2000/681/EC: Commission Decision of 30 October 2000 amending for the third time Decision 1999/549/EC concerning certain protective measures relating to Newcastle disease in Australia (notified under document number C(2000) 3137) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Australia, animal disease, health certificate, import, poultry, poultry farming

7.11.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 281/23

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 October 2000

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

(notified under document number C(2000) 3137)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/681/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)

(2)

(3)

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 (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.

Due to further occurrence of Newcastle disease in the
Sydney area of
the State of New South Wales and
awaiting the results of a serological survey, which should
have given a clearer picture on the disease situation, the
Commission adopted, on 30 November 1999, Decision
1999/549/EC
1999/868/EC
amending
concerning certain protective measures
relating to
Newcastle disease in Australia (5), which established
protective measures until 1 May 2000.

Decision

By Commission Decision 2000/313/EC of 18 April
2000 amending for the second time Decision 1999/
549/EC concerning certain protective measures relating
the protection
to Newcastle disease in Australia (6),
measures were extended until 1 November 2000.

(4)

The Newcastle disease situation and aspects of
control measures remain unclear.

the

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

The results of a national survey for Newcastle disease
that has been carried out during the first half of the year
2000 are not yet available to assess the situation.

In the light of
the disease situation which will be
reviewed after six months it is necessary to prolong the
established protective measures until 1 November 2001.

The protective measures shall be in place until a clear
picture has been obtained of the disease situation and
the Newcastle disease control measures enforced in New
South Wales.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 5 of Decision 1999/549/EC the date ‘1 November
2000’

is replaced by ‘1 November 2001’.

Article 2

This Decision will be reviewed within six months in the light of
the disease evolution and the information made available by
Australia.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 October 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(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.
(5) OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 51.
(6) OJ L 104, 29.4.2000, p. 81.