98/505/EC: Commission Decision of 27 July 1998 amending Decision 98/372/EC concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of live animals of bovine and porcine species from certain European countries to take into account some aspects in relation to Croatia and the Czech Republic (notified under document number C(1998) 2239) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, Czechia, cattle, health certificate, import, swine

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 July 1998

amending Decision 98/372/EC concerning animal health conditions and
veterinary certification for imports of live animals of bovine and porcine species
from certain European countries to take into account some aspects in relation to
Croatia and the Czech Republic

(notified under document number C(1998) 2239)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/505/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to the Council Directive 72/462/EEC, of
12 December 1972, on health and veterinary inspection
problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
third countries (1), as last amended by Council Directive
97/79/EC (2), and in particular Articles 6, 8 and 11,

Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary
the
certification for
bovine and porcine species from certain European coun-
tries, were
by Commission Decision
98/372/EC (3);

imports of domestic animals of

established

Whereas some health restrictions were applied by the
European Community to some zones of the country due
to some problems concerning the veterinary controls in
those parts;

it
Following a recent Community veterinary mission,
appears that the Croatian veterinary services control satis-
factorily the whole country;

Whereas, as a result, it is appropriate to make possible the
from the whole
importation of bovine live animals
Croatia;

Whereas the guarantees provided by Croatia as regard
bovine tuberculosis and burcellosis can not be considered
as equivalent to that of herds in the European Com-
munity having the status of officially free;

Whereas animal health conditions and veterinary certi-
fication must be adapted according to the animal health

(1) OJ L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 170, 16. 6. 1998, p. 34.

situation of the third country concerned; whereas some
supplementary guarantees should be required as regards
the tuberculosis and brucellosis on imports of bovine
these supplementary
animals
guarantees will be reviewed on the light of the evolution
of the situation;

from Croatia; whereas

Whreas the presence of classical swine fever has been
confirmed in domestic pig holdings in some areas of the
Czech Republic in 1997;

Whereas following the measures adopted by the Czech
Authorities, the epidemiological situation in domestic pig
improved and no new outbreaks have
holdings has
occurred since June 1997;

Whereas it is necessary to modify the region where the
Classical Swine Fever has been detected in feral pigs, to
be adapted to the present situation;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 98/372/EC is amended as follows:

1. Annex I
Decision;

is

replaced by Annex I of

the present

2. Annex II is replaced by Annex II of

the present

Decision;

3. Annex IV is replaced by Annex III of the present

Decision.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 27 July 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

ANIMAL HEALTH GUARANTEES REQUESTED ON CERTIFICATION — LIVE ANIMALS

Country

Code

Breeding/production

Slaughter

Breeding/production

Slaughter

MC (1)

SG (2)

MC (1)

SG (2)

MC (1)

SG (2)

MC (1)

SG (2)

Bovine

Swine

ALBANIA (3)

BOSNIA-
HERZEGOVINA (3)

BULGARIA

BELARUS (3)

CZECH
REPUBLIC

ESTONIA (3)

FEDERAL
REPUBLIC
OF YUGOSLAVIA

CROATIA

HUNGARY

LITHUANIA (3)

LATVIA (3)

FORMER
YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC
OF MACEDONIA

POLAND

ROMANIA

RUSSIA (3)

SLOVENIA

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

AL

BA

BG

BG-1

BG-2

BY

CZ

CZ-1

CZ-2

EE

FY

FY-1

FY-2

HR

HU

LI

LV

MK

PL

RO

RU

SI

SK

—

—

—

A

—

—

A

A

A

—

—

—

B

—

—

B

B

B

A (3)

B (3)

d

—

—

—

A

A

A (3)

A (3)

—

A

A

—

A

A

—

—

—

B

B

B (3)

B (3)

—

B

B

—

B

B

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

C

—

—

—

—

—

C

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

D

—

—

—

—

—

—

D

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

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(1) MC: model of certificate to be fulfilled. The letters (A, B, C, D, . . .) appearing on the tables refer to the models of animal health guarantees as described in
Annex III, to be applied for each animal and origin in accordance with Article 2 of Decision 98/372/EC. A dash (—) indicates that imports are not au-
thorised.

(2) SG: Supplementary guarantees. The letters (a, b, c, d, . . .) appearing on the tables refer to the supplementary guarantees to be provided by the exporting
country as described in Annex IV. These supplementary guarantees must be inserted by the exporting country in section VI of each model of certificate
laid down in Annex III.

(3) The imports of domestic animals of the bovine and porcine species are not allowed in so far as a programme of control of residues in the exporting non-

member country has not been approved by the European Commission.’

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ANNEX III

‘ANNEX IV

Supplementary guarantees to be provided by the exporting territory when required in Annex II in applica-
tion of Article 2(2).

(a) The animals described in this certificate have reacted negatively to a foot-and-mounth virus test carried

out by the laryngo-pharyngeal scrape method (probang test).

(b) The animals described in this certificate have reacted negatively to a serological test carried out to detect

the presence of foot-and-mouth antibodies.

(c) The animals described in this certificate have been isolated for at least 14 days immediately prior to
loading for export at a quarantine station in the territory of origin under the surveillance of an official
veterinarian, no animal on the premises of isolation having been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth
disease during the 21 days preceding exportation and no animal other than those forming part of the
consignment having been introduced to the premises of isolation during the same period.

(d) The animals are coming from the following herds which has been qualified as “Officially free of tubercu-
losis, brucellosis and leukosis”, as defined under Annexes A and G of the Directive 64/432/EEC:

No of qualified
herd

Total
of animals

Number of exported
animals

Date of test

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