2001/223/EC: Commission Decision of 21 March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the Netherlands (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 964)
Date: 2001-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, export restriction, foot-and-mouth disease, live animal, meat product, milk product

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 March 2001

concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the Netherlands

(notified under document number C(2001) 964)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/223/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

The Netherlands have taken measures in the framework
of Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985
introducing Community measures for the control of
foot-and-mouth disease (7), as last amended by the Act
of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and
furthermore has introduced further measures within the
affected areas,
including the measures laid down in
Decision 2001/172/EC.

The disease situation in the Netherlands requires re-
inforcing the control measures
foot-and-mouth
disease taken by the Netherlands by adopting, in close
cooperation with the Member State concerned, addi-
tional Community protective measures.

for

Certain categories of treated products of animal origin
do not present a risk of spreading the disease,
it
appeared therefore appropriate to include provisions
allowing trade in such products under the conditions
that adequate certification is ensured.

The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for 27 March
2001 and the measures adapted where necessary.

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

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

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,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
December 1989 concerning veterinary checks
in intra-
Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal
market (3), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, and in
particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

Following the reports of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth
disease in the United Kingdom, the Commission adopted
Decision 2001/172/EC concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom (4), as last amended by Decision 2001/
190/EC (5).

Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have been declared
in France the Commission adopted Decision 2001/
208/EC (6).

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have been declared
in the Netherlands.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

The foot-and-mouth disease situation in certain parts of
the Netherlands is liable to endanger the herds in other
parts of the territory of the Netherlands and in other
Member States in view of the placing on the market and
trade in live biungulate animals and certain of their
products.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 62, 2.3.2001, p. 22.
(5) OJ L 67, 9.3.2001, p. 88.
(6) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 38.

Article 1

Without prejudice to the measures taken by the Netherlands
within the framework of Directive 85/511/EEC, the Nether-
lands shall ensure that:

1. no live animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine
species and other biungulates move between those parts of
its territory listed in Annex I and Annex II;

(7) OJ L 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11.

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2. no live animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine
species and other biungulates are dispatched from or moved
through those parts of its territory listed in Annex I and
Annex II;

Derogating from the provisions in the first paragraph the
competent authorities may authorise the direct and uninter-
rupted transit of biungulate animals through the areas listed
in Annex I and Annex II on main roads and railway lines;

3. the health certificates provided for in Council Directive 64/
432/EEC (1), as last amended by Directive 2000/20/EC (2),
accompanying live bovine and porcine animals and in
Council Directive 91/68/EEC (3),
amended by
Commission Decision 94/953/EC (4), accompanying live
ovine and caprine animals consigned from parts of the
territory of the Netherlands not listed in Annex I and Annex
II to other Member States shall bear the following words:

last

as

conforming to Commission Decision 2001/
‘Animals
223/EC of 21 March 2001 concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
Netherlands’;

4. the health certificates accompanying biungulates, other than
those covered by the certificates mentioned in paragraph 3,
consigned from parts of the territory of the Netherlands not
listed in Annex I and Annex II to other Member States shall
bear the following words:

‘Live biungulates conforming to Commission Decision
2001/223/EC of 21 March 2001 concerning certain protec-
tion measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
Netherlands’;

5. the movement to other Member States of animals accompa-
nied by an animal health certificate referred to in para-
graphs 3 or 4 shall only be allowed following three days
advance notification dispatched by the local veterinary
authority to the central and local veterinary authorities in
the Member State of destination.

Article 2

1.
The Netherlands shall not dispatch fresh meat of the
bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungu-
lates coming from those parts of its territory listed in Annex I
or obtained from animals originating in those parts of the
Netherlands.

Fresh meat referred to in the first subparagraph shall include
in accordance with
minced meat and meat preparations
Council Directive 94/65/EC laying down the requirements for
the production and placing on the market of minced meat (5).

The prohibitions provided for in paragraph 1 shall not

2.
apply to:

(a) fresh meat obtained before 20 February 2001 provided that
the meat is clearly identified, and since this date has been
transported and stored separately from meat which is not

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(2) OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 35.
(3) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19.
(4) OJ L 371, 31.12.1994, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 10.

destined for dispatch outside the areas mentioned in
Annex I;

(b) fresh meat obtained from animals reared outside the areas
listed in Annex I and transported in derogation to Article
1(1) directly and under official control in sealed means of
transport to a slaughterhouse situated in the area listed in
Annex I outside the protection zone for
immediate
slaughter. Such meat shall only be placed on the market in
the Netherlands;

(c) fresh meat obtained from cutting plants situated in the area

listed in Annex I under the following conditions:

— only fresh meat as described in subparagraphs (a) and
(b) or fresh meat obtained from animals reared and
slaughtered outside the area listed in the Annex I will be
processed in this establishment,

— all such fresh meat must bear the health mark in
accordance with Chapter XI of Annex I to Council
Directive 64/433/EEC (6) on health conditions for the
production and marketing of
last
amended by Directive 95/23/EC (7),

fresh meat, as

— the plant will be operated under

strict veterinary

control,

— the fresh meat must be clearly identified, and trans-
ported and stored separately from meat which is not
destined for dispatch outside the areas mentioned in
Annex I,

— the control of the compliance with the above listed
conditions shall be carried out by the competent veter-
inary authority under the supervision of the central
veterinary authorities who will communicate to the
other Member States and the Commission a list of those
establishments which they have approved in application
of these provisions;

(d) fresh meat obtained from animals of susceptible species
originating in the areas listed in Annex I which is trans-
ported under veterinary supervision to an establishment
situated in the Netherlands outside the areas listed in
Annex I for treatment in accordance with Article 3(2).

3. Meat consigned from the Netherlands to other Member
States shall be accompanied by a certificate from an official
veterinarian. The certificate shall bear the following words:

‘Meat conforming to Commission Decision 2001/223/EC
of 21 March 2001 concerning certain protection measures
with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the Netherlands’.

Article 3

1.
The Netherlands shall not dispatch meat products of
animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and
other biungulates coming from those parts of the Netherlands
listed in Annex I or prepared using meat obtained from
animals originating in those parts of the Netherlands.

(6) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64. Directive updated by Directive 91/

497/EEC (OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 69).

(7) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 7.

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The restrictions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply
2.
to meat products which have undergone one of the treatments
laid down in Article 4(1) of Council Directive 80/215/EEC (1),
as last amended by Council Directive 91/687/EEC (2), or to
meat products as defined in Council Directive 77/99/EEC (3), as
last amended by Council Directive 97/76/EC (4), on animal
health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat prod-
ucts which have been subjected during preparation uniformly
throughout the substance to a pH value of less than 6.

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply

3.
to:

(a) meat products prepared from meat derived from biungulate
animals slaughtered before 20 February 2001 provided that
the meat products are clearly identified, and since this date
have been transported and stored separately from meat
products which are not destined for dispatch outside the
areas mentioned in Annex I;

(b) meat products prepared in establishments under

the

following conditions:

— all fresh meat used in the establishment must conform

to the conditions of Article 2(2),

— all meat products used in the final product will
conform to the conditions of paragraph (a) or be made
from fresh meat obtained from animals reared and
slaughtered outside the area listed in Annex I,

— all meat products must bear the health mark in accord-
ance with Chapter VI of Annex B to Directive 77/
99/EEC,

— the establishment will be operated under strict veter-

inary control,

— the meat products must be clearly identified and trans-
ported and stored separately from meat and meat prod-
ucts which are not destined for dispatch outside the
areas mentioned in Annex I,

— the control of the compliance with the above listed
conditions shall be carried out by the competent
authority under the responsibility of the central veter-
inary authorities who will communicate to other
Member States and the Commission a list of those
establishments which they have approved in application
of these provisions;

(c) meat products prepared in the parts of the territory which
are not included in Annex I using meat obtained before 20
the territory included in
February 2001 from parts of
Annex I provided that the meat and meat products are
clearly identified and transported and stored separately
from meat and meat products which are not destined for
dispatch outside the areas mentioned in Annex I.

4. Meat products consigned from the Netherlands to other
Member States shall be accompanied by an official certificate.
The certificate shall bear the following words:

(1) OJ L 47, 21.2.1980, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85. Directive updated by Directive 92/5/EEC
(OJ L 57, 2.3.1992, p. 1) and last amended by Directive 92/45/EEC
(OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35).

(4) OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 25.

‘Meat products conforming to Commission Decision 2001/
223/EC of 21 March 2001 concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
Netherlands’.

5.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be
sufficient in the case of meat products which conform to the
requirements of paragraph 2 and are consigned in hermetically
sealed containers or have been processed in an establishment
operating HACCP (5) and an auditable standard operating
procedure which ensures that standards for treatment are met
and recorded that compliance with the conditions required for
laid down in paragraph 2 is stated in the
the treatment
commercial
consignment,
accompanying
document
endorsed in accordance with Article 9.

the

Article 4

1.
The Netherlands shall not dispatch milk intended or not
intended for human consumption from those parts of its terri-
tory listed in Annex I.

2.
The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply
to milk intended or not intended for human consumption
which has been subjected to at least:

(a) an initial pasteurization in accordance with the norms
defined in paragraph 3(b) of Chapter 1 in Annex I to
Directive 92/118/EEC, followed by a second heat treatment
by high temperature pasteurization, UHT, sterilization or
by a drying process which includes a heat treatment with
an equivalent effect to one of the above; or

(b) an initial pasteurization in accordance with the norms
defined in paragraph 3(b) of Chapter 1 in Annex I to
Directive 92/118/EEC, combined with the treatment by
which the pH is lowered below 6 and held there for at least
one hour.

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply
3.
to milk prepared in establishments situated in the areas listed
in Annex I under the following conditions:

(a) all milk used in the establishment must either conform to
the conditions of paragraph 2 or be obtained from animals
outside the area listed in Annex I,

(b) the establishment will be operated under strict veterinary

control,

(c) the milk must be clearly identified and transported and
stored separately from milk and milk products which are
not destined for dispatch outside the areas mentioned in
Annex I,

(d) transport of raw milk from holdings situated outside the
areas mentioned in Annex I to the establishments referred
to above is carried out in vehicles which were cleaned and
disinfected prior to operation and had no subsequent
contact with holdings in the areas mentioned in Annex I
keeping animals of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth
disease,

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(e) the control of the compliance with the above listed condi-
tions shall be carried out by the competent veterinary
authority under the supervision of the central veterinary
authorities who will communicate to other Member States
and the Commission a list of those establishments which
they have approved in application of these provisions.

4. Milk consigned from the Netherlands to other Member
States shall be accompanied by an official certificate. The certif-
icate shall bear the following words:

‘Milk conforming to Commission Decision 2001/223/EC of
21 March 2001 concerning certain protection measures
with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the Netherlands’.

5.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be
sufficient in the case of milk which conforms to the require-
ments of paragraph 2(a) or (b) and is consigned in hermetically
sealed containers or has been processed in an establishment
operating HACCP and an auditable standard operating proce-
dure which ensures that standards for treatment are met and
recorded that compliance with the conditions required for the
treatment laid down in paragraph 2(a) or (b) is stated in the
commercial
consignment,
accompanying
document
endorsed in accordance with Article 9.

the

Article 5

The Netherlands

shall not dispatch milk products
1.
intended or not intended for human consumption from those
parts of its territory listed in Annex I.

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply
intended for human

intended or not

2.
to milk products
consumption:

(a) produced before 20 February 2001;

(b) prepared from milk complying with the provisions in

Article 4(2) or (3);

(c) subject to a heat treatment at a temperature of at least
72 °C for at least 15 seconds, on the understanding that
such treatment was not necessary for finished products the
ingredients of which comply with the respective animal
health conditions laid down in this Decision;

(d) for export to a third country where import conditions
permit such products to be subject to treatment other than
laid down in this Decision.

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply

3.
to:

(a) milk products prepared in establishments situated in the
areas listed in Annex I under the following conditions:

— all milk used in the establishment will either conform
to the conditions of Article 4(2) or be obtained from
animals outside the area listed in Annex I,

— all milk products used in the final product will either
conform to the conditions of paragraph 2 or be made
from milk obtained from animals outside the area listed
in Annex I,

— the establishment will be operated under strict veter-

inary control,

— the milk products must be clearly identified and trans-
ported and stored separately from milk and milk prod-
ucts which are not destined for dispatch outside the
areas mentioned in Annex I,

— the control of the compliance with the above listed
conditions shall be carried out by the competent
authority under the responsibility of the central veter-
inary authorities who will communicate to other
Member States and the Commission a list of those
establishments which they have approved in application
of these provisions;

(b) milk products prepared in the parts of the territory outside
the areas mentioned in Annex I using milk obtained before
20 February 2001 from parts of the territory mentioned in
Annex I provided that the milk products are clearly identi-
fied and transported and stored separately from milk prod-
ucts which are not destined for dispatch outside the areas
mentioned in Annex I.

4. Milk products consigned from the Netherlands to other
Member States shall be accompanied by an official certificate.
The certificate shall bear the following words:

‘Milk products conforming to Commission Decision 2001/
223/EC of 21 March 2001 concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
Netherlands’.

5.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be
sufficient in the case of milk products which conform to the
requirements of paragraph 2 and are consigned in hermetically
sealed containers or have been processed in an establishment
operating HACCP and an auditable standard operating proce-
dure which ensures that standards for treatment are met and
recorded that compliance with the conditions laid down in
paragraph 2 is stated in the commercial document accompa-
nying the consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9.

Article 6

1.
The Netherlands shall not send semen, ova and embryos
of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other
biungulates from those parts of its territory listed in Annex I to
other parts of the Netherlands.

2.
The Netherlands shall not dispatch semen, ova and
embryos of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and
other biungulates from those parts of its territory listed in
Annex I and Annex II.

This prohibition shall not apply to frozen bovine semen

3.
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The health certificate provided for in Council Directive
4.
88/407/EEC (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of
Austria, Finland and Sweden, and accompanying frozen bovine
semen consigned from the Netherlands to other Member States
shall bear the following words:

‘Frozen bovine semen conforming to Commission Decision
2001/223/EC of 21 March 2001 on certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
Netherlands’.

5.
The health certificate provided for in Council Directive
89/556/EEC (2), as last amended by the Act of Accession of
Austria, Finland and Sweden, and accompanying bovine
embryos consigned from the Netherlands to other Member
States shall bear the following words:

‘Bovine embryos conforming to Commission Decision
2001/223/EC of 21 March 2001 on certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
Netherlands’.

Article 7

1.
The Netherlands shall not dispatch hides and skins of
bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungu-
lates from those parts of its territory listed in Annex I.

2.
This prohibition shall not apply to hides and skins which
were produced before 20 February 2001 or which conform to
the requirements of paragraph 1(A) indents 2 to 5 or para-
graph 1(B),
indents 3 and 4 of Chapter 3 of Annex 1 to
Directive 92/118/EEC. Care must be taken to separate effec-
tively treated hides and skins from untreated hides and skins.

3.
The Netherlands shall ensure that hides and skins of
bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungu-
lates to be sent to other Member States shall be accompanied
by a certificate which bears the following words:

‘Hides and skins conforming to Commission Decision
2001/223/EC of 21 March 2001 on certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
Netherlands’.

4.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
sufficient in the case of hides and skins which conform to the
requirements of paragraph 1(A) indents 2 to 5 of Chapter 3 of
Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC to be accompanied by a
commercial document stating compliance with the conditions
required for the treatment laid down in paragraph 1(A) indents
2 to 5 of Chapter 3 of Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC.

5.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
sufficient in the case of hides and skins which conform to the
requirements of paragraph 1(B) indents 3 and 4 of Chapter 3
of Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC that compliance with the
conditions required for the treatment laid down in paragraph
1(B) indents 3 and 4 of Chapter 3 of Annex I to Directive

(1) OJ L 194, 22.7.1988, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 302, 19.10.1989, p. 1.

92/118/EEC is stated in the commercial document accompa-
nying the consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9.

Article 8

1.
The Netherlands shall not dispatch animal products of
the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biun-
gulates not mentioned in Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 produced
after 20 February 2001 from those parts of its territory listed
in Annex I.

The Netherlands shall not dispatch dung and manure from
those parts of its territory listed in Annex I.

The prohibitions mentioned in paragraph 1 first subpara-

2.
graph shall not apply to:

(a) animal products referred to in paragraph 1 first subpara-

graph which have been subjected to:

— heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container with a

Fo value of 3,00 or more, or

— heat treatment in which the centre temperature is raised

to at least 70 °C;

(b) blood and blood products as defined in Chapter 7 of
Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC which have been subject
to at least one of the following treatments:

— heat treatment at a temperature of 65 °C for at least
three hours, followed by an effectiveness check,

— irradiation at 2,5 megarads or gamma rays followed by

an effectiveness check,

— change of pH to pH 5 or lower for at least two hours,

followed by an effectiveness check;

(c) lard and rendered fats which have been subject to the heat
treatment prescribed in paragraph 2(A) of Chapter 9 of
Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC;

(d) animal casings to which the provisions in paragraph B
to Directive 92/118/EEC apply

Chapter 2 of Annex I
mutatis mutandis;

(e) sheep wool, ruminant hair and pigs bristles which have
undergone factory washing or have been obtained from
tanning and unprocessed sheep wool, ruminant hair and
pigs bristles which are securely enclosed in packaging and
dry;

(f) semi-moist and dried petfood conforming to the require-
ments of paragraphs 2 and 3 respectively of Chapter 4 of
Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC;

(g) composite products which are not subject to further treat-
ment containing products of animal origin on the under-
standing that the treatment was not necessary for finished
products the ingredients of which comply with the respec-
tive animal health conditions laid down in this Decision;

(h) game trophies in accordance with paragraph 2(b) of part B
in Chapter 13 of Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC.

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The Netherlands shall ensure that the animal products
3.
mentioned in paragraph 2 to be sent to other Member States
shall be accompanied by an official certificate which bears the
following words:

‘Animal products conforming to Commission Decision
2001/223/EC of 21 March 2001 concerning certain protec-
tion measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
Netherlands’.

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
4.
sufficient in the case of products mentioned in paragraphs 2(b),
(c) and (d) that compliance with the conditions for the treat-
ment stated in the commercial document required in accord-
ance with the respective Community legislation is endorsed in
accordance with Article 9.

5.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
sufficient in the case of products mentioned in paragraph 2(e)
to be accompanied by a commercial document stating either
the factory washing or origin from tanning or compliance with
the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Chapter 15
of Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC.

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
6.
sufficient in the case of products mentioned in paragraph 2(g)
which have been produced in an establishment operating
HACCP and an auditable standard operating procedure which
ensures that pre-processed ingredients comply with the respec-
tive animal health conditions laid down in this Decision and
that this is stated on the commercial document accompanying
the consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9.

Article 9

Where reference is made to this Article, the competent authori-
ties of the Netherlands shall ensure that the commercial docu-
ment required by Community legislation for intra-Community
trade be endorsed by the attachment of a copy of an official
certificate stating that the production process has been audited
and found in compliance with the appropriate requirements in
Community legislation and suitable to destroy the foot-and-
mouth disease virus or that the products concerned have been
produced from pre-processed materials which had been certi-
fied accordingly, and provisions are in place to avoid possible
re-contamination with the foot-and-mouth disease virus after
treatment.

Such verifying certification of the production process shall bear
a reference to this Decision, shall be valid for 30 days, shall
state the expiry date and shall be renewable after inspection of
the establishment.

to leaving the areas included in Annex II, and shall furnish
proof of such disinfection.

Article 11

The restrictions laid down in Articles 3, 4, 5 and 8 shall not
apply to the dispatch from the parts of the territory of the
Netherlands listed in Annex I of the products referred to in
Articles 3, 4, 5 and 8,

if such products were:

— either not produced in the Netherlands and remained in
their original packaging indicating the country of origin of
the products, or

— produced in an approved establishment situated in the parts
of the territory of the Netherlands listed in Annex I from
pre-processed products not originating from these areas,
which have been since introduction onto the territory of
the Netherlands transported, stored and processed sepa-
rately from products which are not destined for dispatch
outside the areas mentioned in Annex I and are accompa-
nied by a commercial document or official certificate as
required by this Decision.

Article 12

1.
The Netherlands shall ensure that equidae dispatched
from its territory to another Member State are accompanied by
an animal health certificate in accordance with the model in
Annex C of Council Directive 90/426/EEC, which shall only be
issued for equidae that for the past 15 days prior to certi-
fication have not been in a protection and surveillance zone
established in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 85/
511/EEC.

The Netherlands shall ensure that equidae mentioned in
2.
paragraph 1 to be sent to other Member States shall be accom-
panied by an official certificate which bears the following
words:

conforming to Commission Decision 2001/
‘Equidae
223/EC of 21 March 2001 concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
Netherlands’.

Article 13

Member States shall amend the measures which they apply to
trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision.
They shall

immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 14

This Decision shall apply until midnight on 4 April 2001.

Article 10

Article 15

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

The Netherlands shall ensure that vehicles which have
1.
been used in the areas listed in Annex I for the transport of live
animals are cleaned and disinfected after each operation, and
shall furnish proof of such disinfection.

The Netherlands shall ensure that lorries used for the
2.
collection of milk which have been on a holding where animals
of susceptible species are kept are cleaned and disinfected prior

Done at Brussels, 21 March 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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In the Netherlands the provinces of:

Gelderland, Overijsel, Flevoland, Noord-Brabant

ANNEX I

ANNEX II

In the Netherlands the provinces of:

All provinces of mainland Netherlands except those in Annex I