2001/7/EC: Commission Decision of 19 December 2000 amending Annex I, Chapter 14 of Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2000) 3866)
Date: 2000-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, health certificate, health control, intra-EU trade, organic fertiliser, veterinary legislation

5.1.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 2/27

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 December 2000

amending Annex I, Chapter 14 of Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down animal health and
public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not
subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I)
to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC

(notified under document number C(2000) 3866)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/7/EC)

‘1.

(a) Trade in unprocessed manure of species other than
poultry or equidae is prohibited, except for manure:

from an area or holding which is not subject to
restrictions by virtue of a serious transmissible
disease,

and

located on both sides of

intended for spreading under the control of the
competent authorities on land forming part of or
belonging to the same holding, whether separated
or not,
the frontier
between Member States and within a distance of
approximately 20 kilometres. Records should be
kept by the owner of the holding concerning these
cross-frontier movements in order to be approved.
The competent authority shall keep a register of
such approved holdings.’

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2001.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down
animal health and public health requirements governing trade
in and imports into the Community of products not subject to
the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules
referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as
regards pathogens to Directive 90/425/EEC (1), and in partic-
ular Article 15 thereof, as last amended by Commission
Decision 1999/724/EC (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Thee are some linguistic translation differences between
language versions
the German text and the other
concerning the
in unprocessed
manure which should be resolved and it is opportune in
to introduce better
view of possible disease risks
controls on such movements.

cross-border

trade

It is necessary to take into account in such cross-border
movements the disease situation of Member States.

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 Annex I, Chapter 14, Part I.A, to Council Directive 92/
is replaced with:
118/EEC point 1(a),

(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 290, 12.11.1999, p. 32.