1999/868/EC: Commission Decision of 30 November 1999 amending Decision 1999/549/EC concerning certain protective measures relating to Newcastle disease in Australia (notified under document number C(1999) 3984) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Australia, animal disease, egg, health control, import, poultry

28. 12. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 334/51

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 November 1999

amending Decision 1999/549/EC concerning certain protective measures relating to Newcastle
disease in Australia

(notified under document number C(1999) 3984)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/868/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (1), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July
1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from
third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/
425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (2), as last amended by Directive
96/43/EC (3), and in particular Article 18(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

due to outbreaks of Newcastle disease in the State of
New South Wales in Australia the Commission adopted
on 19 July 1999 Decision 1999/549/EC concerning
certain protective measures relating to Newcastle disease
in Australia (4), which suspended the importation of live
birds, hatching eggs, fresh meat of poultry and farmed
and wild feathered game meat from the said region until
1 December 1999;

(1) OJ L 24, 31.1.1998, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56.
(3) OJ L 162, 1.7.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 209, 7.8.1999, p. 36.

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

since the adoption of Decision 1999/549/EC Australia
has reported further occurence of Newcastle disease in
the Sydney area of the State of New South Wales;

Australia has initiated a serological surveillance program
on Newcastle disease for the affected region of New
South Wales and the results are anticipated to be avail-
able in the early spring of 2000;

it is necessary in the light of the disease's evolution to
amend the protective measures established by Decision
1999/549/EC;

no outbreaks of Newcastle disease have been reported
outside the Sydney area, the region subject to special
protective measures can be reduced to the eastern part
of the State of New South Wales;

the special protective measures shall be in place until
serological data from the disease-affected area have been
made available;

the measures provided for in this Decision are in accord-
ance with the opinion of
the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
December 1999’

In Article 5 of Decision 1999/549/EC the date of ‘1

is replaced by the date ‘1 May 2000’.

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2.

The Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 30 November 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

The territory of Australia with the exception of the area of the State of New South Wales situated east of the Newell
Highway (Brisbane to Melbourne).

ANNEX