2000/689/EC: Commission Decision of 6 November 2000 amending Commission Decision 2000/552/EC on certain protection measures with regard to movement of equidae within and dispatch from certain parts of France affected by West Nile fever (notified under document number C(2000) 3173) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, agricultural trade, animal disease, equidae, health control, veterinary inspection

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 November 2000

amending Commission Decision 2000/552/EC on certain protection measures with regard to
movement of equidae within and dispatch from certain parts of France affected by West Nile fever

(notified under document number C(2000) 3173)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/689/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Decision 2000/552/EC are replaced by the
Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Member States shall amend the measures they apply with
regard to France to bring them into line with this Decision.

They shall

inform the Commission thereof.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply until 30 November 2000.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 6 November 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In certain departments of France cases of West Nile
fever, a non-contagious vector-transmitted viral disease
accompanied by clinical signs of encephalitis, have been
reported in horses.

The presence of this disease is liable to constitute a
danger for humans and equidae.

The Commission therefore adopted Decision 2000/
552/EC of 15 September 2000 on certain protection
measures with regard to movement of equidae within
and dispatch from certain parts of France affected by
West Nile fever (3).

In order to adapt the measures to the current epidemio-
logical situation,
is necessary to amend Decision
2000/552/EC with regard to equidae dispatch from the
affected parts of the territory of France.

it

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 234, 16.9.2000, p. 48.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

In France the départements of:

— l'Hérault (34)

— Gard (30)

— the part of the département Bouches-du-Rhône (13) west of the N 7 road

ANNEX II

Supplementary certificate

Reference No of animal health certificate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The equine animal described in the abovementioned animal health certificate complies with one of the following
conditions:

(1) either it comes from a holding situated in the centre of an area of at least 30 km radius around that holding
where there has been no case of West Nile fever reported in equidae during the past 15 days, and has had no
contact during the preceding 15 days with equidae which have been resident on holdings where West Nile
fever has been confirmed during the previous 30 days (1),

or

(2) it comes from a holding situated within an area of 30 km radius around a holding on which West Nile fever

has been confirmed in equidae during the previous 30 days and has prior to dispatch

— either undergone pre-movement isolation under vector-protected conditions for a period of at least 21
days, or since entry from a holding outside the areas identified in Annex I to Decision 2000/552/EC, and
during that period the body temperature taken daily remained within the normal physiological range and
has been subjected to an IG-M capture ELISA test for the detection of antibodies against West Nile virus
with negative result, carried out on a blood sample taken not earlier than 17 days from the date the
isolation commenced (1), or not more than five days prior to dispatch if it entered isolation on a holding
outside the areas identified in Annex I to Decision 2000/552/EC for a period of less than 21 days (1),

or

— has been subjected to two tests for the detection of antibodies against West Nile virus, with negative result
in the case of IG-M capture ELISA, and with positive result at a serum dilution of 1 in 100 in the case of
either a IG-G capture ELISA (1), or a plaque-reduction neutralisation test (1), carried out on a blood sample
taken within 21 days of dispatch (1).

Date and place

Name and function

Signature of the official veterinarian

(1) Delete as appropriate’