2001/24/EC: Commission Decision of 27 December 2000 amending Decision 2000/504/EC establishing transitional measures with regard to testing for bovine tuberculosis within the framework of Council Directive 64/432/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2000) 4141)
Date: 2000-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal tuberculosis, cattle, disease prevention, health control, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 December 2000

amending Decision 2000/504/EC establishing transitional measures with regard to testing for
bovine tuberculosis within the framework of Council Directive 64/432/EEC

(notified under document number C(2000) 4141)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/24/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

1. The title of the Decision is replaced by the following:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC on health
problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals
and swine (1), as last amended by Directive 2000/20/EC (2), and
in particular Article 16(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Commission Decision 2000/504/EC (3) established trans-
itional measures with regard to testing for bovine tuber-
culosis within the framework of Directive 64/432/EEC.

Certain Member States are not officially free from bovine
tuberculosis and brucellosis and have not yet accom-
plished the installation of a surveillance network or this
network is not yet approved in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 17 of Directive 64/
432/EEC.

As of 1 January 2001 the provisions of Article 6(2)(e) of
Directive 64/432/EEC are no longer applicable.
It
appears appropriate to allow under certain conditions
until the surveillance network is approved or officially-
free status achieved and in any case for a transitional
period ending 1 May 2002 at the latest, derogation from
the requirements for the testing of individual bovine
animals for tuberculosis and brucellosis intended for
dispatch from certain Member States.

For the purpose of legal clarity it appears appropriate to
combine in one single Decision all transitional measures
adopted in accordance with the provisions in Article
16(3) of Directive 64/432/EEC. Decision 2000/504/EC
must therefore be amended accordingly.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2000/504/EC is amended as follows:

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(2) OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 35.
(3) OJ L 201, 9.8.2000, p. 6.

‘Commission Decision 2000/504/EC of 25 July 2000 estab-
lishing transitional measures within the framework of
Council Directive 64/432/EEC’.

2. A new Article 3 is inserted as follows:

‘Article 3

By way of derogation from Article 6(2)(a) and (b) of
Directive 64/432/EEC, Member States may license the intro-
duction onto their territory of bovine animals aged less than
30 months for meat production which have not been
subject
to the tests required in Article 6(2)(a) and (b)
referred to above, under the following conditions.

1. These animals

— come from the Member States listed in the Annex,

— come from herds which are officially tuberculosis-

free and officially brucellosis-free,

— are accompanied by an animal health certificate in
accordance with Annex F of Directive 64/432/EEC,
Model 1,
in which in particular paragraph 7 in
Section A is duly completed.

2. The competent authorities of

the Member State of
to
dispatch have made the necessary arrangements
ensure that the animals comply with the requirements of
Article 4(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC.

3. The Member State or region of dispatch is of at least the
same health status with regard to bovine tuberculosis
and bovine brucellosis as the Member State or region of
destination.

4. The competent authorities of the Member State of desti-
nation take all necessary measures to keep the animals
referred to in point 1 under their supervision until these
animals are slaughtered. This supervision shall include at
least regular inspection of the herds of destination and
testing for bovine tuberculosis and sampling for labora-
tory testing for bovine brucellosis of
the animals in
accordance with the provisions of respectively Annex
A(I) and (II) to Directive 64/432/EEC.

5. The competent authorities of the Member State of desti-
nation take all necessary measures to prevent effectively
any contamination of indigenous herds.’

3. Articles 3 and 4 become respectively Articles 4 and 5.

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4. The words ‘Article 1 of’ are deleted in the heading of the Annex.

5. The words ‘Belgium’ and ‘Spain’ are added to the Annex.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 27 December 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission