2001/740/EC: Commission Decision of 19 October 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2001/356/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 3160)
Date: 2001-10-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, animal disease, foot-and-mouth disease, health control

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 October 2001

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

(notified under document number C(2001) 3160)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/740/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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)

(4)

Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have been declared
in the United Kingdom.

The foot-and-mouth disease situation in the United
Kingdom is liable to endanger
the herds of other
Member States in view of the placing on the market and
trade in live biungulate animals and certain of their
products.

The United Kingdom has taken measures in the frame-
work of Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November
1985 introducing Community measures for the control
of foot-and-mouth disease (4), as last amended by the
Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and
furthermore has introduced further measures within the
affected areas.

The disease situation in the United Kingdom requires
reinforcing the control measures for foot-and-mouth
disease taken by the United Kingdom by adopting addi-
tional Community protective measures.

(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 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11.

In collaboration with the Member State concerned the
Commission adopted Decision 2001/356/EC concerning
certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-
mouth disease in the United Kingdom (5), as
last
amended by Decision 2001/708/EC (6).

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

Council Directive 64/432/EEC (7), as last amended by
Directive 2000/20/EC (8), concerns health problems
affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and
swine.

Council Directive 91/68/EEC (9), as last amended by
Commission Decision 94/953/EC (10), concerns animal
health conditions governing intra-Community trade in
ovine and caprine animals.

Council Directive 64/433/EEC (11), as last amended by
Directive 95/23/EC (12), concerns health conditions for
the production and marketing of fresh meat.

Council Directive 94/65/EC (13) lays down the require-
ments for the production and placing on the market of
minced meat and meat preparations.

Council Directive 91/495/EEC (14), as last amended by
Directive 94/65/EC, concerns public health and animal
health problems affecting the production and placing on
the market of rabbit meat and farmed game meat.

Council Directive 80/215/EEC (15), as last amended by
the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
concerns
intra-
animal health problems
Community trade in meat products.

affecting

(5) OJ L 125, 5.5.2001, p. 46.
(6) OJ L 261, 29.9.2001, p. 67.
(7) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(8) OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 35.
(9) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19.
(10) OJ L 371, 31.12.1994, p. 14.
(11) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64.
(12) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 7.
(13) OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 10.
(14) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 41.
(15) OJ L 47, 21.2.1980, p. 4.

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(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

(16)

(17)

(18)

Council Directive 77/1999/EEC (1), as last amended by
Council Directive 97/76/EC (2), concerns health prob-
lems affecting the production and marketing of meat
products and certain other products of animal origin.

Council Directive 92/118/EEC (3), as last amended by
Directive 2001/7/EC (4), lays down animal health and
public health requirements governing trade in and
imports into the Community of products not subject to
the said requirements laid down in specific Community
rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 89/662/EEC
and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC.

Council Directive 88/407/EEC (5), as last amended by
the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
lays down the animal health requirements applicable to
intra-Community trade in and imports of deep-frozen
semen of domestic animals of the bovine species.

Council Directive 89/556/EEC (6), as last amended by
the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
concerns the animal health conditions governing intra-
Community trade in and imports from third countries of
embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species.

Council Directive 90/429/EEC (7), as last amended by
Council Decision 2001/36/EC (8), lays down the animal
health requirements applicable
to intra-Community
trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of
the porcine species.

(19)

(20)

(21)

Certain areas within the areas of the United Kingdom
listed in Annex I have had no outbreak of foot-and-
mouth disease during this epidemic or have remained
free from the disease for more than 3 months. It appears
therefore appropriate to lay down the conditions for
dispatch of meat derived from animals resident on hold-
ings situated in disease free areas from the parts of the
United Kingdom listed in Annex I.

It appears appropriate to allow under certain conditions
the dispatch from areas listed in Annex I of certain milk
products which underwent a ripening process including
acidification should. Furthermore clarification is neces-
sary with regard to the heat treatment of certain milk
products.

Furthermore,
it appears appropriate to extend the
derogation on frozen semen introduced by Decision
2001/708/EC to frozen porcine semen meeting the
same
animal health requirements with regard to
foot-and-mouth disease.

(22) Decision 2001/356/EC has been amended seven times
and therefore it appears appropriate to consolidate the
provisions of this Decision. It is therefore necessary to
repeal Decision 2001/356/EC but for practical reasons
to construe any reference to Decisions 2001/172/EC or
2001/356/EC as reference to the present Decision. In
this context it is also appropriate to maintain separate
Annexes I and II with a view to possible regionalisation.

(23)

The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Veterinary Committee
scheduled for 6-7
November 2001 and the measures adapted where neces-
sary.

Council Decision 90/426/EEC (9), as last amended by
Commission Decision
concerns
animal health conditions governing the movement and
import from third countries of equidae.

2001/298/EC (10),

(24)

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

Commission Decision 2001/304/EC (11), as amended by
Decision 2001/345/EC (12), concerns marking and use of
certain animal products in relation to Decision 2001/
172/EC concerning certain protection measures with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease
in the United
Kingdom. Fresh meat bearing the health mark estab-
lished by Decision 2001/304/EC shall be placed on the
market only in Great Britain.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(1) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85.
(2) OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 25.
(3) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(4) OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 27.
(5) OJ L 194, 22.7.1988, p. 10.
(6) OJ L 302, 19.10.1989, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 62.
(8) OJ L 13, 19.1.2000, p. 21.
(9) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42.
(10) OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 63.
(11) OJ L 104, 13.4.2001, p. 6.
(12) OJ L 122, 3.5.2001, p. 31.

Without prejudice to the measures taken by the United
Kingdom within the framework of Council Directive 85/
511/EEC, the United Kingdom shall ensure that:

1. no live animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine
species and other biungulates move between those parts of
its territory listed in Annex I and Annex II;

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2. no live animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine
species and other biungulates are dispatched from or moved
through those parts of its territory listed in Annex I and
Annex II.

(a) fresh meat obtained before 1 February 2001 provided that
the meat is clearly identified, and since this date has been
transported and stored separately from meat which is not
eligible for dispatch outside the areas mentioned in
Annex I;

competent authorities of

Without prejudice to the restrictions on movement of
susceptible animals within and through Great Britain
applied by the
the United
Kingdom, and derogating from the provisions in the first
paragraph the competent authorities may authorize the
direct and uninterrupted transit of biungulate animals
through the areas listed in Annex I and Annex II on main
roads and railway lines;

3. the health certificates provided for in Council Directive 64/
432/EEC accompanying live bovine and porcine animals
and in Council Directive 91/68/EEC accompanying live
ovine and caprine animals consigned from parts of the
territory of the United Kingdom not listed in Annex I and
Annex II to other Member States shall bear the following
words:

‘Animals conforming to Commission Decision 2001/
172/EC of 1 March 2001 concerning certain protective
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’;

4. the health certificates accompanying biungulates, other than
those covered by the certificates mentioned in paragraph 3,
consigned from parts of the territory of the United Kingdom
not listed in Annex I and Annex II to other Member States
shall bear the following words:

‘Live biungulates conforming to Commission Decision
2001/172/EC of 1 March 2001 concerning certain
protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth
disease in the United Kingdom’;

5. the movement to other Member States of animals accompa-
nied by an animal health certificate referred to in para-
graphs 3 or 4 shall only be allowed following three days
advance notification dispatched by the local veterinary
authority to the central and local veterinary authorities in
the Member State of destination.

Article 2

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch fresh meat of the
bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungu-
lates coming from those parts of its territory listed in the
Annex I or obtained from animals originating in those parts of
the United Kingdom.

Fresh meat referred to in the first subparagraph shall include
minced meat and meat preparations as defined in Council
Directive 94/65/EC.

The prohibitions provided for in paragraph 1 shall not

2.
apply to:

(b) fresh meat obtained from animals reared outside the areas
listed in Annex I and Annex II and transported in deroga-
tion to Article 1(1) directly and under official control in
sealed means of transport to a slaughterhouse situated in
the area listed in Annex I outside the protection zone for
immediate slaughter. Such meat shall only be placed on the
market
in Great Britain and conform to the following
conditions:

— all such fresh meat must bear the health mark in
accordance with Commission Decision 2001/304/EC,

— the plant will be operated under

strict veterinary

control,

— the fresh meat must be clearly identified, and trans-
ported and stored separately from meat which is
eligible for dispatch outside the United Kingdom,

— the control of the compliance with the above listed
conditions shall be carried out by the competent veter-
inary authority under the supervision of the central
veterinary authorities who will communicate to the
other Member States and the Commission a list of those
establishments which they have approved in application
of these provisions;

(c) fresh meat obtained from cutting plants situated in the area

listed in Annex I under the following conditions:

— only fresh meat as described in subparagraph (a), or
fresh meat obtained from animals reared and slaugh-
tered outside the area listed in the Annex I, or fresh
meat obtained from animals reared and slaughtered
within the areas listed in Annex III will be processed in
this establishment, on any same day. Cleaning and
disinfection will be carried out after processing of any
meat not meeting this requirement,

— all such fresh meat must bear the health mark in
accordance with Chapter XI of Annex I to Council
Directive 64/433/EEC or in the case of meat from other
biungulates the health mark provided for in Chapter III
of Annex I of Directive 91/495/EEC,

— the plant will be operated under

strict veterinary

control,

— the fresh meat must be clearly identified, and trans-
ported and stored separately from meat which is not
eligible for dispatch outside the areas mentioned in
Annex I,

— the control of the compliance with the above listed
conditions shall be carried out by the competent veter-
inary authority under the supervision of the central
veterinary authorities who will communicate to the
other Member States and the Commission a list of those
establishments which they have approved in application
of these provisions;

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(d) fresh meat obtained from porcine animals reared within the
areas listed in Annex I and conforming to the following
conditions:

— the dispatch of

such meat

competent
Kingdom,

veterinary

is authorised by the
the United

of

authorities

— there has been no outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease
in the group of counties listed in Annex III during the
past 90 days,

— during the past 30 days prior to transport

to the
slaughterhouse the animals have remained under the
supervision of the competent veterinary authorities on a
single holding situated within the areas listed in Annex
III in the centre of a circle around the holding of at least
10 km radius where there has been no outbreak of
foot-and-mouth disease during at least the past 30 days,

— no animal of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth
disease has been introduced into the holding referred to
in the third indent during the past 30 days prior to
loading, except in the case of pigs coming from a
supplying holding which meets the requirements laid
down in the third indent, in which case this period may
reduced to 7 days,

— the animals have been transported under official control
from the holding referred to in the third indent directly
to the designated slaughterhouse situated in the areas
listed in Annex III in sealed means of transport that
have been cleaned and disinfected before loading,

— the animals have been slaughtered within less than 24
hours after arrival at the slaughterhouse separately from
animals who's meat is not eligible for dispatch from the
areas listed in Annex I,

— the control of the compliance with the above listed
conditions shall be carried out by the competent veter-
inary authority under the supervision of the central
veterinary authorities who will communicate to the
other Member States and the Commission a list of those
establishments which they have approved in application
of these provisions,

— where such meat is subject to further processing in a
cutting plant,
subparagraph (c),
the provisions of
second to fifth indent, shall apply.

3. Meat consigned from the United Kingdom to other
Member States shall be accompanied by a certificate from an
official veterinarian. The certificate shall bear the following
words:

‘Meat conforming to Commission Decision 2001/172/EC
of 1 March 2001 concerning certain protection measures
with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United King-
dom’.

Article 3

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch meat products of
animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and
other biungulates coming from those parts of
the United
Kingdom listed in the Annex I or prepared using meat obtained
from animals originating in those parts of the United Kingdom.

2.
The restrictions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply
to meat products which have undergone one of the treatments
laid down in Article 4(1) of Council Directive 80/215/EEC, or
to meat products as defined in Council Directive 77/1999/EEC
which have been subjected during preparation uniformly
throughout the substance to a pH value of less than 6.

— during inspection by the official veterinarian at

the
slaughterhouse no clinical
signs or post-mortem
evidence of foot-and-mouth disease were established,

3.
to:

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply

— the meat derived from such animals remained in the
establishment for at least 24 hours after slaughter,

— all such fresh meat must bear the health mark in
accordance with Chapter XI of Annex I to Council
Directive 64/433/EEC,

(a) meat products prepared from meat derived from biungulate
animals slaughtered before 1 February 2001, provided that
the meat products are clearly identified, and since this date
have been transported and stored separately from meat
products which are not eligible for dispatch outside the
areas mentioned in Annex I;

— the plant is operated under strict veterinary control,

(b) meat products prepared in establishments under

the

— in the case where foot-and-mouth disease has been
diagnosed in the establishment, any further preparation
of meat for dispatch outside the areas listed in Annex I
shall only be authorised after the slaughter of all
animals present, removal of all meat and dead animals
and not earlier than 24 hours after the completion of
the total cleaning and disinfection of the said establish-
ments under the control of an official veterinarian,

— the fresh meat must be clearly identified, and trans-
ported and stored separately from meat which is not
eligible for dispatch outside the areas mentioned in
Annex I,

following conditions:

— all fresh meat used in the establishment must conform

to the conditions of Article 2(2)(a), (c) or (d),

— all meat products used in the final product will
conform to the conditions of paragraph (a) or be made
from fresh meat obtained from animals reared and
slaughtered outside the area listed in the Annex I,

— all meat products must bear the health mark in accord-
ance with Chapter VI of Annex B to Directive 77/
1999/EEC,

— the establishment is operated under strict veterinary

control,

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— the meat products must be clearly identified and trans-
ported and stored separately from meat and meat prod-
ucts which are not eligible for dispatch outside the
areas mentioned in Annex I,

— the control of the compliance with the above listed
conditions shall be carried out by the competent
authority under the responsibility of the central veter-
inary authorities who will communicate to other
Member States and the Commission a list of those
establishments which they have approved in application
of these provisions;

(a) an initial pasteurisation in accordance with the norms
defined in paragraph 3(b) of Chapter 1 in Annex I to
92/118/EEC, followed by a second heat treatment by high
temperature pasteurization, UHT, sterilization so as to
produce a negative reaction to the peroxidase test or by a
drying process which includes a heat treatment with an
equivalent effect to one of the above, or

(b) an initial pasteurisation in accordance with the norms
defined in paragraph 3(b) of Chapter 1 in Annex I to
92/118/EEC, combined with the treatment by which the
pH is lowered below 6 and held there for at least one hour.

(c) meat products prepared in the parts of the territory which
are not included in Annex I using meat obtained before 1
February 2001 from parts of
the territory included in
Annex I, provided that the meat and meat products are
clearly identified and transported and stored separately
from meat and meat products which are not eligible for
dispatch outside the areas mentioned in Annex I.

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply
3.
to milk prepared in establishments situated in the areas listed
in Annex I under the following conditions:

(a) all milk used in the establishment must either conform to
the conditions of paragraph 2 or be obtained from animals
reared and milked outside the area listed in Annex I,

4. Meat products consigned from the United Kingdom to
other Member States shall be accompanied by an official certifi-
cate. The certificate shall bear the following words:

(b) the establishment

is operated under

strict veterinary

control,

‘Meat products conforming to Commission Decision 2001/
172/EC of 1 March 2001 concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

(c) the milk must be clearly identified and transported and
stored separately from milk and milk products which are
not eligible for dispatch outside the areas mentioned in
Annex I,

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be
5.
sufficient, in the case of meat products which conform to the
requirements of paragraph 2 and have been processed in an
establishment operating HACCP (1) and an auditable standard
operating procedure which ensures that standards for treatment
are met and recorded, that compliance with the conditions
required for the treatment laid down in paragraph 2 is stated in
the commercial document accompanying the consignment,
endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).

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

Article 4

The United Kingdom shall not dispatch milk intended or
1.
not intended for human consumption from those parts of its
territory listed in the Annex I.

2.
The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply
to milk intended or not intended for human consumption
which has been subjected to at least

(1) HACCP = Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points.

(d) transport of raw milk from holdings situated outside the
areas mentioned in Annex I to the establishments referred
to above is carried out in vehicles which were cleaned and
disinfected prior to operation and had no subsequent
contact with holdings in the areas mentioned in Annex I
keeping animals of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth
disease,

(e) the control of the compliance with the above listed condi-
tions shall be carried out by the competent veterinary
authority under the supervision of the central veterinary
authorities who will communicate to other Member States
and the Commission a list of those establishments which
they have approved in application of these provisions.

4. Milk consigned from the United Kingdom to other
Member States shall be accompanied by an official certificate.
The certificate shall bear the following words:

‘Milk conforming to Commission Decision 2001/172/EC of
1 March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.

