L 154/36 Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2004 EN 
COMMISSION DECISION 
of 29 April 2004 
amending Decision 2003/828/EC on protection and surveillance zones in relation to 
bluetongue with regard to Cyprus and Malta 
(notified under document number C(2004) 1601) 
 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
(2004/430/EC) 
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia a nd Slovakia, and in particular Article 2 (3) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 42 
thereof, 
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific 
provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue1, and in particular Article 8(2)(d) 
thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Commission Decision 2003/828/EC of 25 November 2003 on protection and 
surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue2 demarcates protection and surveillance 
zones corresponding to specific epidemiological situations and lays down the 
conditions for providing exemptions from the ban on the movements of animals in and from those zones. 
(2) As regard Cyprus and Malta, epidemiological data are in the process of being gathered 
in order to allow a definitive conclusion on the bluetongue status of those new 
Member States to be made. Pending that conclusion, it is necessary to temporarily 
classify Cyprus and Malta within the framework of Decision 2003/828/EC. 
(3) To that end, considering that bluetongue is a vector born disease, it is appropriate to 
consider the status of the territories of the Member States already listed in Annex I to 
Decision 2003/828/EC which are, from a geographical and epidemiological point of 
view, the closest to Cyprus and Malta. 
                                                
 
1 OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74. 
2 OJ L 311, 27.11.2003, p. 41. Decision as amended by Decision 2004/34/EC (OJ L 7, 13.1.2004, p. 47.). 
 2    (4) Accordingly, the situation of Malta could temporarily be considered as comparable to 
that prevailing in southern Sicily and the situation in Cyprus to that prevailing in 
Dodecanese. However, pursuant to Article 42 of the Act of Accession, this transitional status should be reviewed within three year s from the date of accession of Cyprus and 
Malta. 
(5) As a consequence, the transitional rules applying to movements of live animals of 
susceptible species in and from Cyprus and Malta should be those applying to 
movements of those animals in and from Dodecanese and southern Sicily. 
(6) Decision 2000/828/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. 
(7) 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 
Annex I to Decision 2003/828/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision. 
Article 2 
This Decision shall apply subject to and from th e date of the entry into force of the 2003 
Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Est onia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, 
Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. 
Article3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004. 
 For the Commission 
 David BYRNE 
 Member of the Commission 
 3    ANNEX  
Annex as referred to in Article 1 to this Decision. 
“ANNEX I  
(Restricted zones: geographic areas where protection and surveillance zones shall be 
established by the Member states) 
Zone A (serotypes 2 and 9, and in a lesser extent 4and 16)  
Areas where Article 3 (2) (a) is applicable 
Italy 
Sicilia: Ragusa, Enna 
Molise: Isernia, Campobasso 
Abruzzo: Chieti, all Municipalities belonging to the Local Health Unit of 
Avezzano-Sulmona 
Lazio: Frosinone, Latina 
Campania: all Municipalities belonging to the Local Health Unit of Caserta 1 
Basilicata: Matera, and Potenza( with the exception of all the Municipalities belonging to 
the Local Health Unit of Venosa) 
Areas where Article 3 (2) (a) is not applicable 
Italy 
Sicilia: Agrigento, Catania, Caltanissetta, Palermo, Messina, Siracusa e Trapani 
Calabria: Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia 
Basilicata: Potenza (all Municipalities bel onging to the Local Health Unit of Venosa)  
Puglia: Foggia, Bari, Lecce, Taranto, Brindisi 
Campania: Caserta (with the exception of all Municipalities belonging to the Local Health 
Unit of Caserta 1), Benevento, Avellino, Napoli, Salerno 
Malta∗ 
                                                 
∗ transitional animal health status for Cyprus and Malta, pending the analysis of epidemiological data; 
status to be reviewed at the latest by 1 May 2007. 
 4    Zone B (serotype 2)  
Areas where Article 3 (2) (a) is applicable 
Italy Lazio: Viterbo, Roma, Rieti (Municipali ties of Ascrea, Belmonte in Sabina, 
Cantalupo in Sabina, Casaprota, Casperia, Castel di Tora, Castelnuovo di 
Farfa, Colle di Tora, Collevecchio, Concerviano, Configni, Contigliano, Cottanello, Fara in Sabina, Forano, Frasso, Abino, Greccio, Longone Sabino, 
Magliano Sabina, Mompeo, Montasola, Montebuono, Monteleone Sabino, 
Montenero Sabino, Monte San Giovanni in Sabina, Montopoli di Sabina, Orvinio, Poggio Catino, Poggio Mirteto, Poggio Moiano, Poggio Nativo, Poggio San Lorenzo, Pozzaglia Sabina, Rieti, Roccantica, Rocca Sinibalda, Salisano, Scandriglia, Selci, Stimiglian o, Tarano, Toffia, Torricella in Sabina, 
Torri in Sabina, Vacone). 
Toscana: Massa Carrara, Pisa, Grosseto, Livorno 
Umbria: Terni 
Areas where Article 3 (2) (a) is not applicable 
Italy 
Abruzzo: L’Aquila with the exception of all Municipalities belonging to the Local 
Health Unit of Avezzano-Sulmona 
Lazio: Rieti (Municipalities of Accumoli , Amatrice, Antrodoco, Borbona, Borgorose, 
Borgo Velino, Cantalice, Castel Sant'angelo, Cittaducale, Cittareale, Collalto 
Sabino, Collegiove, Colli sul Velino, Fiamignano, Labro, Leonessa, 
Marcetelli, Micigliano, Morro Reatino,  Nespolo, Paganico, Pescorocchiano, 
Petrella Salto, Poggio Bustone, Posta,  Rivodutri, Turania, Varco Sabino). 
Umbria: Perugia Marche: Ascoli Piceno, Macerata 
Zone C (serotypes 2 and 4)
 
Areas where Article 3 (2) (a) is applicable 
France : 
Corse du sud, Haute Corse 
Spain : 
Islas Baleares 
Areas where Article 3 (2) (a) is not applicable 
Italy: 
Sardinia: Cagliari, Nuoro, Sassari, Oristano. 
 5    Zone D  
Greece 
The entire Greek territory with the excepti on of prefectorates listed in Zone E. 
Zone E  
Greece 
Dodekanisi, Samos, Chios and Lesvos prefectorates. 
Cyprus *