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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
Nopage date
►M1Commission Decision 92/518/EEC of 3 November 1992 L 325 23 11.11.1992
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 85, 6.4.1993, p. 28 (92/460)
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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 domestic animals of the bovine
and porcine species in accordance with the provisions of CouncilDirective 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 domestic animals 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 enteroviral encepha-lomyelitis (Teschen disease), swine vesicular disease and vesicularexanthema and that no vaccinations have been carried out against any ofthose 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 theabovementioned diseases or of the adoption of vaccination against anyof 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 ofSwiss herds, other than those under official restriction, with that ofherds in the Community having the status of officially tuberculosis-freeor officially brucellosis-free;
Whereas the responsible Swiss veterinary authorities have undertaken to
supervise officially the issue of certificates arising from this Decisionand toensure that all relevant certificates, declaratio ns and statementson which export certification may have been based remain on official
(1) OJ NoL 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ NoL 356, 24. 12. 1991, p. 1.
(3) OJ NoL 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 56.
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file for at least 12 months following the dispatch of the animals to
which they refer;
Whereas the responsible Swiss veterinary authorities have undertaken
not to permit the issue of the certificates described in the Annexes tothis Decision in respect of animals which have been imported intoSwitzerland unless such animals were imported in accordance withveterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements laiddown in Directive 72/462/EEC, including any relevant subsidiary deci-sions;
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 acertificate;
(d) domestic animals of the porcine species for slaughter which meet
the requirements set out in the animal health certificate in Annex Dto this 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 conditionsat least 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 exportto 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
enzootic bovine leukosis-free as defined in Annex E to thisDecision and have been subjected, within 30 days before export andwith negative result, to an individual test for enzootic bovineleukosis carried out according to the Protocol in Annex I toCommission Decision 91/189/EEC (
2);
(1) OJ NoL 146, 14. 6. 1979, p. 15.
(2) OJ NoL 96, 17. 4. 1991, p. 1.
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or
(b) are intended for meat production, are not more than 30 months of
age, come from herds which are included in a national programmefor the eradication of enzootic bovine leukosis and in which therehas been no evidence whatever of that disease for at least two yearsand are permanently marked as described in Annex F tothisDecision;
or
(c) come from herds which are included in a national programme for
the eradication of enzootic bovine leukosis, are consigned directlyto a slaughterhouse and are slaughtered within three working daysof 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 domestic animals
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 orinfectious bovine or porcine disease other than rabies, tuberculosis,brucellosis, foot-and-mouth disease, anthrax, rinderpest, contagiousbovine pleuropneumonia, enzootic bovine leukosis, porcine enteroviralencephalomyelitis (Teschen disease), classical swine fever, Africanswine fever or swine vesicular disease, Member States may apply inrespect of animals imported from Switzerland such additional healthconditions 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 31 December 1992, Member States may
apply this Article in respect of national programmes which have beensubmitted to but not yet approved by the Commission but in that casethey must, without delay, provide the Commission and the otherMember 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 ofa guarantee 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 havenot been vaccinated against classical swine fever and, in the case of pigsintended 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.
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Article 4
The present Decision shall apply from the 9 November 1992.
