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EN    EN  EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Brussels, 16.7.2010 
SEC(2010) 899 final 
  
COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT 
 
accompanying the 
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council 
 
on the TSE Roadmap 2 
  
COM(2010)384  
 
EN 2   EN COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT 
 
accompanying the 
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council 
 
on the TSE Roadmap 2 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
1. General introduction..................................................................................................... 3 
2. ANNEX I: Glossary ..................................................................................................... 4 3. ANNEX II: Overview of the first TSE Roadmap's achievements over the period 
2005-2009 .................................................................................................................... 6 
4. ANNEX III: Evolution of BSE epidemiological situation since 2001 ........................ 9 5. ANNEX IV: Chronological list of TSE legi slation adopted following the first TSE 
Roadmap .................................................................................................................... 11 
 
EN 3   EN 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION  
This working document accompanies the Communication of the Commission to the 
European Parliament and the Council on the TSE Roadmap 2.  
The working document provides background in formation on certain aspects developed 
in the Communication. In particular: 
– it gives a glossary of the technical  terms used in the Communication; 
– it provides an overview of the main achievements of the first TSE Roadmap 
over the period 2005-2009; 
– it shows the evoluti on of the BSE epidemiological situation in the EU since 
2001; 
– it provides the full list of TSE legislation adopted following the first TSE 
Roadmap. 
 
EN 4   EN 2. ANNEX  I: GLOSSARY  
What are TSEs?  
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathie s (TSEs) are a family of diseases 
occurring in human and animals and are characterised by a degeneration of brain 
tissue giving a sponge-like appearance leadi ng to death. The family includes diseases 
such as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (C JD) in humans, Bovine Spongiform 
Encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, Scrapie in  small ruminants (sheep and goats), 
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in cervids. The commonly accepted cause of the TSE disease is a transmissible agent called a prion which is an abnormal form of a protein. 
What is BSE?
 
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is  a TSE disease of cattle. BSE was first 
diagnosed in the UK in 1986, and reached ep idemic proportions due to cattle being 
fed with processed animal protein, produced from ruminant carcasse s, some of which 
were infected. BSE is considered to be transmissible to humans by the oral route 
causing variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (vCJD). 
What are the specified risk materials (SRM)?  
SRM are the organs considered to harbour th e BSE infectivity in an animal affected 
by BSE and which can consequently pose a risk to human health if consumed. For bovines the list includes: the skull excludi ng the mandible and including the brain 
and eyes, and the spinal cord of animals ag ed over 12 months, the vertebral column 
including the dorsal root ganglia of anim als aged over 30 months, the tonsils, the 
intestines from the duodenum to the rectum and the mesentery of animals of all ages. 
According to EU rules, all SRM are remove d from the food and feed chains in EU 
Member States and destroyed. SRM removal is the most important measure in terms 
of protection of public health against BSE. 
What is the feed ban?
 
The feed ban is a preventive measure laid down against TSE and consists of a ban on 
the use of processed animal protein (PAP) in feed for farmed animals in order to 
avoid spreading BSE. Findings by the scien tific committees linked the spread of BSE 
to the consumption of feed contaminated by the infected ruminant protein in the form 
of PAP. In other words PAP produced from ruminant carcasses, some of which were 
infected, was assumed to be the transmissi on route of BSE. Based on these findings a 
ban on the feeding of mammalian processed an imal protein to cattle, sheep and goats 
was introduced in July 1994. The ban wa s expanded in January 2001 with the 
feeding of all processed animal proteins to  all farmed animals being prohibited, with 
certain limited exceptions. This is to en sure that there is no cross-contamination 
between feed containing PAP intended for species other than ruminants and feed 
intended for ruminants. Only certain animal proteins considered to be safe (such as 
fishmeal) can be used, and even th en under very strict conditions. 
 
EN 5   EN What are processed animal proteins (PAP)?  
PAP are animal proteins derived from an imal by-products and which have been 
treated so as to render them suitable for di rect use as feed material or for any other 
use in feedingstuffs, including pet food, or for use in organic fertilisers or soil 
improvers; however, it does not include bl ood products, milk, milk-based products, 
colostrum, gelatine, hydrolysed protei ns and dicalcium phos phate, eggs and egg-
products, tricalcium pho sphate and collagen. 
What is TSE monitoring/testing?  
Adequate surveillance forms the basis for successful detec tion, control and 
eradication of TSEs. Since May 1998, EU-wid e measures on surveillance have been 
in place. Each Member State has to carry  out an annual monitoring programme for 
TSEs based on active surveilla nce (testing without  previous suspic ion) and passive 
surveillance (testing of clinical suspects identified by veterinarians/farmers) which applies to both bovine animals and ovine and caprine animals. The monitoring 
programme provides a reliable insight into the prevalence and evolution of TSEs in 
the Member States and at the same time ensures that no BSE cases are being slaughtered for human consumption.  
Since the start of an ex panded monitoring programme on BSE in 2001, more than 
87 million cattle have been tested in the EU, in addition to those tested as BSE suspects. The number of positive cases in 2009 (67 cases) has continued to decrease 
compared to previous years: 2008 (125), 2007 (175), 2006 (320), 2005 (561), 2004 (865), 2003 (1376), 2002 (2124) and 2001 (2167) . This consistent fall proves the 
effect of the strict EU measures put in place. However, a complete eradication of 
BSE will still take years, given its long incubation period. 
What is the OIE?
 
The OIE is the World Organisation for Anim al Health. It is the intergovernmental 
organisation responsible for improving animal  health worldwide. The need to fight 
animal diseases at global level led to the creation of the Of fice International des 
Epizooties (OIE) through the internati onal Agreement signed on January 25th 1924. 
In May 2003 the Office became the World Organisation for Animal Health but kept its historical acronym OIE. It is recognise d as a reference organisation by the World 
Trade Organization (WTO) and in 2010, had a total of 175 Member Countries and 
Territories. The OIE maintains permanent relations with 36 other international and regional organisations and has regional a nd sub-regional offices on every continent. 
What is EFSA?
 
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), set up in January 2002 following a 
series of food crises in the late 1990s, is an independent source of scien tific advice 
and communication on risks associated with the food chain. As a risk assessor, EFSA 
produces objective and independe nt scientific opinions a nd advice to provide a sound 
foundation for European polic ies and legislation and to support the European 
Commission, European Parliame nt and EU Member States in taking effective and 
timely risk management decisions. EFSA’s  remit covers food and feed safety, 
nutrition, animal health and welfare,  plant protection and plant health. 
 
EN 6   EN 3. ANNEX  II: OVERVIEW OF THE FIRST TSE  ROADMAP 'S ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE 
PERIOD 2005-2009 
Since the adoption of the fi rst TSE Roadmap in 2005, major steps have been taken as 
regards the following domains.  
– Specified risk materials  
 The first step was an increase in the age limit for the removal of the vertebral 
column from 12 to 24 months on 1 Janua ry 2006 based on scientific advice1. 
Following updated scientific evidence2, a further increase in the age limit for 
the removal of the vertebral column as sp ecified risk material in cattle from 
24 to 30 months was adopted in April 2008. 
– UK embargo  
 A second major step, unanimously supported by all Member States, was the 
lifting of the restrictions on the trad e of live bovine an imals and products 
thereof originating from the UK which entered into force on 2 May 2006. 
– Categorisation of countries according to their BSE risk  
 In June 2007, Member States and thir d countries or regions thereof were 
classified into three risk categories as regards BSE (negligible risk, controlled 
risk and undetermined risk) according to  OIE standards. The categorisation is 
updated every year based on OIE Resolutions3. 
– Monitoring programme for small ruminants (sheep and goats)  
 In July 2007 the monitoring was reduced to a level similar to the situation 
before the increased monitoring programmes in small ruminants decided in 2005 following the detection of BSE in a goat. No new BSE cases were detected in the small ruminant populati on following this incr eased surveillance.  
– Monitoring programme for bovine animals
 
 Based on their favourable BSE situati on (i.e. their clea rly declining or 
consistently low BSE prevalence), 17 Me mber States have been authorised to 
increase the age limit for their BSE monitoring programmes (EU-15 MS as from 1
st January 2009, then Slovenia as from November 2009 and Cyprus as 
from April 2010). 
                                                 
1 The EFSA Journal (2005) 220, 1-7. Opinion on the assessment of the age limit in cattle for removal of 
certain specified risk materials (SRM). 
2 The EFSA Journal (2007) 476, 1-47. Opinion of the Scientific Panel on  Biological Hazards on a request 
from the European Commission on the infectivity in SRM derived from cattle at different age groups 
estimated by back calculation modelling. 
3 http://www.oie.int/eng/Status/BSE/en_BSE_free.htm   
 
EN 7   EN – Rapid tests approved for TSE monitoring  
 In 2008, the Community Reference Labor atory (CRL) for TSEs assessed the 
analytical sensitivity of all the currently  approved TSE rapid tests against the 
same sample sets for the three main types of ruminant TSEs: BSE, classical scrapie and atypical scrapie. Subseque ntly, EFSA provided a scientific 
evaluation of the CRL study and recomme nded certain modifications regarding 
the approval of the current rapid tests
4. The Commission initiated legislative 
actions to align the legislati on with EFSA recommendations. 
– Eradication measures in sma ll ruminants (sheep and goats)  
 In July 2007, new rules  were introduced as regards the eradication measures 
applicable in flocks where scrapie was detected and specific measures were 
adopted for flocks affected by atypical scrapie because, even if the knowledge 
of this disease is still limited, it has been scientifically recognised that atypical scrapie differs in terms of  risk and epidemiology from  classical scrapie. In 
February 2009, following the publication of a scientific opinion from EFSA
5, 
animal health protective measures in re lation to milk and milk products coming 
from classical scrapie infected flocks were adopted in order to prevent the 
spread of classical scrapie to ot her ruminant flocks through feeding. 
– Eradication measures in bovine animals  
 The legal basis was introduced in 2006 to defer the killing and complete 
destruction of cohort animals until the end of their productive lives following 
an application from the Member States. Only Germany applied for this derogation and was authorised to use it in 2007. 
– Feed ban
 
 A tolerance on the presence of bone fr agments originating from unavoidable 
environmental contamination has been introduced in 2005 for beet pulp. This derogation was extended to all feed ma terials of plant or igin in 2009. In 
September 2008, the possibility to use fish meal in milk replacers destined for 
young ruminants has been introduced.  
 On 23 May 2006, the European Commissi on appointed the Centre Wallon de 
recherches agronomiques (CRA-W) in  Gembloux (Belgium) as Community 
Reference Laboratory for the detecti on of animal proteins (AP) in 
feedingstuffs. 
                                                
 
4 The EFSA Journal 2009; 7(12):1436 [32 pp.]. Scien tific Opinion on Analytical sensitivity of approved 
TSE rapid tests. 
5 The EFSA Journal (2008) 849, 1-37. Opinion of the Scientific Panel on  Biological Hazards on a request 
from the European Commission on the human and animal exposure risk related to Transmissible 
Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) from milk and milk products derived from small ruminants. 
 
EN 8   EN – Chronic wasting disease in cervids (e.g. deer, reindeer)  
 In 2007 and according to EFSA recommendations6, a survey was launched in 
order to detect the possible presence of TSEs in wild and farmed cervids in the 
EU. This survey, which was based on statistical planning, has now been 
completed. About 13,000 tests were performe d on wild and farmed cervids and 
no positive case was detected. 
                                                 
6 The EFSA Journal (2004) 70, 1-7, Opinion on a su rveillance programme for Chronic Wasting Disease 
in the European Union. 
 
EN 9   EN 4. ANNEX  III:  EVOLUTION OF BSE  EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION SINCE 2001 
Chart 1: Total tests performed in bovine animals during the period 2001–2009 in the EU  
8.487.67510.425.54910.996.023 11.057.727
10.123.880 10.113.914
9.728.27310.051.735
7.467.350
02.000.0004.000.0006.000.0008.000.00010.000.00012.000.000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 
Chart 2: Evolution of the number of BS E positive cases in the EU since 2001  
21672124
1376
865
561
320
17512567
05001000150020002500
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
 
 
EN 10   EN Chart 3: Evolution of the costs (M€) per BS E case detected in slaughterhouse since 2001  
1,231,44 1,572,593,434,928,4714,15
10,10
0,002,004,006,008,0010,0012,0014,0016,00
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 
 
EN 11   EN 5. ANNEX  IV: CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TSE  LEGISLATION ADOPTED FOLLOWING THE FIRST TSE  ROADMAP  
2005   
Legal text  Contents  
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/2005  of 2 December 2005 amending Annexes X and XI to Regulation 
(EC) No 999/2001 of the European Pa rliament and of the Council as rega rds national reference laboratories 
and specified risk material (O J L 317, 3.12.2005, p. 4) Amendment of R 999/2001 as regards  national reference laboratories 
and Specified Risk Materials – modification of the age limit for 
vertebral column in bovines  
 
2006   
Legal text  Contents  
Commission Regulation (EC) No 253/2006  of 14 February 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rapid tests and measures for the eradication of TSEs 
in ovine and caprine animals (OJ L 44, 15.2.2006, p. 9) Amendment of R 999/2001 as  regards rapid tests and TSE eradication 
measures on small ruminants  
Commission Regulation (EC) No 339/2006  of 24 February 2006 amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for importation of live bovine 
animals and products of bovine, ovine and ca prine origin (OJ L 55,  25.2.2006, p. 5) Amendment of R 999/2001- deleting Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, 
Nicaragua, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland from the list of countries 
exempted from certain TSE-relat ed trade conditions for live bovine 
animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/2006  of 31 March 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council as regar ds national scrapie control programmes and additional 
guarantees and derogating from certai n requirements of Decision 2003/100/EC and repealing Regulation 
(EC) No 1874/2003 (OJ L 94, 1.4.2006, p. 28) Implementing R 999/2001 as regards national scrapie control 
programmes and additional guarantees and derogating from certain 
requirements as regards breeding  programmes in certain Member 
States. 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 657/2006  of 10 April 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council as regar ds the United Kingdom and repealing Council Decision 
98/256/EC and Decisions 98/351/EC and 19 99/514/EC (OJ L 116, 29.4.2006, p. 9) Lifting of the embargo on the United Kingdom  – Amendment of R 
999/2001 as regards SRM, BSE monitoring and repeal of Commission 
Decision 98/256/EC and related measures 
 
EN 12   EN Commission Regulation (EC) No 688/2006  of 4 May 2006 amending Annexe s III and XI to Regulation (EC) 
No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of t he Council as regards the monitoring of transmissible 
spongiform encephalopathies and specified risk material  of bovine animals in Sw eden (OJ L 120, 5.5.2006, 
p. 10) Amendment of R 999/2001 as regards BSE monitoring in Sweden 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1041/2006  of 7 July 2006 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Counc il as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform 
encephalopathies in ovine anim als (OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 10) Amendment of R 999/2001 as regards TSE monitoring in sheep . 
Increased number of tests 
Regulation (EC) No 1923/2006  of the European Parliament and of  the Council of 18 December 2006 
amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down ru les for the prevention, control and eradication of 
certain transmissible spongiform encephalop athies (OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 1) Regulation of the European Parliam ent and of the Co uncil. Amendment 
of R 999/2001 as regards categorisation of countries, specified risk 
materials, TSE surveillance , Import conditions 
 
2007   
Legal text  Contents  
2007/182/EC: Commission Decision  of 19 March 2007 on a survey for chronic wasting disease in cervids (OJ 
L 84, 24.3.2007, p. 37) Laying down rules for a survey for Chronic wasting disease in 
cervids  
2007/315/EC: Commission Decision  of 30 April 2007 laying down specific measures to be applied by Cyprus 
with regard to scrapie (OJ L 118, 8.5.2007, p. 23) Specific measures for Cyprus regarding Scrapie 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 722/2007  of 25 June 2007 amending Annexe s II, V, VI, VIII, IX and XI to 
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parlia ment and of the Council laying down rules for the 
prevention, control and eradication of certain tr ansmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 164, 
26.6.2007, p. 7) Amendment of R 999/2001. End of trans itional measures from 1 July 
2007 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 727/2007  of 26 June 2007 amending Annexes I, III, VII and X to Regulation 
(EC) No 999/2001 of the European Pa rliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, 
control and eradication of certai n transmissible spongiform encephalopat hies (OJ L 165, 27.6.2007, p. 8) Amendment of R 999/2001. modification of eradication measures for 
ovine and caprine animals and monitoring in ovine and caprine animals  
2007/453/EC: Commission Decision  of 29 June 2007 establishing the BSE st atus of Member States or third 
countries or regions thereof according to their BSE risk (OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 84) Establishing the BSE status of Member States and certain third 
countries  
 
EN 13   EN 2007/667/EC: Commission Decision  of 15 October 2007 authorising the use of at risk bovine animals until 
the end of their productive lives in Germany following o fficial confirmation of the presence of BSE (OJ L 271, 
16.10.2007, p. 16) BSE cohort culling in Germany 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2007  of 29 October 2007 amending Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Counc il laying down rules for the prevention, control and 
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform  encephalopathies (OJ L 284, 30.10.2007, p. 8) Amendment of R 999/2001. Import cond itions for products of animal 
origin from bovine, ovine and caprine animals 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1428/2007  of 4 December 2007 amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Counc il laying down rules for the prevention, control and 
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform  encephalopathies (OJ L 317, 5.12.2007, p. 61) Amendment of R 999/2001. Derogation: possibility to delay the 
destruction of animals in TSE affected flocks for 5 breeding years 
 
