2001/234/EC: Commission Decision of 22 March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 985)
Date: 2001-03-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, export restriction, foot-and-mouth disease, live animal, meat product, milk product

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

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 March 2001

(notified under document number C(2001) 985)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/234/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(6)

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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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).

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

Following outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease declared
in the Netherlands the Commission adopted Decision
2001/223/EC (7).

Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have been declared
in Ireland within an area under restriction due to an
outbreak in Northern Ireland.

The foot-and-mouth disease situation in certain parts of
Ireland is liable to endanger the herds in other parts of
the territory of Ireland 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.
(7) OJ L 82, 22.3.2001, p. 29.

Ireland has taken measures in the framework of Council
Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985 intro-
control of
ducing Community measures
foot-and-mouth disease (8), 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

for

(7)

(8)

(9)

The disease situation in Ireland requires reinforcing the
control measures for foot-and-mouth disease taken by
Ireland.

Pending the meeting of
the Standing Veterinary
Committee and in collaboration with the Member State
concerned the Commission should take interim protec-
tion measures relating to foot-and-mouth disease in
Ireland.

This Decision shall be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for 27 March
2001,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Without prejudice to the measures taken by Ireland within the
framework of Council Directive 85/511/EEC,
Ireland 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;

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;

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

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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 Ireland 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
234/EC of 22 March 2001 concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland’;

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

‘Live biungulates conforming to Commission Decision
2001/234/EC of 22 March 2001 concerning certain protec-
tion measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in
Ireland’;

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.
Ireland shall not dispatch fresh meat of the bovine, ovine,
caprine and porcine species and other biungulates coming
from those parts of its territory listed in Annex I or obtained
from animals originating in those parts of Ireland.

Fresh meat referred to in the first subparagraph shall include
minced meat and meat preparations
in accordance with
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 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

(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.

immediate
Annex I outside the protection zone for
slaughter. Such meat shall only be placed on the market in
Ireland;

(c) fresh meat obtained from cutting plants situated in the
areas 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 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 Ireland outside the areas listed in Annex I for
treatment in accordance with Article 3(2).

3. Meat consigned from Ireland to other Member States
shall be accompanied by a certificate from an official veteri-
narian. The certificate shall bear the following words:

‘Meat conforming to Commission Decision 2001/234/EC
of 22 March 2001 concerning certain protection measures
with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland’.

Article 3

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

(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 health
problems affecting the production and marketing of meat
products and certain other products of animal origin, which
have been subjected during preparation uniformly throughout
the substance to a pH value of less than 6.

(c) meat products prepared in the parts of the territory which
are not included in Annex I using meat obtained before 20
February 2001 from parts of
the territory included in
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 Ireland to other Member
States shall be accompanied by an official certificate. The certif-
icate shall bear the following words:

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply

3.
to:

‘Meat products conforming to Commission Decision 2001/
234/EC of 22 March 2001 concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland’.

(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:

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be
5.
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

— 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;

Article 4

1.
Ireland shall not dispatch milk 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
2.
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.

(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.

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

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(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;

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.

(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;

3.
to:

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply

(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;

(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 Ireland to other Member States shall
be accompanied by an official certificate. The certificate shall
bear the following words:

‘Milk conforming to Commission Decision 2001/234/EC of
22 March 2001 concerning certain protection measures
with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland’.

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

1.
Ireland shall not dispatch milk products intended or not
intended for human consumption from those parts of its terri-
tory 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) 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 Ireland to other Member
States shall be accompanied by an official certificate. The certif-
icate shall bear the following words:

‘Milk products conforming to Commission Decision 2001/
234/EC of 22 March 2001 concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland’.

(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

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.

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Article 6

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

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

This prohibition shall not apply to frozen bovine semen

3.
and embryos produced before 20 February 2001.

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

‘Frozen bovine semen conforming to Commission Decision
2001/234/EC of 22 March 2001 on certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland’.

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

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
4.
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
indents 3 and 4 of Chapter 3 of Annex I to Directive
(B)
92/118/EEC is stated in the commercial document accompa-
nying the consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9.

Article 8

Ireland shall not dispatch animal products of the bovine,
1.
ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates
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.

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

‘Bovine embryos conforming to Commission Decision
2001/234/EC of 22 March 2001 on certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland’.

The prohibitions mentioned in paragraph 1 first subpara-

2.
graph shall not apply to:

Article 7

1.
Ireland shall not dispatch hides and skins of bovine,
ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates 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-
indents 3 and 4 of Chapter 3 of Annex 1 to
graph 1 (B),
Directive 92/118/EEC. Care must be taken to separate effec-
tively treated hides and skins from untreated hides and skins.

Ireland shall ensure that hides and skins of bovine, ovine,
3.
caprine and porcine species and other biungulates 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
2001/234/EC of 22 March 2001 on certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland’.

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

(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
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(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.

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

certificate which bears

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.

Article 10

Ireland shall ensure that vehicles which have been used in
1.
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.

‘Animal products conforming to Commission Decision
2001/234/EC of 22 March 2001 concerning certain protec-
tion measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in
Ireland’.

2.
Ireland shall ensure that lorries used for the collection of
milk which have been on a holding where animals of suscept-
ible species are kept are cleaned and disinfected prior to leaving
the areas included in Annex II, and shall furnish proof of such
disinfection.

4.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
sufficient in the case of products mentioned in paragraph 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 Council Directive 92/118/EEC.

6.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
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 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 Ireland
listed in Annex I of the products referred to in Articles 3, 4, 5
and 8,

if such products were

— either not produced in Ireland and remained in their orig-
inal packaging indicating the country of origin of the prod-
ucts, or

Ireland listed in Annex I

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

Article 9

Where reference is made to this Article, the competent authori-
ties of
Ireland shall ensure that the commercial document
required by Community legislation for intra-Community trade
be endorsed by the attachment of a copy of an official certifi-
cate stating that the production process has been audited and

Article 12

1.
Ireland shall ensure that equidae dispatched from its terri-
tory 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 certification have not
been in a protection and surveillance zone established in
accordance with Article 9 of Directive 85/511/EEC.

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Ireland shall ensure that equidae mentioned in paragraph
2.
1 to be sent to other Member States shall be accompanied by
an official certificate which bears the following words:

‘Equidae
conforming to Commission Decision 2001/
234/EC of 22 March 2001 concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland’.

This Decision shall apply until midnight on 4 April 2001.

Article 14

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 15

Article 13

Done at Brussels, 22 March 2001.

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.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

In Ireland the county of:

Louth

In Ireland the counties of:

All counties of Ireland except the one in Annex I.

ANNEX I

ANNEX II