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Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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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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V.Health information:
I, the undersigried official veterinarian, hereby certify:
►(1)1. that Switzerland has during the past 24 months been free from foot-and-mouth disease and during the
past 12 months been free from rinderpest, contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia, vesicular stomatitis andbluetongue, that no vaccinations have been carried out against any of these diseases during the past 12Months and that the importation of animals vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease is prohibited; ◄
2. that the animals described in this certificate meet the following requirements:
(a) — they were born on the territory of Switzerland and liave remained there since birth,
or
— they were imported; not less than six months ago, frorrl a IVIember State of the European Community
or frorn a third country included in the list annexed to Council Decision 70 / 542 / EEC, inaccordance with veterinary conditions at least as strict as the relevant requirements of Directive 72 /4621 EEC, including any -subsidiary decisions;
(Delete’ unwanted reference)
(b) they have been examined this day and show no.clinical sigris of disease;
(c) they have not been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease;(d) they come from herds which are not restricted under the Swiss tuberculosis eradication, legislation,
— they have been subjected within the past 30 days and with negative result toan intradermal tuberculin
test;
(Delete reference totest if certificate applies toanimals under six weeks o ld)
(e) they come from herds which are not restricted under the Swiss brucellosis eradication legislation,
— they have been subjected within the past 30 days to a serum agglutination test which showed, a
brucella count of less than 30 international units of agglutiriation per ml,
— they have not been vaccinated against brucellosis;
(Delete reference to test if certificate applies to animals under 12 months old or to male castrates of any age)
(f) — they come from herds dec1ared by the veterinary authorities of Switzerland to be enzootic bovine
leukosis free as defined in Annex E to Decision 92/460/EEC and have been- subjected, within the past30 days and vith negative result, to an individual test for enzootic bovine leukosis,
or
— they are intended for meat production; are not more than 30 months of age, come from herds which
are included in a national programme for the eradication of enzootic bovine 1eukosis and in whichthere has been noevidence whatever o f that disease during the past twoyears and are marked in themanner defined in Annex 1 toDecisio n 92/460/EEC;
(Delete accordiig to the category of animal to which this certificate appies)
{g)they show no clinical sign of mastitis and the analysis (and second analysis, where relevant) of the milk
carried out according to Annex D to Council Dirictive 64/432/EEC within the past 30 days showed nocharacteristic inflammatory condition, no specific pathogenic micro-organism or, in the case of a secondanalysis, the presence of an antibiotic;
(Delete section unless certificate applies to dairy cows)
(h) they are not animals which are to be destroyed under a national contagious or infectious disease
eradication programme;
(i) they have remairied duing the past 30 days, or since birth if Iess than 30 days old, on a holding or
holdings situated in the centre of a circle 20 km in diameter in which, according to official findings by theveterinary authorities of Switzerland, during the past 30 days there has been no case of foot-and-mouthdisease;
(j) they come from holdings on which there has been no evidence of:
— anthrax for the past 30 days,— brucellosis for the past 12 months,
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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 n-
ment 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 totwoherd tests fo r
enzootic bovine leukosis at an interval of not less than four and notmore than 12 months, each herd test consisting of one of the serolog-ical tests described in Annex I toDecisio n 91/189/EEC applied toallbovine animals in the herd over 24 months of age on the date of thetest;
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 thetime 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 enzootic bovine
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 toat least twoherdtests as described in paragraph 1.
3. A herd maintains its status as enzootic bovine 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 enzootic bovine 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 issubjected with negative result toa herd test as described in paragraph 1.
4. A region maintains its status as enzootic bovine 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 % confidencerating, that not more than 0,2 % of herds are infected with enzooticbovine leukosis, have been subjected to a herd test as described inparagraph 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 toa herd test as described inparagraph 1.
5. The enzootic bovine 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 toDecisio n 91/189/EEC.
6. The enzootic bovine 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
bovine herds in the region.
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7. The enzootic bovine 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 forslaughter, except that the competent authority may grant a derogationfrom the requirement for the removal of the progeny of a reactor cow if itis satisfied that the animal(s) was/were separated from its/their damimmediately 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 threemo nths after the withdrawal referred toin paragraph 7 (a) toa herdtest 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 totwoherd tests as described inparagraph 1, the first being applied not less than three months afterthe withdrawl referred to in paragraph 7 (a) and the second not lessthan four or more than 12 months later, the tests to include anyprogeny of a reactor cow retained in the herd under the derogationreferred to in paragraph 7 (a), regardless of their age at the time oftest;
and
c) an epizootological enquiry has been conducted on all herds epizootologi-
cally linked tothe infected herd.
8. The enzootic bovine 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 totwoherd tests as described in paragraph 1, at an intervalof not less than four and not more than 12 months.
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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'.