 41 9.3.2004
►M3 Commission Decision 2004/320/EC of 31 March 2004 L 102 75 7.4.2004
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 June 2003
establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis, and enzootic-
bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions
of Member States as regards bovine herds
(notified under document number C(2003) 1925)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/467/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
health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animalsand swine (
1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1226/2002 (2), and in particular Annex A(I)(4), Annex A(II)(7) and
Annex D(I)(E) thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 64/432/EEC provides that Member States or parts or
regions thereof may be declared officially free of tuberculosis,brucellosis and enzootic bovine leukosis as regards bovine herdssubject to compliance with certain conditions set out in that
Directive.
(2) Commission Decision 1999/467/EC (3), as last amended by Deci-
sion 2001/26/EC (4), established the official tuberculosis-free
status of certain Member States and regions of Member Statesas regards bovine herds.
(3) Commission Decision 1999/466/EC (5), as last amended by Deci-
sion 2003/164/EEC (6), established the official brucellosis-free
status of certain Member States and regions of Member Statesas regards bovine herds.
(4) Commission Decision 1999/465/EC (7), as last amended by Deci-
sion 2003/177/EEC (8), established the official enzootic-bovine-
leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of
Member States.
(5) Belgium as regards the territory of that Member State, and Italyas regards the provinces of Ascoli Piceno, Bergamo, Lecco andSondrio submitted to the Commission documentation demon-
strating compliance with all the conditions provided for in
Directive 64/432/EEC, in order that the territory of Belgiumand those regions of Italy may be declared officially free oftuberculosis as regards bovine herds.
(6) Belgium as regards the territory of that Member State, and Italy
as regards the region of Sardinia and the provinces of Ascoli
Piceno, Bergamo, Como, Lecco, Mantova, Sondrio, Trento andVarese submitted to the Commission documentation demon-strating compliance with all the conditions provided for inDirective 64/432/EEC, in order that the territory of Belgiumand those regions of Italy may be declared officially free of
brucellosis as regards bovine herds.
(7) Italy submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating
compliance with all the conditions provided for in Directive 64/2003D0467 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 2
(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p.1977/64.
(2) OJ L 179, 9.7.2002, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 36.
(4) OJ L 6, 11.1.2001, p. 18.
(5) OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 34.
(6) OJ L 66, 11.3.2003, p. 49.
(7) OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 32.
(8) OJ L 70, 14.3.2003, p. 50.
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432/EEC, as regards the provinces of Ascoli Piceno, Bergamo,
Brescia, Como, Lecco, Mantova, Sondrio and Varese in orderthat those regions may be declared officially free of enzootic
bovine leukosis.
(8) In the interests of clarity, the lists of Member States and regions
of Member States declared officially free of tuberculosis, brucel-
losis and enzootic bovine leukosis, as regards bovine herds,
should be set out in the same act. Accordingly, Decisions 1999/467/EEC, 1999/466/EEC and 1999/465/EEC should be repealed.
(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain
and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Officially tuberculosis-free Member States and Regions of Member
States
1. The Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex I are declared
officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.
2. The regions of the Member States listed in Chapter 2 of Annex 1
are declared officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.
Article 2
Officially brucellosis-free Member States and Regions of Member
States
1. The Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex II are declared
officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.
2. The regions of the Member States listed in Chapter 2 of Annex II
are declared officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.
Article 3
Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member States and Regions
of Member States
1. The Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex III are declared
officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis.
2. The regions of the Member States listed in Chapter 2 of Annex
III are declared officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis.
Article 4
Repeals
Decisions 1999/465/EC, 1999/466/EC and 1999/467/EC are repealed.
Article 5
Addressees
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.2003D0467 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 3
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ANNEX I
CHAPTER 1
Officially tuberculosis-free Member States
ISO code Member State
AT Austria
BE Belgium
CZ Czech Republic
DE Germany
DK Denmark
FI Finland
FR France
LU Luxembourg
NL Netherlands
SE Sweden
CHAPTER 2
Officially tuberculosis-free regions of Member States
In Italy:
— Lombardy region: Provinces of Bergamo, Lecco, Sondrio
— Marche region: Province of Ascoli Piceno— Tuscany region: Province of Grossetto
— Trentino-Alto Adige region: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento2003D0467 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 4
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ANNEX II
CHAPTER 1
Officially brucellosis-free Member States
ISO code Member State
AT Austria
BE Belgium
CZ Czech Republic
DE Germany
DK Denmark
FI Finland
LU Luxembourg
NL Netherlands
SE Sweden
CHAPTER 2
Officially brucellosis-free regions of Member States
In Italy:
— Emilia-Romagna region: Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Cesena,
Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, Rimini
— Lombardy region: Provinces of Bergamo, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi,
Mantova, Pavia, Sondrio, Varese
— Marche region: Province of Ascoli Piceno— Sardinia region: Provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari— Tuscany region: Provinces of Arezzo, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca, Pisa— Trentino-Alto Adige region: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento
In Portugal:
— Autonomous Region of Azores: Islands of Pico, Graciosa, Flores, Corvo
In the United Kingdom:
— Great Britain: England, Scotland, Wales2003D0467 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 5
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ANNEX III
CHAPTER 1
Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member States
ISO code Member State
AT Austria
BE Belgium
CY Cyprus
CZ Czech Republic
DE Germany
DK Denmark
ES Spain
FI Finland
FR France
IE Ireland
LU Luxembourg
NL Netherlands
SE Sweden
UK United Kingdom
CHAPTER 2
Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Member States
In Italy:
— Region Emilia-Romagna: Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Cesena,
Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, Rimini
— Region Lombardia: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco,
Lodi, Mantova, Milano, Sondrio, Varese
— Region Marche: Province of Ascoli Piceno— Region Toscana: Provinces of Arezzo, Firenze, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca,
Pisa, Pistoia, Prato, Siena
— Region Trentino-Alto Aldige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento
— Region Val d'Aosta: Province of Aosta2003D0467 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 6
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