2001/627/EC: Commission Decision of 31 July 2001 amending for the second time Decision 2000/721/EC on introducing vaccination to supplement the measures to control avian influenza in Italy and on specific movement control measures (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2424)
Date: 2001-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, animal disease, export restriction, health control, poultry farming, vaccination

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Official Journal of the European Communities

11.8.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 July 2001

amending for the second time Decision 2000/721/EC on introducing vaccination to supplement the
measures to control avian influenza in Italy and on specific movement control measures

(notified under document number C(2001) 2424)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/627/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(6)

ucts originating from holdings, which have been
subjected to vaccination.

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

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(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
in intra-
December 1989 concerning veterinary checks
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(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Commission adopted Decision 2000/721/EC (4) on
7 November 2000 on introducing vaccination to supple-
ment the measures to control avian influenza in Italy
and on specific movement control measures.

Under Commission Decision 2000/785/EC (5) certain
amendments were made to the movement restrictions
applicable to intra-Community trade.

The Italian authorities reported that the disease situation
for avian influenza has improved and have requested
certain amendments
approved vaccination
to the
programme and the present trade restrictions.

trade

The improved disease situation makes it possible to
abolish the
related to five-days
conditions
advanced notification prior to dispatch of consignments
of
live poultry and hatching eggs to other Member
States.

It is furthermore the purpose of this Decision to apply
trade restrictions not
to all products deriving from
animals kept in the vaccination area, but only to prod-

(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 291, 18.11.2000, p. 33.
(5) OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 49.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2000/721/EC is amended as follows:

1. In Article 1 the following paragraph shall be added:

The amendments

‘4.
to the vaccination programme
presented by Italy shall be approved and be enforced in the
area described in Annex I.’

2. In Article 3(3) the word ‘Rovigo’ shall be inserted after the

word ‘Belluno’.

3. The text of Article 5 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

Fresh meat derived from poultry vaccinated against
1.
avian influenza and originating from holdings within the
area described in Annex I, must be marked in accordance
with Article 5 of Council Directive 91/494/EEC (*) and
cannot be dispatched from Italy.

2.
No table eggs derived from poultry vaccinated against
avian influenza and originating from holdings within the
area described in Annex I, shall be dispatched from Italy.

(*) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 35.’

4. Article 7 shall be deleted.

Article 2

The measures of this Decision shall apply from 1 August
2001.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 31 July 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission