2000/807/EC: Commission Decision of 11 December 2000 laying down the codified form and the codes for the notification of animal diseases pursuant to Council Directive 82/894/EEC and repealing Decisions 84/90/EEC and 90/442/EEC (notified under document number C(2000) 3701) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, exchange of information, health legislation, information system, veterinary legislation

L 326/80

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.12.2000

COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 December 2000

laying down the codified form and the codes for the notification of animal diseases pursuant to
Council Directive 82/894/EEC and repealing Decisions 84/90/EEC and 90/442/EEC

(notified under document number C(2000) 3701)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/807/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21
December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within
the Community (1), as last amended by Commission Decision
2000/556/EC (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Decision 84/90/EEC (3), as last amended by
Decision 89/163/EEC (4), lays down the codified form in
which animal diseases are to be notified pursuant to
Directive 82/894/EEC.

Commission Decision 90/442/EEC (5), as last amended
by the Decision of 17 December 1996 (6), lays down the
codes for the notification of animal diseases.

It is necessary to consolidate and update these Decisions.
It is more transparent to repeal these Decisions and lay
down one new decision accordingly.

Decision No 2/1999 of the EC-Andorra Joint Committee
of 22 December 1999 on the arrangements for imple-
menting the Protocol signed in Brussels on 15 May
1997 on veterinary matters supplementary to the Agree-
ment in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the
European Economic Community and the Principality of
Andorra (7)
requires that Andorra be added to the
Animal Disease Notification System.

A new web-based computer system is being introduced
to allow for transfer of disease information as required
by Directive 82/894/EEC.

the Netherlands,
Belgium, Finland, Germany, Greece,
Norway,
the
changed
numbering system of the regions used in the notification
system.

Spain have

Portugal

and

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

In order to protect confidentiality of the transmitted
information, the Annexes to this Decision should not be
published.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the purpose of animal disease notification procedures the
information shall be transmitted in the codified version laid
down in Annexes I, II and III to this Decision.

Article 2

For the purpose of animal disease notification procedures the
information shall be transmitted utilising the codes laid down
in Annexes IV to X to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2001.

Article 4

Decisions 84/90/EEC and 90/442/EEC are repealed on the date
referred to in Article 3.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2000.

In order to improve the system it is necessary to allow
provision for the more precise localisation of outbreaks
by reference to longitude and latitude.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 58.
(2) OJ L 235, 19.9.2000, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 50, 21.2.1984, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 61, 4.3.1989, p. 49.
(5) OJ L 227, 21.8.1990, p. 39.
(6) C(1996) 4032 final.
(7) OJ L 31, 5.2.2000, p. 84.