5.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be
sufficient, in the case of milk which conforms to the require-
ments of paragraph 2(a) or (b) and has been processed in an
establishment operating HACCP and an auditable standard
operating procedure which ensures that standards for treatment
are met and recorded, that compliance with the conditions
required for the treatment laid down in paragraph 2(a) or (b) is
stated in the commercial document accompanying the consign-
ment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).

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Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 4 it shall be
6.
sufficient in the case of milk which conforms to the require-
ments 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 stating
the heat treatment applied.

Article 5

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch milk products
intended or not intended for human consumption from those
parts of its territory listed in Annex I.

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply
intended for human

intended or not

2.
to milk products
consumption:

(a) produced before 1 February 2001;

(b) prepared from milk complying with the provisions in

Article 4(2) or (3),

(c) for export to a third country where import conditions
permit such products to be subject to treatment other than
laid down in this Decision which ensures the inactivation
of the foot-and-mouth disease virus.

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply

3.
to milk products intended for human consumption:

(a) produced from milk of a pH less than 7,0 and subject to a
heat treatment at a temperature of at least 72 °C for at least
15 seconds, on the understanding that such treatment was
not necessary for finished products,
the ingredients of
which comply with the respective animal health conditions
laid down in this Decision;

(b) produced from raw milk of bovine, ovine or caprine
animals which have been resident for at least 30 days on a
holding situated, within an area listed in Annex I, in the
centre of a circle of at
least 10 km radius where no
outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has occurred during
the 30 days prior to producing the raw milk, and which are
subject to a maturation or ripening process of at least 90
days during which the pH is lowered below 6,0 throughout
the substance, and the rind of which has been treated with
0,2 % citric acid immediately prior to wrapping or pack-
aging.

The prohibitions described in paragraph 1 shall not apply

4.
to:

— all milk products used in the final product will either
conform to the conditions of paragraph 2(a) or (b) or
be made from milk obtained from animals outside the
area listed in Annex I,

— the milk products are only intended for human
consumption and all milk products used in the final
product will either conform to the conditions of the
first and second indent above or meet the conditions of
paragraph 3,

— the establishment is operated under strict veterinary

control,

— the milk products must be clearly identified and trans-
ported and stored separately from milk and milk prod-
ucts which are not eligible for dispatch outside the
areas mentioned in Annex I,

— the control of the compliance with the above listed
conditions shall be carried out by the competent
authority under the responsibility of the central veter-
inary authorities who will communicate to other
Member States and the Commission a list of those
establishments which they have approved in application
of these provisions;

(b) milk products prepared in the parts of the territory outside
the areas mentioned in Annex I using milk obtained before
1 February 2001 from parts of the territory mentioned in
Annex I provided that the milk products are clearly identi-
fied and transported and stored separately from milk prod-
ucts which are not eligible for dispatch outside the areas
mentioned in Annex I.

5. Milk products consigned from the United Kingdom to
other Member States shall be accompanied by an official certifi-
cate. The certificate shall bear the following words:

‘Milk products conforming to Commission Decision 2001/
172/EC of 1 March 2001 concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

6.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 5 it shall be
sufficient in the case of milk products which conform to the
requirements of paragraphs 2(a) and (b), 3 and 4 and have been
processed in an establishment operating HACCP and an audit-
able standard operating procedure which ensures that standards
for treatment are met and recorded, that compliance with the
conditions laid down in paragraphs 2(a) and (b), 3 and 4 is
stated in the commercial document accompanying the consign-
ment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).

(a) milk products prepared in establishments situated in the
areas listed in Annex I under the following conditions:

— all milk used in the establishment will either conform
to the conditions of Article 4(2) or be obtained from
animals outside the area listed in Annex I,

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 5 it shall be
7.
sufficient in the case of milk products which conform to the
requirements of paragraphs 2(a) and (b), 3 and 4 and which
have been treated in hermetically sealed containers so as to
ensure that they are shelf stable to be accompanied by a
commercial document stating the heat treatment applied.

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Article 6

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 territory listed in the
Annex I to other parts of the United Kingdom.

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

The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply

3.
to:

(a) frozen bovine and porcine semen produced before 1

February 2001;

(b) frozen bovine and porcine semen and bovine embryos
imported into the United Kingdom in accordance with the
conditions laid down in Council Directives 88/407/EEC,
90/429/EEC and 89/556/EEC respectively, and which since
introduction into the United Kingdom has/have been stored
and transported separately from semen and embryos not
eligible for dispatch in accordance with paragraphs 1
and 2;

(c) frozen bovine and porcine semen produced in accordance
with the provisions of Directives 88/407/EEC and 90/
429/EEC respectively after the date of 30 September 2001
and complying with the following additional conditions:

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

— the donor bull or boar has been kept for at least three
months prior
the semen in the
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 into the approved
semen collection centre during the 30 days prior to the
collection of the semen,

— 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 or boar 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
the
results have to be available before dispatch of
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 or boar was kept showed any sign of
foot-and-mouth disease,

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

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

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

4.
The health certificate provided for in Council Directive
semen
88/407/EEC and
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 meas-
ures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United
Kingdom’.

The health certificate provided for in Council Directive
5.
90/429/EEC and
semen
consigned from the United Kingdom to other Member States
shall bear the following words:

frozen porcine

accompanying

‘Frozen porcine
to Commission
semen conforming
Decision 2001/740/EC of 19 October 2001 on certain
protective measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease
in the United Kingdom’.

6.
The health certificate provided for in Council 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 meas-
ures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United
Kingdom’.

Article 7

The United Kingdom shall not dispatch hides and skins of
1.
bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungu-
lates from those parts of its territory listed in the Annex I.

This prohibition shall not apply to hides and skins which
2.
were produced before 1 February 2001 or which conform to
the requirements of paragraph 1(A) indents 2 to 5 or para-
graph 1(B),
indents 3 and 4 of Chapter 3 of Annex 1 to
Directive 92/118/EEC. Care must be taken to separate effec-
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The United Kingdom shall ensure that hides and skins of
3.
bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungu-
lates to be sent to other Member States shall be accompanied
by a certificate which bears the following words:

‘Hides and skins conforming to Commission Decision
2001/172/EC of 1 March 2001 on certain protective meas-
ures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United
Kingdom’.

4.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
sufficient, in the case of hides and skins which conform to the
requirements of paragraph 1(A) indents 2 to 5 of Chapter 3 of
Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC, to be accompanied by a
commercial document stating compliance with the conditions
required for the treatment laid down in paragraph 1(A) indents
2 to 5 of Chapter 3 of Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC.

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
5.
sufficient, in the case of hides and skins which conform to the
requirements of paragraph 1(B) indents 3 and 4 of Chapter 3
of Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC, that compliance with the
conditions required for the treatment laid down in paragraph
1(B) indents 3 and 4 of Chapter 3 of Annex I to Directive
92/118/EEC is stated in the commercial document accompa-
nying the consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article
9(1).

Article 8

1.
The United Kingdom shall not dispatch animal products
of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other
biungulates not mentioned in Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
produced after the 1 February 2001 from those parts of its
territory listed in Annex I.

The United Kingdom shall not dispatch dung and manure from
those parts of its territory listed in Annex I.

The prohibitions mentioned in paragraph 1 first subpara-

2.
graph shall not apply to:

(a) animal products which have been subjected to:

— heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container with a

Fo value of 3,00 or more, or

— heat treatment in which the centre temperature is raised

to at least 70 °C;

(b) blood and blood products as defined in Chapter 7 of
Annex I to Council Directive 92/118/EEC which have been
subject to at least one of the following treatments:

— heat treatment at a temperature of 65 °C for at least
three hours, followed by an effectiveness check,

— irradiation at 2,5 megarads or gamma rays followed by

an effectiveness check,

— change of pH to pH 5 or lower for at least two hours,

followed by an effectiveness check,

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

Directive 92/118/EEC;

(c) lard and rendered fats which have been subject to the heat
treatment prescribed in paragraph 2(A) of Chapter 9 of
Annex I to Council Directive 92/118/EEC;

(d) animal casings to which the provisions in paragraph B
Chapter 2 of Annex I to Council Directive 92/118/EEC
apply mutatis mutandis;

(e) sheep wool, ruminant hair and pigs bristles which have
undergone factory washing or have been obtained from
tanning and unprocessed sheep wool, ruminant hair and
pigs bristles which are securely enclosed in packaging and
dry;

(f) semi-moist and dried petfood conforming to the require-
ments of paragraphs 2 and 3 respectively of Chapter 4 of
Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC;

(g) composite products which are not subject to further treat-
ment containing products of animal origin on the under-
standing that the treatment was not necessary for finished
products the ingredients of which comply with the respec-
tive animal health conditions laid down in this Decision;

(h) game trophies in accordance with paragraph 2(b) of part B
in Chapter 13 of Annex I to Council Directive 92/118/EEC;

(i) packed products intended for use as in-vitro diagnostic or

laboratory reagents.

3.
The United Kingdom shall ensure that the animal prod-
ucts mentioned in paragraph 2 to be sent to other Member
States shall be accompanied by an official certificate which
bears the following words:

‘Animal products conforming to Commission Decision
2001/172/EC of 1 March 2001 concerning certain protec-
tive measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

4.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
sufficient in the case of products mentioned in paragraphs 2(b),
(c) and (d) that compliance with the conditions for the treat-
ment stated in the commercial document required in accord-
ance with the respective Community legislation is endorsed in
accordance with Article 9(1).

Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
5.
sufficient in the case of products mentioned in paragraph 2(e)
to be accompanied by a commercial document stating either
the factory washing or origin from tanning or compliance with
the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Chapter 15
of Annex I to Council Directive 92/118/EEC.

6.
Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
sufficient, in the case of products mentioned in paragraphs 2(g)
which have been produced in an establishment operating
HACCP and an auditable standard operating procedure which
ensures that pre-processed ingredients comply with the respec-
tive animal health conditions laid down in this Decision, that
this is stated on the commercial document accompanying the
consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).

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Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be
7.
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’.

Article 9

the United Kingdom shall ensure that

1. Where reference is made to this Article, the competent
the
authorities of
commercial document required by Community legislation for
intra-Community trade be endorsed by the attachment of a
copy of an official certificate stating that
the production
process has been audited and found in compliance with the
appropriate requirements in Community legislation and suit-
able to destroy the foot-and-mouth disease virus or that the
products concerned have been produced from preprocessed
materials which had been certified accordingly, and provisions
are in place to avoid possible recontamination with the
foot-and-mouth disease virus after treatment.

Such verifying certification of the production process shall bear
a reference to this Decision, shall be valid for 30 days, shall
state the expiry date and shall be renewable after inspection of
the establishment.

In case of products for retail sale to the final consumer,
2.
the competent authorities of
the United Kingdom may
authorize consolidated loads of products other than fresh meat,
minced meat and meat preparations, each of which is eligible
for dispatch in accordance with this Decision, to be accompa-
nied by a commercial document endorsed by the attachment of
a copy of an official veterinary certificate confirming that the
premises of dispatch has in place a system to ensure that goods
can only be dispatched if they are traceable to documentary
evidence of compliance with this Decision, and that this system
has been audited and found satisfactory. The verifying certi-
fication of the traceability system shall bear a reference to this
Decision, shall be valid for 30 days, shall state the expiry date
and shall be renewable only after the establishment had been
audited with satisfactory results. The competent authorities of
the United Kingdom shall communicate to the other Member
States and the Commission the list of establishments they have
approved in application of these provisions.

Article 10

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 disinfection.

2.
The United Kingdom shall ensure that operators of ports
of exit in the United Kingdom ensure that the tyres of road

vehicles departing from the United Kingdom are exposed to
disinfectant.

Article 11

The restrictions laid down in Articles 3, 4, 5 and 8 shall not
apply to the dispatch from the parts of the territory of the
United Kingdom listed in Annex I of the products referred to in
Articles 3, 4, 5 and 8,

if such products were:

— either not produced in the United Kingdom and remained
in their original packaging indicating the country of origin
of the products, or

— produced in an approved establishment situated in the parts
of the territory of the United Kingdom listed in Annex I
from preprocessed products not originating from these
areas, which have been since introduction onto the territory
of the United Kingdom transported, stored and processed
separately from products which are not eligible for dispatch
outside the areas mentioned in Annex I and are accompa-
nied by a commercial document or official certificate as
required by this Decision.

Article 12

1.
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. This
certificate shall only be issued for equidae coming from a
holding that is not subject to official prohibition in accordance
with Article 4 or Article 5 of Council Directive 85/511/EEC.

2.
In addition, where the equine animal is to be certified in
accordance with the provisions in the first subparagraph the
certifying official veterinarian must:

— inspect and certify the equine animal only if it is groomed
to remove as far as practicable visible faeces, dirt and debris
and its hooves are cleaned and disinfected to the satisfac-
tion of the official veterinarian, and

— ensure that a written declaration is received from the owner
of the animal or the owner's representative stating that the
equine animal will remain on the holding until dispatch to
the place of destination stated in the health certificate,
without stopping at any holding that is subject to official
prohibitions in accordance with Article 4 or Article 5 of
Council Directive 85/511/EEC.

3.
The animal health certificate accompanying equidae
dispatched from the United Kingdom to another Member State
in accordance with the provisions in the first subparagraph
shall bear the following words:

‘Equidae
conforming to Commission Decision 2001/
356/EC of 4 May 2001 concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom’.

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Article 13

Article 15

1. Member States other than the United Kingdom shall not
send live animals of susceptible species to the part of the
territory of the United Kingdom listed in Annex I.

2. Member States shall co-operate in monitoring personal
luggage of passengers travelling from those parts of the United
Kingdom listed in Annex I and in information campaigns
introduction of products of animal
carried out
origin onto the territory of Member States other than the
United Kingdom.

to prevent

Member States shall amend the measures which they apply to
trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision.
They shall

immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 16

This Decision shall apply as from 22 October 2001 and until
midnight on 31 December 2001.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 17

Article 14

Done at Brussels, 19 October 2001.

1.
Any reference to Decisions 2001/172/EEC and 2001/
356/EC shall be construed as reference to the present Decision.

2.

Commission Decision 2001/356/EC is hereby repealed.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

United Kingdom, except Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man

ANNEX I

United Kingdom, except Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man

ANNEX II

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ANNEX III

Group

County

ADNS

LVU

1

2

Shetland Islands

Orkney Islands

Western Isles

Highland

Moray

Aberdeenshire

Angus

Perth and Kinross

Fife

West Lothian

East Lothian

Midlothian

Edinburgh

Clackmannanshire

Stirling

Argyll and Bute

North Lanarkshire

South Lanarkshire

East Dunbartonshire

West Dunbartonshire

Inverclyde

East Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire

City of Glasgow

Falkirk

North Ayrshire

South Ayrshire

East Ayrshire

3

Humberside consisting of

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

Suffolk

Cambridgeshire consisting of

East Yorkshire

Kingston upon Hull

North Lincolnshire

North East Lincolnshire

Cambridgeshire

Peterborough

82

83

84

87 + 85

86

88

89

90

91

92

92

92

92

94

94

95

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

97

97

97

51

51

51

51

51

24

28

38

05

05

05

0708803

0708803

0708703

0708703

0708803

0708803

0709003

0709003

0709003

0709303

0709303

0709303

0709303

0709003

0709003

0709003

0709303

0709303

0709003

0709003

0709703

0709703

0709703

0709303

0709303

0709703

0709703

0709703

0702401

0702401

0702401

0702401

0702401

0702401

0703801

0703801

0703801

0703801

0703801

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Group

County

ADNS

LVU

Nottinghamshire consisting of

Bedfordshire consisting of

Hertfordshire

Buckinghamshire

Surrey

East Sussex

West Sussex consisting of

Hampshire consisting of

Dorset consisting of

Isle of Wight

4

Gwynedd excluding the Isle of Anglesey

Clwyd consisting of

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Bedfordshire

Luton

Milton Keynes

West Sussex

Brighton and Hove

Hampshire

Portsmouth

Southampton

Dorset

Bournemouth

Poole

Conwy

Denbigshire

Flintshire

Wrexham

32

32

32

01

01

01

01

18

03

40

41

42

42

42

15

15

15

15

11

11

11

11

16

53

56

56

56

56

56

0702401

0702401

0702401

0701301

0701301

0701301

0701301

0701301

0700201

0704001

0704001

0704001

0704001

0704001

0700201

0700201

0700201

0700201

0703601

0703601

0703601

0703601

0700201

0705302

0705302

0705302

0705302

0705302

0705302

ADNS = Animal Disease Notification System Code (Decision 2000/807/EC)
LVU = Local Veterinary Unit Code (Decision 2000/287/EC)