2008   
Legal text  Contents  
Commission Regulation (EC) No 21/2008  of 11 January 2008 amending Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Counc il as regards the lists of rapid tests (OJ L 9, 
12.1.2008, p. 3) Amendment of R 999/2001. List of rapid tests 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 315/2008  of 4 April 2008 amending Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Counc il as regards the lists of rapid tests (OJ L 94, 
5.4.2008, p. 3) Amendment of R 999/2001. List of rapid tests 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 357/2008  of 22 April 2008 amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Counc il laying down rules for the prevention, control and 
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform  encephalopathies (OJ L 111, 23.4.2008, p. 3) Amendment of R 999/2001. Modification of the age limit for vertebral 
column in bovines  
Commission Regulation (EC) No 571/2008  of 19 June 2008 amending Anne x III to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the criteria for revision of the annual 
monitoring programmes concerning BSE (OJ L 161, 20.6.2008, p. 4) Amendment of R 999/2001. Criteria  for the revision of annual BSE 
monitoring programmes 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 746/2008  of 17 June 2008 amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Counc il laying down rules for the prevention, control and 
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform  encephalopathies (OJ L 202, 31.7.2008, p. 11) Amendment of R 999/2001. modification of eradication measures for 
ovine and caprine animals  
 
EN 14   EN 2008/661/EC: Commission Decision  of 1 August 2008 amending Decision 2007/182/EC on a survey for 
chronic wasting disease in cerv ids (OJ L 215, 12.8.2008, p. 8) Extending the survey for Chronic wasting disease in cervids 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 956/2008  of 29 September 2008 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Counc il laying down rules for the prevention, control and 
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform  encephalopathies (OJ L 260, 30.9.2008, p. 8) Amendment of R 999/2001. Authorisation for the use of fishmeal in of 
milk replacers intended for feeding to young animals of ruminant 
species  
Commission Decision (EC) 2008/829  of 30 October 2008 amending the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC 
establishing the BSE st atus of Member States or third countries or  regions thereof according to their BSE risk 
(OJ L 294, 1.11.2008, p. 14) Update of classification of count ries according to their BSE risk 
Commission Decision (EC) 2008/908  of 28 November 2008 authorising certai n Member States to revise their 
annual BSE monitoring programme (O J L 327, 5.12.2008, p. 24)  Certain Member States may revise their annual BSE monitoring 
programme . 
 
2009   
Legal text  Contents  
Commission Regulation (EC) No 220/2009  of 11 March 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of 
certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the 
Commission (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 155) Amendment of R 999/2001. Modificati on of the implementing powers 
conferred on the Commission. 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 103/2009  of 3 February 2009 amending Annexes VII and IX to Regulation 
(EC) No 999/2001 of the European Pa rliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, 
control and eradication of certai n transmissible spongiform encephalopat hies (OJ L 34, 4.2.2009, p. 11) Amendment of R 999/2001. Modification of eradication measures for 
ovine and caprine animals. 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 162/2009  of 26 February 2009 amending Annexes III and X to Regulation 
(EC) No 999/2001 of the European Pa rliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, 
control and eradication of certai n transmissible spongiform encephalopat hies (OJ L 55, 27.2.2009, p. 11) Amendment of R 999/2001. Modification of certain approved laboratory 
methods for the diagnostic of TSEs. 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 163/2009  of 26 February 2009 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Counc il laying down rules for the prevention, control and 
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform  encephalopathies (OJ L 55, 27.2.2009, p. 17) Amendment of R 999/2001. Modification of certain feed ban 
provisions . 
 
EN 15   EN Commission Decision (EC) 2009/719  of 28 September 2009 authorising cert ain Member States to revise their 
annual BSE monitoring programmes (OJ L 256, 29.9.2009, p. 35)  Slovenia is included in the list of Member States that may revise 
their annual BSE monitoring programmes  
Commission Decision (EC) 2009/830  of 11 November 2009 amending the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC as 
regards the BSE status of Chile, Colomb ia and Japan (OJ L 295, 12.11.2009, p. 11) Update of classification of count ries according to their BSE risk 
 
2010  
Legal text  Contents  
Commission Decision (EC) 2010/66  of 5 February 2010 authorising certai n Member States to revise their 
annual BSE monitoring programmes (OJ L 035, 6.2.2010, p. 21) Cyprus is included in the list of Member States that may revise 
their annual BSE monitoring programmes