2001/456/EC: Commission Decision of 13 June 2001 amending for the ninth time Decision 2001/223/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the Netherlands (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1638)
Date: 2001-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, cattle, foot-and-mouth disease, intra-EU trade, swine, trade restriction

14.6.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 157/19

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 June 2001

amending for the ninth time Decision 2001/223/EC concerning certain protection measures with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the Netherlands

(notified under document number C(2001) 1638)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/456/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

duced Community measure for the control of foot-and-
mouth disease.

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)

Following the reports of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth
disease in the Netherlands,
the Commission adopted
Decision 2001/223/EC concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
Netherlands (4), as last amended by Decision 2001/
426/EC (5).

The foot-and-mouth disease situation in certain parts of
the Netherlands is liable to endanger the herds in other
parts of the territory of the Netherlands and in other
Member States in view of the placing on the market and
trade in live biungulate animals and certain of their
products. However, the last case was reported on 21
April 2001.

(3)

Council Directive 85/511/EEC (6), as last amended by the
Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, intro-

(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 82, 22.3.2001, p. 29.
(5) OJ L 151, 7.6.2001, p. 45.
(6) OJ L 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11.

(4)

(5)

(6)

In accordance with Commission Decision 2001/
246/EC (7), as amended by Decision 2001/279/EC (8),
laying down the conditions for the control and erad-
foot-and-mouth disease in application of
ication of
Article 13 of Directive 85/511/EEC,
the restrictions
applied to the vaccination zone continue to be applic-
able, however, all vaccinated animals have been slaugh-
tered by 25 May 2001 in the area around Oene and by
14 May 2001 in the area around Kootwĳkerbroek.

In the light of the disease evolution it appears therefore
appropriate to further ease the movement of susceptible
animals from the areas outside those listed in Annex I.

At the meeting of the Standing Veterinary Committee of
12 June 2001 the Netherlands reiterated in relation to
the proposed amendments of Decision 2001/223/EC
that:

— continuous controls will be carried out on traffic
crossing from the areas listed in Annex I to the rest
of the country in order to prevent movement of live
susceptible animals,

— meat destined for intra-Community trade and export
will be completely separated from meat bearing the
health mark provided for in Decision 2001/305/EC,
and will come from establishments where no meat
bearing the health mark provided for in Decision
2001/305/EC is present,

(7)

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

(7) OJ L 88, 28.3.2001, p. 21.
(8) OJ L 96, 6.4.2001, p. 19.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Commission Decision 2001/223/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 12 a is replaced by the following

‘Article 12 a

The Netherlands shall ensure that dispatch to other
1.
live animals susceptible to foot-and-
Member States of
mouth disease is prohibited from the areas of its territory
not listed in Annex I.

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 1, the
2.
competent authorities of
the place of departure may
authorise the transport to other Member States of animals
of the bovine and porcine species from the areas of the
Netherlands situated outside the areas listed in Annex I,
subject to notification to the central veterinary authorities of

the Member State of destination and any Member State of
transit.’

2. Point 1, the description of the surveillance zone around
Kootwĳkerbroek, is deleted from Annex I and point 2, the
description of the surveillance zone around Oene, is renum-
bered accordingly.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 13 June 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission