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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of23June2003
establishingtheofficialtuberculosis,brucellosis,andenzootic-bovine-leukosis-freestatusofcertain
MemberStatesandregionsofMember Statesasregardsbovineherds
(notified under document number C(2003) 1925)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2003/467/EC)
(OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 2004/63/EC of 23 December 2003 L 13 32 20.1.2004
►M2Commission Decision 2004/230/EC of 5 March 2004 L 70 41 9.3.2004
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of23June2003
establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis, and enzootic-
bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions
ofMember Statesasregardsbovineherds
(notified under document number C(2003) 1925)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(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 problemsaffecting 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 providesthat Member Statesor partsor
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), aslas t amended by Deci-
sion 2001/26/EC (4), established the official tuberculosis-free
status of certain Member States and regions of Member Statesasregardsbovine herds .
(3)Commission Decision 1999/466/EC (5), aslas t amended by Deci-
sion 2003/164/EEC (6), established the official brucellosis-free
status of certain Member States and regions of Member Statesasregardsbovine herds .
(4)Commission Decision 1999/465/EC (7), aslas t 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 asregardsthe territory of that Member State, and Italyasregardsthe provincesof As coli 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 asregardsthe territory of that Member State, and Italy
asregardsthe region of Sardinia and the provincesof As coli
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 conditionsprovided for in Directive 64/2003D0467 — EN — 09.03.2004 — 002.001 — 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, asregardsthe provincesof As coli 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-freeMemberStatesandRegionsofMember
States
1. The Member Stateslis ted in Chapter 1 of Annex I are declared
officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.
2. The regionsof the Member Stateslis ted 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 Stateslis ted in Chapter 1 of Annex II are declared
officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.
2. The regionsof the Member Stateslis ted in Chapter 2 of Annex II
are declared officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.
Article 3
Officiallyenzootic-bovine-leukosis-freeMemberStatesandRegions
ofMember States
1. The Member Stateslis ted in Chapter 1 of Annex III are declared
officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis.
2. The regionsof the Member Stateslis ted 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 — 09.03.2004 — 002.001 — 3
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ANNEX I
CHAPTER1
Officially tuberculosis-freeMemberStates
Belgium
DenmarkGermany
France
LuxembourgNetherlands
Austria
FinlandSweden
CHAPTER2
Officially tuberculosis-freeregionsofMember States
In Italy:
— Lombardy region: Provincesof Bergamo, Lecco, Sondrio
— Marche region: Province of Ascoli Piceno
— Tuscany region: Province of Grossetto— Trentino-Alto Adige region: Provincesof Bolzano, Trento2003D0467 — EN — 09.03.2004 — 002.001 — 4
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ANNEX II
CHAPTER1
Officially brucellosis-free Member States
BelgiumDenmark
Germany
LuxembourgNetherlands
Austria
FinlandSweden
CHAPTER2
Officially brucellosis-free regionsofMemberStates
In Italy:
— Emilia-Romagna region: Provincesof Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Ces ena,
Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, Rimini
— Lombardy region: Provincesof 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: Provincesof Bolzano, Trento
In Portugal:
— Autonomous Region of Azores: Islands of Pico, Graciosa, Flores, Corvo
In the United Kingdom:
— Great Britain: England, Scotland, Wales2003D0467 — EN — 09.03.2004 — 002.001 — 5
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ANNEX III
CHAPTER1
Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free MemberStates
BelgiumDenmark
Germany
SpainFrance
Ireland
LuxembourgNetherlands
Austria
FinlandSweden
United Kingdom
CHAPTER2
Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regionsofMember States
In Italy:
— Region Emilia-Romagna: Provincesof Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Ces ena,
Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, Rimini
— Region Lombardia: Provincesof Bergamo, Bres cia, 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: Provincesof Bolzano, Trento
— Region Val d'Aosta: Province of Aosta2003D0467 — EN — 09.03.2004 — 002.001 — 6
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