2000/643/EC: Commission Decision of 17 October 2000 amending for the third time Decision 2000/486/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Greece (notified under document number C(2000) 3039) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, Greece, animal disease, foot-and-mouth disease, health legislation, health risk

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 October 2000

amending for the third time Decision 2000/486/EC concerning certain protection measures with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Greece

(notified under document number C(2000) 3039)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/643/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
December 1989 concerning veterinary checks
in intra-
Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal
market (3), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, and in
particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Due to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Greece
Commission Decision 2000/486/EC of 31 July 2000
concerning
to
protection measures with
food-and-mouth disease in Greece (4), as last amended
by Decision 2000/550/EC (5), was adopted to reinforce
the control measures taken by Greece.

regard

The Greek veterinary services informed the Commission
that no new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has
been reported in Greece since 13 September 2000 and
that the results of a serological survey carried out so far
food-and-mouth disease has been
demonstrate that
eradicated from Xanthi and had never spread into
Rodopi.

(3)

(4)

In the light of the disease evolution it appears appro-
priate to limit the protection measures to the areas listed
in Annex I to Decision 2000/486/EC.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I and Annex II
replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

to Decision 2000/486/EC shall be

Article 2

Member States shall amend the measures, which they apply to
trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision.
They shall

immediately inform the Commission thereof.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 17 October 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 195, 1.8.2000, p. 59.
(5) OJ L 234, 16.9.2000, p. 44.

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ANNEX II

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