NoL15/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.1.78
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of13December 1977
prolongingcertainderogationmeasuresinrespectofbrucellosisandtubercu­
losisgrantedtoDenmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom
(78/51/EEC)
Whereas,forthesamereasonandinordernottointer­
ruptthetraditionaltradeinliveanimalsbetween
IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomitisnecessaryto
prolongforthesameperiodthespecialderogations
grantedinrespectofsuchtrade,
HASADOPTED THISDIRECTIVE :
Article1
BywayofderogationfromDirective64/432/EEC,
Denmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomare
herebyauthorizedtoretainthemethodsappliedin
theirterritoryfordeclaringaherdofcattleofficially
freeoftuberculosisorbrucellosis-free ,withinthe
meaningofArticle2ofDirective64/432/EEC,subject
totheapplicationoftheprovisionsthereofrelatingto
thepresenceofanimalsvaccinatedagainstbrucellosis .
Theprovisionsrelatingtothetestslaiddownfor
animalstradedwithintheCommunityshallcontinue
toapply,subjecttoArticle2.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and100thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective64/432/EECof26
June1964onanimalhealthproblemsaffectingintra­
Communitytradeinbovineanimalsandswine('),as
lastamendedbyDirective77/98/EEC(2),andinparti­
cularArticle4athereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(3),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommitee(4),
Whereas,underArticle104(3)oftheActofAcces­
sion,Denmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomare
authorized tomaintainuntil31December 1977
certainoftheirnationalrulesrelatingtobrucellosis
andtuberculosis ;whereas,underArticle104(4)ofthe
ActofAccession,certainderogationsaregrantedin
respectofexportsofcattlefromIrelandtotheUnited
Kingdom ;
WhereasArticle4aofCouncilDirective64/432/EEC,
aslastamendedbyDirective77/98/EEC,provides
thatanyamendmentstoAnnexesA,BandCtothe
Directiveoranyothermeasures,includingprovisions
relatingtotraditionaltradebetweenIrelandandthe
UnitedKingdom,shallbeadoptedbytheCouncil
before1January1978;
Whereas,inviewofthetimerequiredtoprovidesolu­
tionstobasictechnicalproblems,itisnecessaryto
prolongbyoneyearthederogationsbyvirtueof
whichthenewMemberStatesareauthorizedtoretain
themethodsappliedintheirterritoryfordeclaringa
herdofcattleofficiallyfreeoftuberculosisor
brucellosis-free withinthemeaningofArticle2of
Directive64/432/EEC;Article2
CattlemaybetradedfromIrelandtotheUnited
Kingdombywayofderogationfromtheprovisionsof
Directive64/432/EECrelatingto:
(a)thebrucellosistestlaiddownforanimalstraded
withintheCommunity ,whichshallnotapplyto
tradeincastratedcattle;
(b)theintradermaltuberculintestlaiddownfor
animalstradedwithintheCommunity ,which
shallbereplacedbyatestinaccordancewiththe
nationalrulesoftheabovementioned receiving
MemberState;and
(c)theobligationtoseperatebreedingandstorecattle
fromslaughtercattle.(•)OJNo121,29.7.1964,p.1977/64.
(2)OJNoL26,31.1.1977,p.81.
(3)OJNoC266,7.11.1977,p.45.
(4)Opiniondeliveredon26October1977(notyetpublished
intheOfficialJournal).

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Article3
ThisDirectiveshallapplyuntil31December1978.
Article4
TheMemberStatesshallbringintoforcethelaws,
regulationsandadministrative provisionsnecessaryto
complywiththisDirectiveby1January1978atthe
latestandshallforthwithinformtheCommission
thereof.Article5
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,13December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.HUMBLET