2000/419/EC: Commission Decision of 29 June 2000 concerning certain protection measures relating to Newcastle disease in Italy (notified under document number C(2000) 1738) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, animal disease, egg, poultry, vaccination, veterinary inspection

30.6.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 158/83

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 June 2000

concerning certain protection measures relating to Newcastle disease in Italy

(notified under document number C(2000) 1738)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/419/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), as last
amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and, in particular, Article
10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1

Italy shall present to the Commission a vaccination programme
against Newcastle disease for live poultry before 1 July 2000.
The programme shall

include information on:

(a) the territory, where vaccination shall be carried out;

(b) the species of poultry, which shall be vaccinated and the

timetable to be applied;

Several outbreaks of Newcastle disease have occurred in
various regions of Italy since 5 May 2000.

(c) the characteristics, the composition and the way of applica-

tion of the vaccines to be used;

Measures to control Newcastle disease are given in
Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 5 September 1992
introducing Community measures for the control of
Newcastle disease (3).

Additional control and protection measures have been
established by the Italian authorities with the ‘Ordinanza
del
Presidente della Giunta Regionale dell'Emilia-
Romagna No 210 del 18 Maggio 2000’ in the provinces
of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Cesena, Ravenna and Rimini in
the region of Emilia-Romagna.

These measures must stay in place at least until the
disease
is
reviewed at
the Standing Veterinary
Committee scheduled for 4 and 5 July 2000.

situation concerning Newcastle disease

the meeting of

(d) the vaccination schemes for the different categories of

poultry;

(e) the monitoring measures to ensure that proper vaccination

has been carried out;

(f) the restrictions to be applied to movements of birds in
vaccination

relation to the
programme to prevent spread of disease;

implementation of

the

(g) the flow of
authorities,
Central Veterinary Authority.

information established between the local
the National Reference Laboratory and the

Article 2

The disease situation is liable to endanger the flocks in
other parts of the Community in view of trade in live
poultry and hatching eggs thereof.

Italy shall ensure that only vaccinated live poultry and hatching
eggs derived from vaccinated flocks are allowed to leave the
Italian territory for intra-Community trade.

Vaccination is an effective tool to control Newcastle
disease; therefore a vaccination programme should be
established by Italy and only vaccinated poultry and
hatching eggs thereof should be dispatched to other
Member States.

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

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1.

Article 3

The following words shall be included in the relevant animal
health certificates used for intra-Community trade in hatching
eggs and live poultry:

— The hatching eggs are derived from flocks, which have been
in accordance with

vaccinated under official control
Decision 2000/419/EC.

— The poultry has been vaccinated under official control in

accordance with Decision 2000/419/EC.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

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This Decision shall apply until 15 July 2000.

Article 4

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 June 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission