2001/911/EC: Commission Decision of 19 December 2001 amending for the fourth time 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) 4601)
Date: 2001-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, foot-and-mouth disease, health control, transport of animals, veterinary legislation

20.12.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 337/39

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 December 2001

amending for the fourth time 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) 4601)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/911/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

98/256/EC concerning emergency measures to protect
against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (6).

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)

Commission Decision 2001/740/EC (4), as last amended
by Decision 2001/848/EC (5), concerns certain protec-
tion measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in
the United Kingdom.

Certain counties in Great Britain, which are listed in
Annex III, have had no outbreak of
foot-and-mouth
disease during this epidemic, while others have remained
free from the disease for more than 3 months. It appears
therefore appropriate to further enlarge the area from
which dispatch of certain meats is authorized.

The improved animal health situation would allow to lay
down conditions
the controlled dispatch from
certain areas in Great Britain of live susceptible animals
to other Member States. However such conditions must
take into account the provisions of Council Decision

for

(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 315, 1.12.2001, p. 64.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

there have been very

Furthermore, because
few
outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs and more-
over the most important pig breeding and rearing areas
in Great Britain have remained free of
the disease
it appears appropriate to
throughout
allow under controlled conditions the dispatch of live
porcine animals from Great Britain to other Member
States.

this epidemic,

Certain residence and contact requirements necessary to
ensure the certified health status may be reduced for pigs
moving between holdings considered under the United
Kingdom legislation as a single epidemiological group
which would ensure that any movement of susceptible
animals into one of the holdings subject to a single
occupancy licence would prohibit the dispatch from any
of the holdings covered by that licence under the terms
of this Decision.

It is also considered appropriate to allow the collection
of live animals for slaughter from a limited number of
holdings situated in the areas listed in Annex III and
consequently to adapt the disinfection requirements.

The test requirements for donor bulls and boars at
semen collection centres situated in the areas listed in
Annex III can be withdrawn and the certification of
equidae dispatched from Great Britain can be eased.

The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for 15-16
January 2002 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,

(6) OJ L 113, 15.4.1998, p. 38.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2001/740/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 point 2 is replaced by the following:

‘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;

2.1. Without prejudice to the restrictions on movement
of susceptible animals within and through Great
Britain applied by the competent authorities of 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.

2.2. Without prejudice to the provisions of Council
Directive 64/432/EEC (*) and the restrictions on
movement of susceptible animals within and through
Great Britain applied by the competent authorities of
the United Kingdom, and derogating from the provi-
sions in the first paragraph the competent authorities
may authorize the dispatch of live porcine animals
under the following conditions:

— the animals have been reared within the areas
specified in the appropriate column in Annex III,

— the dispatch of such animals is authorized by the
competent veterinary authorities of the United
Kingdom and notified at least three working days
in advance to the competent central veterinary
authorities in the Member State of destination
and any Member State of transit,

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

— during the past 30 days prior to loading, 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 fourth indent during
the past 30 days prior to loading, except in the
case of pigs coming from a supplying holding or
holdings subject to a single occupancy licence
which meet(s) the requirements laid down in the
fourth indent, in which case this period may be
reduced to 7 days,

— during transport such animals do not come into
contact with animals not of the same holding of
dispatch, unless all the animals are consigned for
direct slaughter,
in which case they may be
collected en route from not more than three
holdings referred to in the fourth indent,

— animals for breeding and production shall be
consigned to not more than three holdings of
destination in not more than one other Member
State,

— the animals shall be transported under official
in means of transport that have been
control
loading or
cleaned and disinfected before
collecting animals for dispatch outside the areas
listed in Annex III from holdings referred to in
the fourth indent,

— the health certificates provided for in Directive
64/432/EEC accompanying live porcine animals
the
consigned from parts of
United Kingdom listed in Annex III
to other
Member States shall bear the following words:

the territory of

“Animals conforming to Commission Decision
2001/740/EC of 19 October 2001 concerning
certain protective measures with regard to
foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.”

(*) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.’

2. Article 2(2)(d) fifth and sixth indents are replaced by the

following:

‘— 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 or holdings subject
to a single occupancy licence which meet(s)
the
requirements laid down in the third indent, in which
case this period may be reduced to 7 days,

— the animals or,

in the case of farmed game slaugh-
tered on the farm the carcasses, have been trans-
ported under official control
in means of transport
that have been cleaned and disinfected before loading
or before collecting animals for slaughter for dispatch
of
fresh meat outside the areas listed in Annex III
from holdings referred to in the fourth indent to the
designated slaughterhouse which is
situated in an
area listed in Annex III,’.

3. In Article 6(3)(c) the following words are added to the

sixth indent:

shall not be

this
test
accommodated

required for donor
‘However
animals
in semen collection centres
referred to in the fourth indent situated in the areas listed
in Annex III.’

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4. Article 12(2) is deleted.

5. A new paragraph is added to Article 13 as follows:

‘3. Member States shall ensure that no live animals of susceptible species are moved out of a
holding which had received live animals of susceptible species referred to in Article 1 point 2.2
during the previous 30 days. The competent authorities may reduce this stand-still period to not
less than 7 days.’

6. The date of 31 January 2002 in Article 16 is replaced by ‘28 February 2002’.

7. Annex III is replaced by the Annex to the present Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX III

Group

ADNS

Administrative Unit

Scottish
Islands

82

Shetland Islands

GIS

B

+

S/G P

FG WG LP

+

+

+

+

+

Shetland Islands 131

83 Orkney Islands

+

+

+

+

+

+

84 Western Islands

+

+

+

+

+

+

NA H-Eileanan An Iar 124

Orkney Islands 123

Scotland

85 Wick consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

86

Elgin consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

Part of Highland 121

Moray 122

Part of Highland 121

87

Inverness consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

Part of Highland 121

88 Aberdeenshire consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

89

Forfar consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

Aberdeen City 128

Aberdeenshire 126

90

Perth consisting of

Angus

Dundee City

Clackmannanshire

Perth & Kinross

79

81

80

90

+

+

+

+

+

+

91

Cupar

+

+

+

+

+

+

92

Edinburgh consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

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

+

+

+

+

–

–

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

93 Galashiels

94

Stirling

95 Oban

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L 337/43

Group

ADNS

Administrative Unit

96 Hamilton consisting of

GIS

B

+

S/G P

FG WG LP

+

+

+

+

+

East Dunbartonshire

East Renfrewshire

City of Glasgow

Inverclyde

North Lanarkshire

Renfrewshire

South Lanarkshire

West Dunbartonshire

83

84

86

87

89

91

93

95

97 Ayr consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

East Ayrshire

82

North Ayrshire 132

South Ayrshire 133

98

Stranraer consisting of

+

+

+

+

–

–

99 Dumfries consisting of

+

+

+

+

–

–

Part of Dumfries & Galloway 134

Part of Dumfries & Galloway 134

England

01

Bedfordshire consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

02

Berkshire consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

Bedford 137

Luton District

56

Bracknell Forest

Reading

West Berkshire

Windsor & Maidenhead

41

63

75

76

Wokingham 77

Slough

66

03

Buckinghamshire

+

+

+

+

+

+

Buckinghamshire County 138

Milton Keynes

59

05

Cambridgeshire consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

06

Cheshire consisting of

07

Cornwall County

Cambridgeshire County 139

City of Peterborough

48

Halton

54

Cheshire County 140

Warrington

74

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

–

–

Cornwall County 171

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Group

ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

B

S/G P

FG WG LP

09 Derbyshire consisting of

10 Devon consisting of

11 Dorset consisting of

13

Essex consisting of

14 Gloucestershire consisting of

City of Derby

44

Derbyshire County 142

Torbay

73

City of Plymouth 136

Devon County 170

Dorset County 143

Bournemouth

Poole

40

62

Southend-on-Sea

67

Essex County 146

Thurrock

72

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

+

+

–

+

+

–

–

–

South Gloucestershire

68

Gloucestershire County 147

15 Hampshire consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

Hampshire County 148

City of Portsmouth 135

City of Southampton

49

16

Isle of Wight

+

+

+

+

+

+

17 Hereford & Worcester consisting of

Isle of Wight 114

18 Hertfordshire

Worcestershire County 167

County of Herefordshire

51

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

–

+

Hertfordshire 149

20

Kent consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

–

21

Lancashire consisting of

Medway

57

Kent County 150

Blackburn with Darwen

Blackpool

38

39

Lancashire County 151

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

+

+

–

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L 337/45

Group

ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

B

S/G P

FG WG LP

22

Leicestershire consisting of

24

Lincolnshire

City of Leicester

Rutland

46

65

Leicestershire County 152

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

+

Lincolnshire County 153

25 Merseyside consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

Knowsley District

Liverpool District

Sefton District

St. Helens District

12

14

23

28

26

East London

+

+

+

+

+

–

Greater London Authority 168

27

South East London

+

+

+

+

+

–

Greater London Authority 168

28 Norfolk

+

+

+

+

+

+

Norfolk County 154

29 Northamptonshire

+

+

+

+

+

–

Northamptonshire County 155

32 Nottinghamshire consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

City of Nottingham 47

Nottinghamshire County 157

33 Oxfordshire

+

+

+

+

+

–

34 Avon consisting of

Oxfordshire County 158

35

Shropshire consisting of

Bath & North East Somerset

City of Bristol

South Gloucestershire

37

43

68

North Somerset 120

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

–

+

–

Telford and Wrekin

71

Shropshire County 159

36

Somerset

+

+

+

+

+

–

37

Staffordshire consisting of

38

Suffolk

39

Isles of Scilly

Somerset County 160

City of Stoke-on-Trent

50

Staffordshire County 161

Suffolk County 162

Isles of Scilly 172

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

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Group

ADNS

Administrative Unit

40

Surrey

GIS

B

+

S/G P

FG WG LP

+

+

+

+

+

41

East Sussex consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

Surrey County 163

Brighton & Hove

42

East Sussex County 145

42 West Sussex

+

+

+

+

+

+

43 Warwickshire

+

+

+

+

+

–

West Sussex County 165

44 Greater Manchester consisting of

45 Wiltshire consisting of

46 West Midlands consisting of

47

South Yorkshire consisting of

49 West Yorkshire consisting of

Warwickshire County 164

Tameside District

Oldham District

Rochdale District

Bury District

Bolton District

Salford District

Trafford District

Manchester District

Stockport District

Wigan District

30

18

19

5

3

21

31

15

27

34

Swindon

70

Wiltshire County 166

Birmingham District

Dudley District

Sandwell District

Solihull District

Walshall District

Wolverhampton District

Coventry District

Barnsley District

Doncaster District

Rotherham District

Sheffield District

Wakefield District

Kirklees District

Calderdale District

2

9

22

25

33

36

7

1

8

20

24

32

11

6

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

+

–

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

+

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Group

ADNS

Administrative Unit

50

Beverley-North Yorkshire consisting of

GIS

B

+

S/G P

FG WG LP

+

+

+

–

+

51 Humberside consisting of

+

+

+

+

–

+

York

78

Selby District 177

East Riding of Yorkshire

53

City of Kingston upon Hull

45

North East Lincolnshire

60

North Lincolnshire

61

Wales

52

Powys consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

–

53 Gwynedd consisting of

55 Dyfed consisting of

North Powys 174

South Powys 173

Conwy 103

Gwynedd 116

Isle of Anglesey 115

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

+

Sir Gaerfyrddin-Carmarthenshire 110

Sir Ceredigion-Ceredigion 118

Sir Benfro-Pembrokeshire 119

56

Clwyd consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

Sir Ddinbych-Denbigshire 108

Sir Y Fflint-Flintshire 111

Wrecsam-Wrexham 113

57

South Glamorgan consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

Bro Morgannwg-The Vale of
Glamorgan

99

Caerdydd-Cardiff 117

58 Mid Glamorgan consisting of

Caerffili-Caerphilly 100

Merthyr Tudful-Merthyr Tydfil 104

Pen-y-Bont Ar Ogwr-
Bridgend

105

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

+

+

Rhondda/Cyin/Taf-Rhondda/
Cyon/Taff

107

+

+

+

+

+

–

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Group

ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

B

S/G P

FG WG LP

59 West Glamorgan consisting of

60 Gwent consisting of

Abertawe-Swansea

97

Castell-Nedd Port Talbot-Neath
Port Talbot

102

Blaneau Gwent — Blaneau
Gwent

98

Casnewydd-Newport 101

Sir Fynwy — Monmountshire 109

Tor-Faen — Torfean 112

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

+

–

–

+

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

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

live pigs’