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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 64/432/EEC as regards certain 
measures relating to foot-and-mouth disease and swine vesicular disease 
COM(84) 217 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 17 april 1984) 
(84/C 121/10) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
COMMUNITIES, 
Article 1 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Council Directive 64/432/EEC (*), as last 
amended by Directive 83/646/EEC (2), lays down the 
conditions to be met, as regards health, by live cattle 
and pigs intended for intra-Community trade; 
Whereas the Member States currently apply different 
policies in the matter of the control and prevention of 
foot-and-mouth disease; whereas it is important to 
provide all the Member States, regardless of the 
health policy pursued, with appropriate guarantees, 
which are strictly necessary until such time as har­
monized measures to combat foot-and-mouth disease 
are implemented; 
Whereas certain guarantees which may be required in 
respect of swine vesicular disease must be maintained 
within the framework of the rules applicable to intra-
Community trade in live pigs, 
(') OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64. 
(2) OJ No L 360, 23. 12. 1983, p. 44. Directive 64/432/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 
1. In Article 3 (3): 
— point (a) is deleted, 
— points (b), (c), (d) and (e) become points (a), 
(b), (c) and (d) respectively. 
2. In Article 3 (6): 
— point (a) is deleted, 
— points (b) and (c) become points (a) and (b) 
respectively. 
3. Article 4a is replaced by the following: 
Article 4a 
As regards the additional guarantees which may be 
required in respect of foot-and-mouth disease and 
swine vesicular disease, the following rules shall 
apply: 
1. Member States which have been free of foot-
and-mouth disease for at least two years, which 
do not practise vaccination and which do not 
allow onto their territory animals which have 
been vaccinated less than one year previously 
may make the introduction onto their territory 
of live cattle and pigs subject to the following 
conditions: 
A. Where the animals come from a Member 
State satisfying the same criteria, a 
guarantee that they have not been vac­
cinated against foot-and-mouth disease. 
B. Where the animals come from a Member 
State which has been free of foot-and-
mouth disease for at least two years, which 
practises vaccination and which allows vac­
cinated animals onto its territory; 
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(a) a guarantee that the animals have not 
been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth 
disease; 
(b) a guarantee that the cattle have reacted 
negatively to a foot-and-mouth virus 
test carried out by the laryngo­
pharyngeal scrape method (probang 
test); 
(c) a guarantee that the cattle and pigs have 
reacted negatively to a serological test 
carried out to detect the presence of 
foot-and-mouth antibodies; 
(d) a guarantee that the pigs have reacted 
negatively to a serological test carried 
out to detect the presence of swine 
vesicular disease antibodies; 
(e) a guarantee that the cattle and pigs have 
been isolated, in the exporting country, 
either on a holding or at a quarantine 
station, for 14 days under the surveil­
lance of an official veterinarian. In this 
connection, no animal located on the 
holding of origin or, as the case may be, 
at the quarantine station shall have been 
vaccinated against foot-and-mouth 
disease during the 21 days preceding 
exportation and no animal other than 
those forming part of the consignment 
shall have been introduced to the 
holding or quarantine station during 
that same period; 
(f) placing in quarantine for a period of 
21 days. 
C. Where the animals come from a Member 
State which has not been free of foot-and-
mouth disease for at least two years: 
(a) the guarantees referred to in point B; 
(b) possible further guarantees to be 
decided on in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 12. 
2. Member States practising vaccination and 
allowing vaccinated animals onto their territory 
may make the introduction onto their territory 
of live cattle subject to the following 
conditions: 
A. Where the animals come from a Member 
State satisfying the same criteria: 
(a) a guarantee that cattle for breeding or 
production which are more than four 
months old have been vaccinated not 
less than 15 days and not more than 
four months before loading against 
types A, O and C of the foot-and-
mouth disease virus, using an inactivated virus vaccine approved and controlled 
by the competent authority of the 
exporting country; 
(b) a guarantee that cattle for slaughter 
which are more than four months old 
have been vaccinated not less than 15 
days and not more than four months 
before loading against types A, O and C 
of the foot-and-mouth disease virus, 
using an inactivated virus vaccine 
approved and controlled by the 
competent authority of the exporting 
country; however, the period of validity 
of the vaccination shall be extended to 
12 months in the case of cattle revac-
cinated in Member States where such 
animals are vaccinated annually and 
where they are systematically 
slaughtered when they contract foot-
and-mouth disease. 
B. Where the animals come from a Member 
State which has been free of foot-and-
mouth disease for at least two years, which 
does not practice vaccination and which 
does not allow onto its territory animals 
which have been vaccinated less than one 
year previously, a guarantee that they have 
not been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth 
disease. 
3. (a) Where the tests referred to in this Article 
are carried out on the holding, the animals 
to be exported must be isolated from other 
animals until they are exported. 
(b) For the purposes of this Article, a Member 
State shall continue to be considered as 
having been free of foot-and-mouth disease 
for at least two years, even if outbreaks of 
the disease have been recorded on a limited 
part of its territory, on condition that such 
outbreaks were eliminated within a period 
of less than three months.' 
4. Article 4b is deleted. 
5. Article 4c becomes Article 4b. 
Article 2 
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu­
lations and administrative provisions necessary to 
comply with this Directive not later than 1 July 1984 
and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.