2001/250/EC: Commission Decision of 29 March 2001 amending for the second time Decision 2001/208/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in France (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1031)
Date: 2001-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, export restriction, foot-and-mouth disease, health legislation, live animal, meat product

30.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 90/63

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 March 2001

amending for the second time Decision 2001/208/EC concerning certain protection measures with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease in France

(notified under document number C(2001) 1031)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/250/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:

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/
239/EC (5).

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

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

The Commission by adopting Decision 2001/208/EC (7)
introduced additional control measures for foot-and-
mouth disease in France, which were modified in the
light of
the disease evolution by Decision 2001/
240/EC (8).

foot-and-mouth disease have been
New outbreaks of
reported in certain departments in France and therefore
the measures must be adapted.

inquiry it
In order to complete the epidemiological
appears appropriate to temporarily extend and prolong
the measures introduced by Decision 2001/208/EC.

The geographic scope for the areas subjected to the
measures provided for in this Decision should not be
maintained any longer than necessary under objectively
defined circumstances.

The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for 4 April
2001 and the measures adapted where necessary.

(10)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

Commission Decision 2001/208/EC is amended as follows:

1. The date in Article 13 is replaced by ‘12 April 2001’.

2. Article 13a is replaced by the following:

France has taken measures in the framework of Council
Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985 intro-
ducing Community measures
control 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,
including the measures laid down in
Decision 2001/172/EC.

the

for

(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 86, 27.3.2001, p. 33.
(6) OJ L 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11.

‘Article 13a

However, the Commission shall amend this Decision to the
effect that the measures provided for in relation to the areas
listed in Annex I can be limited to the departments of
Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val d'Oise, that the
measures provided for in relation to the areas listed in
Annex II apply to all departments of mainland France
except those in Annex I and that the date referred to in
Article 2(2)(a), Article 3(3)(a) and (c), Article 5(2)(a) and
(3)(b), Article 6(3), Article 7(2) and Article 8(1) shall be
replaced by “25 February 2001”, as follows:

(7) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 38.
(8) OJ L 86, 27.3.2001, p. 35.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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If, as of 2 April 2001, France notifies the Commission that:

(a) no further outbreaks of foot and mouth disease are

reported before 17.00 on the same day, and

(b) all the clinical examinations and laboratory tests for
foot-and-mouth disease carried out in France in suscept-
ible animals:

— on holdings where the presence of this disease has
been suspected in relation to the outbreaks
confirmed in France, the Netherlands and the United
Kingdom in February and March 2001, and
— in each holding where susceptible animals are kept
and which is located in the protection and surveil-
lance zones established in the areas listed in Annex I
following the outbreak confirmed in March 2001,

have given negative results,

the Commission shall immediately inform all Member States
and amend this Decision accordingly with immediate effect.

The Member States shall adapt the conditions they apply to
trade so as to bring them in line with the new situation.’

3. In Annex I the words ‘Mayenne, Orne’ are replaced by ‘All

departments of mainland France’.

4. In Annex II the words ‘All departments of mainland France
except those in Annex I’ are replaced by ‘All departments of
mainland France’.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 29 March 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission