2001/316/EC: Commission Decision of 17 April 2001 amending for the sixth 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) 1121)
Date: 2001-04-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, export restriction, foot-and-mouth disease, live animal, meat, meat product

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 April 2001

amending for the sixth 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) 1121)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/316/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/
263/EC (5).

Following the reports of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth
disease in Ireland, the Commission adopted Decision
2001/234/EC (6) concerning certain protection measures
with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland, as last
amended by Decision 2001/267/EC (7).

control of

Northern Ireland and Ireland have taken measures in the
framework of Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18
November 1985 introducing Community measures for
the
last
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland
and Sweden, and furthermore have introduced further
measures within the affected areas, including the meas-
ures laid down in Decision 2001/263/EC.

foot-and-mouth disease (8),

as

(4)

The geographic scope for the areas subjected to the
measures provided for in this Decision should not be

(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 93, 3.4.2001, p. 59.
(6) OJ L 84, 23.3.2001, p. 62.
(7) OJ L 94, 4.4.2001, p. 26.
(8) OJ L 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11.

maintained any longer than necessary under objectively
defined circumstances.

The requirements for the surveillance to be carried out
in areas under restriction in accordance with Article 9 of
Directive 85/511/EEC prior to the release of the meas-
are detailed in Commission Decision 2001/
ures
295/EC (9).

An additional treatment of blood products should be
authorised and the requirements for certification should
be specified for certain treated and shelf stable products.

The measures introduced by Decision 2001/172/EC
should be prolonged.

The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for 10 April
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,

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

1. Article 3 is amended as follows:

(a) The words ‘or to meat products heat treated in hermeti-
cally sealed containers so as to ensure that they are
shelf stable’ are added accordingly to the end of para-
graph 2.

(b) The words

‘are

consigned in hermetically sealed

containers or’ are deleted in paragraph 5.

(c) A sixth paragraph is added as follows:

‘6.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it
shall be sufficient in the case of meat products heat
treated in hermetically sealed containers so as to ensure
they are shelf stable to be accompanied by a
that
commercial document
treatment
applied.’

stating the heat

(9) OJ L 100, 11.4.2001, p. 35.

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2. Article 4 is amended as follows:

5. A third paragraph is added to Article 11a as follows:

(a) The words

‘is

consigned in hermetically

sealed

containers or’ are deleted in paragraph 5.

(b) A sixth paragraph is added as follows:

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it
‘6.
shall be sufficient in the case of milk which conforms
to the requirements in paragraph 2(a) or (b) and which
has been treated in hermetically sealed containers so as
to ensure that it is shelf stable to be accompanied by a
commercial document
treatment
applied.’

stating the heat

3. Article 5 is amended as follows:

(a) The words

‘are

consigned in hermetically sealed

containers or’ are deleted in paragraph 5.

(b) A sixth paragraph is added as follows:

‘6.
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 which
have been treated in hermetically sealed containers so
as to ensure that they are shelf stable to be accompa-
nied by a commercial document stating the heat treat-
ment applied.’

4. Article 8 is amended as follows:

(a) A fourth indent is added to paragraph (2)(b) as follows:

‘— a treatment as provided for in Chapter 4 of Annex I

to Directive 92/118/EEC;’

(b) A new subparagraph is added to paragraph 2 accord-

ingly as follows:

‘(i) packed products intended for use as in-vitro diag-

nostic or laboratory reagents.’

(c) A seventh paragraph is added as follows:

‘7.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it
shall be sufficient in the case of products mentioned in
paragraph 2(i) to be accompanied by a commercial
document stating that the products are for use as in-
vitro diagnostic or laboratory reagents, provided that
the products are clearly labelled “for in-vitro diagnostic
use only” or “for laboratory use only”.’

‘3.
However, the Commission shall amend this Decision
to the effect that the measures provided for in relation to
the areas in Northern Ireland listed in Annex I and II can be
released without prejudice to Directive 85/511/EEC as
follows:

If, as of 19 April 2001, Northern Ireland notify the
Commission that:

(a) no further outbreak of

foot-and-mouth disease was
reported in Northern Ireland during the period between
22 March 2001 and 17:00 on 19 April 2001, and

(b) all the clinical examinations and laboratory tests have
been carried out in accordance with Decision 2001/
295/EC with negative results in each case:

— on holdings where the presence of this disease has
been suspected
in relation to the outbreak
confirmed in Northern Ireland in March 2001, and,
— in each holding where susceptible animals are kept
and which is located in the respective protection and
surveillance zones established in the areas listed in
Annex I of this Decision following the outbreak
confirmed in March 2001,

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.’

6. The date in Article 14 is replaced by ‘18 May 2001’.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 April 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission