2001/239/EC: Commission Decision of 26 March 2001 amending for the third time Decision 2001/172/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 981)
Date: 2001-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, foot-and-mouth disease, health legislation, intra-EU trade, live animal, meat

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 March 2001

amending for the third time Decision 2001/172/EC concerning certain protection measures with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom

(notified under document number C(2001) 981)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/239/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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)

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/
209/EC (5).

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

The United Kingdom has taken measures in the frame-
work of Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November
1985 introducing Community measures for the control

(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 76, 16.3.2001, p. 35.

of foot-and-mouth disease (6), as last amended by the
Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and
furthermore has introduced further measures within the
affected areas.

Because the disease situation in the United Kingdom
requires reinforcing the control measures for foot-and-
mouth disease taken by the United Kingdom, the addi-
tional Community protective measures introduced in
close co-operation with the Member State concerned by
adopting Decision 2001/172/EC must be maintained
until a date to be set.

Certain provisions of this Decision relating to animal
movement control measures applied in the other
Member States must be adapted to the disease situation
and structure of animal husbandry in Member States.

Certain references must be corrected for the sake of
clarity.

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,

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Commission Decision 2001/172/EC is amended as follows:

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

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1. In Article 3(2)

the words ‘on animal health problems
affecting intra-Community trade in meat products’ are
replaced by the words ‘on health problems affecting the
production and marketing of meat products and certain
other products of animal origin’.

2. In Article 3(3)(b) third indent the words ‘Chapter VII of
Annex A’ are replaced by the words ‘Chapter VI of Annex
B’.

3. In the second subparagraph of Article 11a(3)

the two
indents and the point (a), are replaced by the following:

under the condition that:

(a) during transport such animals do not come into contact
with animals not of the same holding of dispatch, unless
consigned for slaughter, and’

4. The date in Article 14 is replaced by ‘4 April 2001’.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

‘— directly or through an approved assembly centre to a
slaughterhouse for
to
authorisation by the competent authorities of the place
of departure and destination, and

immediate slaughter,

subject

— to another holding, subject

to authorisation by the
competent authorities of the place of departure and
destination

Done at Brussels, 26 March 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission