2001/763/EC: Commission Decision of 30 October 2001 amending Decision 2001/740/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) 3378)
Date: 2001-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, foot-and-mouth disease, health control

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 October 2001

amending Decision 2001/740/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-
mouth disease in the United Kingdom

(notified under document number C(2001) 3378)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/763/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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

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)

Following the reports of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth
disease in the United Kingdom, the Commission adopted
protective measures. These measures have been amended
several times and were consolidated lastly by adopting
concerning
Commission Decision
certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-
mouth disease in the United Kingdom.

2001/740/EC (4)

Certain counties in Great Britain, which are listed in
Annex III, have had no outbreak of
foot-and-mouth
disease during this epidemic, others to be included have
remained free from the disease for more than 3 months.
It appears therefore appropriate to enlarge the area from
which dispatch of certain meats is authorized and to
include in addition to pig meat also meat from other
livestock and meat
from farmed and wild game of
species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease.

Council Directive 92/45/EEC (5), as last amended by
Directive 97/79/EC (6), concerns public health and
animal health problems relating to the killing of wild
game and the placing on the market of wild-game meat.

The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Veterinary Committee
scheduled for 4-5
December 2001 and the measures adapted where neces-
sary.

(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 277, 20.10.2001, p. 30.
(5) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35.
(6) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2001/740/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a) The first sentence in paragraph 2(c),

first

indent,

is

replaced by:

‘— only fresh meat as described in paragraph (a), or
reared and
fresh meat obtained from animals
slaughtered outside the area listed in Annex I, or
fresh meat obtained from animals
reared and
slaughtered in accordance with the provisions in
paragraph 2 d) below will be processed in this
establishment at the time of processing meat eligible
for dispatch under the provisions of this Decision.’

(b) The second indent in paragraph 2(c) is replaced by:

‘— 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
farmed game of species susceptible to foot-and-
mouth disease the health mark provided for in
Chapter III of Annex I of Directive 91/495/EEC, or
in the case of wild game of species susceptible to
foot-and-mouth disease in accordance with the
provisions of Annex I Chapter VII of Directive 92/
45/EC.’

(c) Paragraph 2(d) is replaced by:

‘(d) fresh meat obtained from bovine, ovine, caprine
and porcine animals and farmed game of species
susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease conforming
to the following conditions:

— the meat must be obtained from animals reared
within the areas specified for the respective
category of meat in the appropriate column in
Annex III,

— the dispatch of such meat is authorized by the
competent veterinary authorities of the United
Kingdom,

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

the

under

— during the past 30 days prior to transport to the
slaughterhouse, or in the case of farmed game
prior to on-farm slaughtering, the animals have
remained
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,

supervision

of

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

— the animals or,

in the case of

farmed game
slaughtered on the farm, the carcasses have been
transported under official control in means of
transport that have been cleaned and disinfected
before loading from the holding referred to in
the fourth indent directly to the designated
slaughterhouse which is situated in an area listed
in Annex III,

— 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,

— during inspection by the official veterinarian at
the slaughterhouse, or in the case of on-farm
slaughtering of farmed game at the centre for
mustering the wild animals, no clinical signs or
post-mortem evidence
foot-and-mouth
disease were established,

of

— 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 or in the case of
farmed game the health mark provided for in
Chapter III of Annex I of Directive 91/495/EEC,

— the establishment is operated under strict veter-

inary control,

— 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 estab-
lishments under the control of an official veteri-
narian,

— the fresh meat must be clearly identified, and
transported 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 veterinary authority under the super-
vision of the central veterinary authorities who
will communicate to the other Member States
and the Commission a list of those establish-
ments which they have approved in application
of these provisions.’

(d) The following words are added to paragraph 2:

‘(e) fresh meat obtained from wild game of species
and

susceptible
conforming to the following conditions:

foot-and-mouth

disease

to

— the meat must be obtained from wild game
killed within the areas specified for the respec-
tive category of meat in the appropriate column
in Annex III,

— the dispatch of such meat is authorized by the
competent veterinary authorities of the United
Kingdom,

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

— the meat originates from animals that were
killed at least 20 km distant from areas not
included in Annex III,

— after the killing of the animals the carcasses were
transported in means of transport that has been
cleaned and disinfected before loading directly to
an establishment, this being either a wild game
collection centre or an approved processing
house, for chilling,

— during post-mortem inspection by the official
veterinarian in the establishment the carcasses
were found free from lesions of foot-and-mouth
disease,

— the meat derived from such animals remained in
the establishment for at least 24 hours after
post-mortem inspection,

— the meat was handled in an establishment which
is situated in an area listed in Annex III,

— the meat has during all stages of its production,
been handled, stored and transported in accord-
ance with the requirements of Council Directive
92/45/EEC,

