2000/69/EC: Commission Decision of 22 December 1999 amending Decisions 1999/466/EC and 1999/467/EC establishing respectively the officially brucellosis-free and tuberculosis-free status of bovine herds of certain Member States or regions of Member States (notified under document number C(1999) 5007) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, cattle, health certificate, health control, livestock, swine

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 December 1999

amending Decisions 1999/466/EC and 1999/467/EC establishing respectively the officially brucel-
losis-free and tuberculosis-free status of bovine herds of certain Member States or regions of
Member States

(notified under document number C(1999) 5007)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/69/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community
trade in bovine animals and swine (1), as last amended by
Council Directive 98/99/EC (2), and in particular Annex A I(4)
and A II(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Commission Decision 1999/466/EC of 15 July 1999
establishing the officially brucellosis-free status of bovine
herds of certain Member States or regions of Member
States and repealing Decision 97/175/EC (3), granted this
status to certain Member States and regions thereof until
31 December 1999;

Commission Decision 1999/467/EC of 15 July 1999
establishing the officially tuberculosis-free status of
bovine herds of certain Member States or regions of
Member States and repealing Decision 97/76/EC (4),
granted this status to certain Member States and regions
thereof until 31 December 1999;

in accordance with Annexes A I(4)(b) an A II(7)(b) of
Directive 64/432/EEC an identification system allowing
the identification of herds of origin and transit for each
bovine animals in accordance with Council Regulation
(EC) No 820/97 (5)
is a prerequisite for granting the
officially free status for bovine tuberculosis and brucel-
losis respectively;

the temporary limitations of
the officially-free status
with regard to bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis fore-
seen in the above Decisions was introduced due to
incoherence of dates in different pieces of legislation, in
particular that certain elements of
the identification
system had to be fully operational by 31 December
1999 in accordance with the above Regulation;

Taking into consideration that the set-up of a computer-
ised database for the identification and registration of
bovine animals constitutes an essential element of the

system foreseen by Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97,
the Commission has recognised the operational char-
acter of the databases established in Austria by Decision
1999/571/EC (6),
in Denmark by Decision 1999/
376/EC (7), in Finland by Decision 1999/317/EC (8), in
Luxembourg by Decision 1999/375/EC (9), in the Neth-
erlands by Decision 1999/546/EC (10) and in Sweden by
Decision 1999/693/EC (11);

as far as Germany is concerned the Commission received
sufficient information to allow consideration of the data-
base as operational, but this evaluation may be reviewed
in the light of the results of a forthcoming on-the-spot
visit;

as far as Italy and the United Kingdom are concerned, an
additional 6 months period is required to complete the
set-up of the aforementioned database and therefore the
officially-free status of bovine herds in the regions
Bolzano and Trento with regard to bovine tuberculosis
and in the regions Bolzano and Great Britain with regard
to bovine brucellosis should be granted until 30 June
2000, subject to review prior to this date;

therefore it is necessary to adapt Decisions 1999/466/EC
and 1999/467/EC to the legal situation in force as from
1 January 2000;

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

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.

Decision 1999/466/EC is amended as follows:

(a) In the title of Annex I the words ‘until 31 December 1999’

are deleted.

(b) In the title of Annex II the words ‘until 31 December 1999’

are replaced by the words ‘until 30 June 2000’.

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 107.
(3) OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 34.
(4) OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 36.
(5) OJ L 173, 7.5.1997, p. 1.

(6) OJ L 217, 17.8.1999, p. 62.
(7) OJ L 144, 9.6.1999, p. 35.
(8) OJ L 122, 12.5.1999, p. 40.
(9) OJ L 144, 9.6.1999, p. 34.
(10) OJ L 209, 7.8.1999, p. 32.
(11) OJ L 273, 23.10.1999, p. 14.

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2.

Decision 1999/467/EC is amended as follows:

(a) In the title of Annex I the words ‘until 31 December 1999’ are deleted.

(b) In the title of Annex II the words ‘until 31 December 1999’ are replaced by the words ‘until 30 June

2000’.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 22 December 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission