Directive 2001/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 amending Council Directive 91/68/EEC as regards scrapie
Date: 2001-05-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: animal disease, goat, health control, intra-EU trade, sheep

31.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 147/41

DIRECTIVE 2001/10/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 22 May 2001

amending Council Directive 91/68/EEC as regards scrapie

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 152(4)(b) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

Having consulted the Committee of the Regions,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (3),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The animal health conditions
scrapie, covering
placing on the market of animals, are laid down in
Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on
animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in ovine and caprine animals (4).

for

The Commission has obtained scientific opinions,
in
particular from the Scientific Steering Committee, on
several aspects of transmissible spongiform encephalo-
pathies (TSEs). The rules laid down in Directive 91/
68/EEC should be reviewed in the light of
those
opinions.

should be

laid down for

all matters
Provisions
concerning TSEs to apply, in particular, to the produc-
tion and placing on the market of live animals and
products of animal origin referred to in Article 1(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down
the rules for the prevention, control and eradication of
certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (5).

This Directive concerns public health directly and relates
It is conse-
to the operation of the internal market.
quently appropriate to take Article 152(4)(b) of
the
Treaty as the legal basis for the adoption of rules for the
prevention and control of certain transmissible spongi-
form encephalopathies.

(5)

Directive 91/68/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly,

Article 1

Directive 91/68/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 2(7), ‘as listed under Sections I and II of Annex B’
shall be replaced by ‘as listed under Section I of Annex B’.

2. Article 6(b) shall be deleted.
3. In Article 7(1), ‘referred to in Annex B, Sections II and III’
shall be replaced by ‘referred to in Annex B, Section III’.
4. In Article 8(1), ‘listed in Annex B, Sections II and III’ shall be

replaced by ‘listed in Annex B, Section III’.

5. Section II of Annex B shall be deleted.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive not later than 30 June 2001. They shall immediately
inform the Commission thereof.

They shall apply these provisions from 1 July 2001.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a
reference on the occasion of their official publication. The
methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by
Member States.

2.
The Member States shall communicate to the Commis-
sion the provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the
field governed by this Directive. The Commission shall inform
the other Member States thereof.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 22 May 2001.

For the European Parliament

For the Council

The President

N. FONTAINE

The President

M. WINBERG

(1) OJ C 45, 19.2.1999, p. 33.
(2) OJ C 258, 10.9.1999, p. 19.
(3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 16 February 2000 (OJ C
339, 29.11.2000, p. 128) and Council Decision of 12 February
2001.

(4) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19. Directive as last amended by Commis-

sion Decision 94/953/EC (OJ L 371, 31.12.1994, p. 14).

(5) See page 1 of this Official Journal.