— all such fresh meat must bear the health mark in
accordance with Chapter VII of Annex I
to
Council Directive 92/45/EEC,

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— the establishment is operated under strict veter-

inary control,

— in the case where foot-and-mouth disease has
been diagnosed in the establishment, any further
for dispatch outside the
preparation of meat
areas listed in Annex I shall only be authorised
after
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 estab-
lishments under the control of an official veteri-
narian,

the

— the fresh meat must be clearly identified, and
transported 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 veterinary authority under the super-
vision of the central veterinary authorities who
will communicate to the other Member States
and the Commission a list of those establish-
ments which they have approved in application
of these provisions;

(f) Fresh meat destined for placing on the market in
Great Britain and obtained from cutting plants situ-
ated in the areas not listed in Annex I under the
following conditions:

— the meat

is derived from animals reared and

slaughtered in the areas listed in Annex I,

— the meat remained in the slaughterhouse situated
in the areas listed in Annex I for at least 24 hours
after slaughter,

— the cutting plants processing such meat are
approved by the competent authorities exclu-
sively for the production of fresh meat destined
for dispatch only within the United Kingdom,

— all such meat shall be transported, stored and
processed separately from meat
for
dispatch outside the areas listed in Annex I and

eligible

shall bear the health mark in accordance with
Decision 2001/304/EC,

— all meat originating from areas listed in Annex I
and processed in cutting plants referred to in the
third indent shall only be placed on the market
in the areas listed in Annex I,

— the plants will be operated under strict veterinary

control,

— the control of the compliance with the above
listed conditions shall be carried out by the
competent veterinary authority under the super-
vision of the central veterinary authorities who
will communicate to the Member States and the
Commission a list of those establishments which
they have approved in application of these provi-
sions.’

2. The first paragraph of Article 3(3)(b)

is replaced by the

following:

‘meat products prepared in establishments which at the time
of processing of meat eligible for dispatch outside the areas
listed in Annex I met the following conditions:’.

3. The seventh indent in Article 6(3)(c)

is replaced by the

following:

‘— prior to dispatch the frozen semen was stored for a
period of at least 30 days immediately following collec-
tion and during this 30 days period no animal in the
semen collection centre where the donor bull or boar
was kept showed any sign of foot-and-mouth disease,’.

4. Annex III is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 30 October 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX III

GROUP

ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

Scottish
Islands

82

Shetland Islands

83 Orkney Islands

84 Western Islands

Scotland

85 Wick consisting of

86

Elgin consisting of

87

Inverness consisting of

88 Aberdeenshire consisting of

Shetland Islands 131

Orkney Islands 123

NA H-Eileanan An lar 124

Part of Highland 121

Moray 122

Part of Highland 121

Part of Highland 121

Aberdeen City 128

Aberdeenshire 126

B

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

S/G

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

P

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

FG WG

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

89

Forfar consisting of

+

–

+

–

–

90

Perth consisting of

91

Cupar

92

Edinburgh consisting of

93 Galashiels

94

Stirling

95 Oban

Angus

Dundee City

Clackmannanshire

Perth & Kinross

79

81

80

90

Fife 127

Falkirk

Midlothian

West Lothian

85

88

96

City of Edinburgh 129

East Lothian 130

Scottish Borders

92

Stirling

94

Argyll and Bute 125

+

–

+

–

–

+

+

–

+

+

–

–

–

–

–

+

+

+

+

+

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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GROUP

ADNS

Administrative Unit

96 Hamilton consisting of

B

+

S/G

–

P

+

FG WG

–

–

GIS

83

84

86

87

89

91

93

95

East Dunbartonshire

East Renfrewshire

City of Glasgow

Inverclyde

North Lanarkshire

Renfrewshire

South Lanarkshire

West Dunbartonshire

97 Ayr consisting of

+

–

+

–

–

98

Stranraer consisting of

99 Dumfries consisting of

England

01

Bedfordshire consisting of

East Ayrshire

82

North Ayrshire 132

South Ayrshire 133

Part of Dumfries & Galloway 134

Part of Dumfries & Galloway 134

Bedford 137

Luton District

56

–

–

+

–

–

–

+

+

+

–

–

–

–

–

–

02

Berkshire consisting of

+

–

+

–

–

Bracknell Forest

Reading

West Berkshire

Windsor & Maidenhead

41

63

75

76

Wokingham 77

Slough

66

03

Buckinghamshire

+

–

+

–

–

Buckinghamshire County 138

Milton Keynes

39

05

Cambridgeshire consisting of

+

–

+

–

–

Cambridgeshire County 139

City of Peterborough

48

06

Cheshire consisting of

–

–

+

–

–

07

Cornwall County

09 Derbyshire consisting of

Halton

54

Cheshire County 140

Cornwall County 171

City of Derby

44

Derbyshire County 142

–

–

–

–

+

+

–

–

–

–

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GROUP

ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

11 Dorset consisting of

B

+

S/G

–

P

+

FG WG

–

–

Dorset County 143

Bournemouth

Poole

40

62

13

Essex consisting of

–

–

+

–

–

Southend-on-Sea

67

Essex County 146

Thurrock

72

14 Gloucestershire consisting of

–

–

+

–

–

South Gloucestershire

68

Gloucestershire County 147

15 Hampshire consisting of

+

–

+

–

–

16

Isle of Wight

17 Hereford & Worcester consisting of

18 Hertfordshire

20

Kent consisting of

21

Lancashire consisting of

22

Leicestershire consisting of

24

Lincolnshire

25 Merseyside consisting of

Hampshire County 148

City of Portsmouth 135

City of Southampton

49

Isle of Wight 114

Worcestershire 167

Hertfordshire 149

Medway

57

Kent County 150

Blackpool

39

City of Leicester

Rutland

46

65

Leicestershire County 152

Lincolnshire 153

Knowsley District

Liverpool District

Sefton District

St. Helens District

12

14

23

28

+

–

+

–

–

–

+

+

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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GROUP

ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

26

East London

27

South East London

28 Norfolk

29 Northamptonshire

32 Nottinghamshire consisting of

33 Oxfordshire

34 Avon consisting of

36

Somerset

37

Staffordshire consisting of

38

Suffolk

39

Isles of Scilly

40

Surrey

41

East Sussex consisting of

42 West Sussex

43 Warwickshire

East London 168

South East London 168

Norfolk 154

Northamptonshire 155

City of Nottingham 47

Nottinghamshire County 157

Oxfordshire 158

Bath & North East Somerset

City of Bristol

South Gloucestershire

37

43

68

North Somerset 120

Somerset 160

City of Stoke-on-Trent

50

Staffordshire County 161

Suffolk 162

Isles of Scilly 172

Surrey 163

Brighton & Hove

42

East Sussex County 145

West Sussex 165

Warwickshire 164

B

–

–

+

–

+

–

–

–

–

+

+

+

+

+

–

S/G

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

P

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

FG WG

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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GROUP

ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

44 Greater Manchester consisting of

B

+

S/G

–

P

+

FG WG

–

–

Tameside District

30

Oldham District

18

Rochdale District

19

Bury District

Bolton District

5

3

Salford District

21

Trafford District

31

Manchester District

15

Stockport District

27

Wigan District

34

Swindon

70

Wiltshire County 166

–

–

–

–

+

+

–

–

–

–

45 Wiltshire consisting of

46 West Midlands consisting of

+

–

+

–

–

Birmingham District

Dudley District

2

9

Sandwell District

22

Solihull District

25

Walshall District

33

Wolverhampton District

36

Coventry District

7

47

South Yorkshire consisting of

+

–

+

–

–

Barnsley District

Doncaster District

1

8

Rotherham District

20

Sheffield District

24

49 West Yorkshire consisting of

+

–

+

–

–

Wakefield District

32

Kirklees District

11

Calderdale District

6

50

Beverley-North Yorkshire consisting of

+

–

+

–

–

York

78

Selby District 177

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GROUP

ADNS

Administrative Unit

51 Humberside consisting of

East Riding of Yorkshire

City of Kingston upon Hull

North East Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

B

+

S/G

–

P

+

FG WG

–

–

GIS

53

45

60

61

Wales

53 Gwynedd consisting of

+

–

+

–

–

55 Dyfed consisting of

Conwy 103

Gwynedd 116

Isle of Anglesey 116

Sir Gaerfyrddin-Carmarthen 110

Sir Ceredigion-Ceredigion 118

Sir Benfro-Pembrokeshire 119

–

+

–

–

+

+

–

–

–

–

56

Clwyd consisting of

+

–

+

–

–

57

South Glamorgan consisting of

58 Mid Glamorgan consisting of

59 West Glamorgan consisting of

Sir Ddinbych-Denbigshir 108

Sir Y Fflint-Flintshire 111

Wrecsam-Wrexham 113

Bro Morgannwg-The Valee of
Glamorgan

99

Pen-y-Bont Ar Ogwr-
Bridgend

105

Abertawe-Swansea

97

Castell-Nedd Port Talbot-
Neath Port Talbot

102

–

–

+

–

–

–

–

–

–

+

+

+

+

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

ADNS =
=
GIS
=
B
=
S/G
=
P
=
FG
= wild game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease’
WG

Animal Disease Notification System Code (Decision 2000/807/EC)
Administrative Unit Code
bovine meat
sheep and goat meat
pig meat
farmed game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease