2001/269/EC: Commission Decision of 3 April 2001 amending for the third 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) 1052)
Date: 2001-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, export restriction, foot-and-mouth disease, live animal, meat product, milk product

L 94/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

4.4.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 April 2001

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

(notified under document number C(2001) 1052)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/269/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Decision 2001/208/EC (1)
concerning certain protection measures with regard to
foot-and-mouth disease in France, as last amended by Decision
2001/250/EC (2), and in particular Article 13a thereof,

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 (3), as last
amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (4), 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 (5), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, and in
particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Following the reports of new outbreaks of foot-and-
mouth disease in France the Commission by adopting
Decision 2001/250/EC extended and prolonged the
2001/208/EC
measures
concerning certain protection measures with regard to
foot-and-mouth disease in France.

by Decision

introduced

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, and therefore, in accordance with
Article 13a of the Decision, the measures applicable in
areas in Annex I should be limited to certain depart-
ments as of 3 April 2001 by Commission Decision.

In accordance with this same Article, France has notified
the Commission on 2 April that no further outbreaks of
foot and mouth disease were reported since 30 March
2001, and that all clinical examinations and laboratory

(4)

(5)

tests undertaken in the relevant holdings had given nega-
tive results.

The Commission informed the other Member States
immediately by fax of the need to adapt their measures
according to the new situation.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

1. 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) is replaced by ‘25 February 2001’.

2. In Annex I the words ‘All departments of mainland France’
are replaced by ‘Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val
d'Oise’.

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

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States. It shall apply
with effect from 3 April 2001.

Done at Brussels, 3 April 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 38.
(2) OJ L 90, 30.3.2001, p. 63.
(3) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(4) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(5) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.