02014D0909 — EN — 03.03.2017 — 003.001

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►B COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 12 December 2014 concerning certain protective measures with regard to confirmed occurrences of the small hive beetle in Italy (notified under document C(2014) 9415) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/909/EU) (OJ L 359 16.12.2014, p. 161)

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 12 December 2014

concerning certain protective measures with regard to confirmed occurrences of the small hive beetle in Italy

(notified under document C(2014) 9415)

(Only the Italian text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2014/909/EU)







Article 1

This Decision lays down the protective measures to be taken by Italy following the confirmed occurrences of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) in honey bees (Apis mellifera), in the areas listed in the Annex.

Article 2

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) ‘beehive’ means:

(i) a shelter built for honey bees;

(ii) a container or colony of bumblebees (Bombus spp.);

(b) ‘apiary’ means a group of beehives and the premises or facilities within a geographical location, in which this group of beehives are kept or have been kept;

(c) ‘unprocessed apiculture by-products’ means honey, beeswax, royal jelly, propolis or pollen not intended for human consumption as defined in point 10 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 ( 1 ) which have not undergone any processing procedure as referred to in row 10 of column 4 of Table 2 set out in Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to that Regulation;

(d) ‘beekeeping equipment’ means used beehives, parts of beehives and utensils used in beekeeping activities.

Article 3

1. Italy shall ensure that the following protective measures are implemented in the areas listed in the Annex:

(a) a ban on the dispatch of consignments of the following commodities from the areas listed in the Annex to other areas of the Union:

(i) honey bees;

(ii) bumblebees;

(iii) unprocessed apiculture by-products;

(iv) beekeeping equipment;

(v) comb honey intended for human consumption;

(b) the carrying out of immediate inspections and epidemiological investigations, including:

(i) the identification and tracing of movements of commodities referred to in Article 3(1)(a) to and from apiaries and honey extraction establishments situated in an area of 20 km radius around the beehive(s) where the occurrence(s) of the small hive beetle has been confirmed;

(ii) the notification of the results of such immediate inspections and epidemiological investigations to the Commission.

2. Italy shall carry out further inspections and epidemiological investigations, including the tracing of previous movements of commodities referred to in Article 3(1)(a) from and to the areas listed in the Annex.

3. On the basis of the results of the inspections and epidemiological investigations provided for in paragraph 1(b) and paragraph 2, Italy may implement additional appropriate protective measures as necessary.

4. Italy shall inform the Commission and the Member States of the implementation of the protective measures provided for in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.

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Article 4

This Decision shall apply until 31 March 2019.

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Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.









ANNEX







Member State Areas subject to protective measures Italy Region of Calabria: whole Region ►M3 Region of Sicily: whole Region ◄