2001/708/EC: Commission Decision of 28 September 2001 amending for the seventh time Decision 2001/356/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) 2922)
Date: 2001-09-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, animal breeding, export restriction, foot-and-mouth disease, health certificate

29.9.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 261/67

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 September 2001

amending for the seventh time Decision 2001/356/EC concerning certain protection measures with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom

(notified under document number C(2001) 2922)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/708/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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,

Article 1

Decision 2001/356/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 6 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 6

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 thereof,

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch semen, ova
and embryos of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine
species and other biungulates from those parts of its terri-
tory listed in the Annex I to other parts of the United
Kingdom.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Following the reports of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth
disease in the United Kingdom, the Commission adopted
Decision 2001/356/EC (4) concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom, as last amended by Decision 2001/
547/EC (5).

frozen bovine semen may be permitted
Dispatch of
under
the conditions that additional guarantees are
provided. Certain other adaptations are necessary to take
account of
the animal health situation in Northern
Ireland.

In the light of the disease evolution it appears appro-
priate to prolong the measures.

The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for 9 and 10
October 2001 and the measures adapted where neces-
sary.

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

(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 125, 5.5.2001, p. 46.
(5) OJ L 195, 19.7.2001, p. 61.

The United Kingdom shall not dispatch semen, ova
2.
and embryos of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine
species and other biungulates from those parts of its terri-
tory listed in Annex I and Annex II.

The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not

3.
apply to:

(a) frozen bovine semen and embryos produced before 1

February 2001;

(b) frozen bovine semen and embryos imported into the
United Kingdom in accordance with the conditions laid
down in Council Directives 88/407/EEC and 89/
556/EEC respectively, and which since introduction into
the United Kingdom has/have been stored and trans-
ported separately from semen and embryos not eligible
for dispatch in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2;

(c) frozen bovine semen produced in accordance with the
provisions of Directive 88/407/EEC after the date of 30
September 2001 and complying with the following
additional conditions:

— the donor bull showed no clinical sign of foot-and-
mouth disease on the day of collection of the semen,

for at
three
least
— the donor bull has been kept
the semen in the
months prior to collection of
approved semen collection centre,
this residence
period may include the isolation period of at least
30 days in an attached isolation accommodation,

— no animal has been introduced during the 30 days

prior to the collection of the semen,

L 261/68

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.9.2001

— the semen collection centre has been free from
foot-and-mouth disease for at least three months
and no case of foot-and-mouth disease has occurred
within a 10 km radius around the semen collection
centre for the 30 days before and after collection of
semen,

— no animal in the semen collection centre has been

vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease,

— the donor bull showed a negative response to a test
for antibodies against foot-and-mouth disease virus
carried out at least 21 days after the collection of the
last semen of the consignment and the negative test
results have to be available before dispatch of the
semen,

— the frozen semen was stored for a period of at least
30 days between collection and dispatch, and during
this period no animal in the semen collection centre
where the donor bull was kept showed any sign of
foot-and-mouth disease,

— the semen is collected, processed and stored sepa-
rately from semen not eligible for dispatch in
accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2,

— all semen collected, processed and frozen in the
collection centre is dispatched from the semen
collection centre in a way that any risk of intro-
ducing foot-and-mouth disease into the centre is
avoided.

Before the dispatch of the semen the United Kingdom
shall provide the Commission and the other Member
States with the list of centres authorized for the purpose
of this paragraph.

The health certificate provided for in Directive 88/
4.
407/EEC and
semen
consigned from the United Kingdom to other Member
States shall bear the following words:

accompanying

bovine

frozen

“Frozen bovine semen conforming to Commission
Decision 2001/172/EC of 1 March 2001 on certain
protective measures with regard to foot-and-mouth
disease in the United Kingdom”.

5.
The health certificate provided for in Directive 89/
556/EEC and accompanying bovine embryos consigned
from the United Kingdom to other Member States shall bear
the following words:

“Bovine embryos conforming to Commission Decision
2001/172/EC of 1 March 2001 on certain protective
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom”.’

2. Article 10(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.
The United Kingdom shall ensure that vehicles which
have been used for the transport of live animals in the areas
listed in Annex I and Annex II are cleaned and disinfected
after each operation, and shall furnish proof of such disin-
fection.’

3. In Article 11 the first sentence is replaced by the following:

‘The restrictions laid down in Articles 3, 4, 5 and 8 shall not
apply to the dispatch from the United Kingdom of the
products referred to in Articles 3, 4, 5 and 8,
if such
products were:’

4. Article 12(3) is replaced by the following:

‘3. Member States shall cooperate in monitoring personal
luggage of passengers travelling from those parts of the
United Kingdom listed in Annex I and in information
campaigns carried out to prevent introduction of products
of animal origin onto the territory of Member States other
than the United Kingdom.’

5. In Article 12(4), first subparagraph, the words of the first

sentence are replaced by the following:

‘The United Kingdom shall ensure that equidae dispatched
from those parts of its territory listed in Annex I and Annex
II to other parts of its territory or to another Member State
are accompanied by a health certificate in accordance with
the Model in Annex C of Council Directive 90/426/EEC.’

6. The date in Article 15 is replaced by ‘30 November 2001’.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 September 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission