2001/292/EC: Commission Decision of 29 March 2001 amending Decision 93/52/EEC recording the compliance by certain Member States of regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (Brucella melitensis) and according them the status of a Member State or region officially free of the disease (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 952)
Date: 2001-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Spain, brucellosis, health control, health legislation, regions of France

L 100/28

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Official Journal of the European Communities

11.4.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 March 2001

amending Decision 93/52/EEC recording the compliance by certain Member States of regions with
the requirements relating to brucellosis (Brucella melitensis) and according them the status of a
Member State or region officially free of the disease

(notified under document number C(2001) 952)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/292/EC)

Vosges should therefore be recognised as officially free
of brucellosis
(Brucella melitensis) and Decision 93/
52/EEC should be amended accordingly.

Sheep and goats introduced onto holdings in Austria
and in the regions of France of Ardèche, Aveyron,
Cantal, Corrèze, Gers, Gironde, Haute-Loire, Lot, Lozère,
Morbihan, Puy-de-Dôme and Vosges must
therefore
comply with the conditions laid down in Annex A
Chapter 1(I)(D) to Directive 91/68/EEC.

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

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I (‘Member States’) to Decision 93/52/EEC is replaced by
Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

Annex II
Annex II to this Decision.

(‘Regions’)

to Decision 93/52/EEC is replaced by

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 29 March 2001.

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 91/68/EEC of 28 January
1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in ovine and caprine animals (1), as last amended by
Commission Decision 94/953/EC (2), and in particular Annex
A, Chapter 1(II) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

By Decision 93/52/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision
97/315/EC (4), the Commission recorded compliance by
certain Member States or regions with the requirements
relating to brucellossis (Brucella melitensis) and accorded
them the status of a Member State or region officially
free of the disease.

In Austria and the French regions of Ardèche, Aveyron,
Cantal, Corrèze, Gers, Gironde, Haute-Loire, Lot, Lozère,
Morbihan, Puy-de-Dôme and Vosges, brucellosis has
been a notifiable disease for at least five years. No case
has been confirmed there officially for at least five years
and vaccination has been banned for at least three years.
these regions
It
comply with the requirements laid down in Annex A,
Chapter 1(II)(1)(b) to Directive 91/68/EEC.

should therefore be recorded that

Austria and the regions Ardèche, Aveyron, Cantal,
Corrèze, Gers, Gironde, Haute-Loire, Lot, Lozère,
Morbihan, Puy-de-Dôme and Vosges in France therefore
satisfy the conditions to be recognised officially free of
brucellosis.

Austria and France furthermore undertake to comply
with Annex A Chapter 1(II)(2) to Directive 91/68/EEC.
The status of Austria and the regions in France of
Ardèche, Aveyron, Cantal, Corrèze, Gers, Gironde,
Haute-Loire, Lot, Lozère, Morbihan, Puy-de-Dôme and

(1) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 371, 31.12.1994, p. 14.
(3) OJ L 13, 21.1.1993, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 20.

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— Austria

— Belgium

— Denmark

— Germany

— Finland

— Ireland

— Luxembourg

— Netherlands

— Sweden

— United Kingdom.’

ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

In France:

Ain, Aisne, Allier, Ardèche, Ardennes, Aube, Aveyron, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Cher, Corrèze, Côte-d'Or,
Côtes-d'Armor, Creuse, Deux-Sèvres, Dordogne, Doubs, Essonne, Eure, Eure-et-Loire, Finistère, Gers, Gironde,
Hauts-de-Seine, Haute-Loire, Haute-Vienne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Jura, Loir-et-Cher, Loire, Loire-Atlan-
tique, Loiret, Lot-et-Garonne, Lot, Lozère, Maine-et-Loire, Manche, Marne, Mayenne, Morbihan, Nièvre, Nord, Oise,
Orne, Pas-de-Calais, Puy-de-Dôme, Rhône, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, Sarthe, Seine-Maritime, Seine-Saint-Denis,
Territoire de Belfort, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise, Vendée, Vienne, Yonne, Yvelines, Ville de Paris, Vosges.

In Spain:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas.’