2001/938/EC: Commission Decision of 28 December 2001 amending for the fifth 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) 4729)
Date: 2001-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, animal disease, foot-and-mouth disease, health control

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 December 2001

amending for the fifth 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) 4729)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/938/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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 2001/911/EC (5), concerns certain protec-
tion measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in
the United Kingdom.

The last outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Great
Britain was recorded on 30 September 2001. 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.

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
throughout this epidemic, Decision 2001/911/EC laid
down the conditions for the dispatch to other Member
States of live porcine animals from those areas in Great
Britain.

(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 337, 20.12.2001, p. 39.

The improved animal health situation now allows the
laying down of conditions for the controlled dispatch to
other Member States of live bovine and porcine animals
from those areas in Great Britain which have had no
outbreak for at least 90 days. However such conditions
should apply without prejudice to Council Decision 98/
256/EC (6) concerning emergency measures to protect
against bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Taking account of the improved animal health situation,
certain requirements for the dispatch of frozen bovine
and porcine semen can be eased.

Furthermore, it appears appropriate to withdraw certain
additional certification requirements for equidae in intra-
Community trade.

Derogations from certain residence and contact require-
ments necessary to ensure the certified health status may
now be applied also to bovine animals moving between
holdings of equivalent health status or considered under
the United Kingdom legislation as a single epidemiolog-
ical group.

It is also considered appropriate to allow the collection
en route of pure-bred breeding animals of the porcine
species from a limited number of holdings situated in
the areas listed in Annex III.

Article 1(a) of Council Directive 88/661/EEC of 19
December 1988 on zootechnical standards applicable to
breeding animals of the porcine species (7) provides for a
definition of pure-bred breeding animals of the porcine
species.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

The situation should be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for 15-16
January 2002 and the measures adapted where neces-
sary.

(11)

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.
(7) OJ L 382, 21.12.1988, p. 36.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2001/740/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1(2)(2.2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.2. Without prejudice to the provisions of Council
Directive 64/432/EEC, Council Decision 98/256/EC
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 provisions in paragraph 1 the
competent authorities may authorize the dispatch of
live animals of species susceptible to foot- and mouth
disease under the following conditions:
— the animals belong to a species specified in the

appropriate column in Annex III,

— the animals have been reared within and are
dispatched from the areas specified 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 prior to dispatch,

the supervision of

— during the 30 days prior to loading, the animals
the
have remained under
competent veterinary authorities on a
single
holding situated within the areas listed in Annex
III, and there has been no outbreak of foot-and-
mouth disease during at least the past 30 days in
the area enclosed by a circle of at least 10 km
radius centred on the holding,

— no animal of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth
disease has been introduced into the holding
referred to in the fifth indent during the 30 days
prior to loading, except in the case of animals
coming from a supplying holding, or holdings
subject to a single occupancy licence treated as a
single holding, which meet(s) the requirements laid
down in the fifth indent, in which case this period
may be reduced to 7 days,

— during transport the animals do not come into
contact with animals not from the same holding of
dispatch, except in the case of animals consigned
for direct slaughter and pure-bred breeding pigs,
where animals may be collected en route from not
more than three holdings which each satisfy the
conditions set out in the fifth 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.
Notwithstanding the provisions above, pure-bred
breeding pigs collected en route as provided for in
the seventh indent shall be consigned to a single
holding of destination only,

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

— the health certificates provided for

in Council
Directive 64/432/EEC (1) accompanying live bovine
or porcine animals consigned from parts of the
territory of the United Kingdom listed in Annex III
to other Member States shall bear the following
words:

“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”.’

2. Article 2(2)(d) fifth indent is replaced by the following:

‘— no animal of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth
disease has been introduced into the holding, or hold-
ings subject to a single occupancy licence treated as a
single 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. This period
may be reduced to 7 days in the case of meat from
bovine and porcine animals, where animals come from
a supplying holding, which meets the requirements laid
down in the third indent,’.

3. The second indent of Article 6(3)(c) is deleted.

4. In Article 12 the last sentence in paragraph 1 and the entire

paragraph 3 are deleted.

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

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 28 December 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX III

Group

ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

B S/G P

FG WG LB LP

Scottish
Islands

82

Shetland Islands

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

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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Group

ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

B S/G P

FG WG LB LP

96 Hamilton consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

East Dunbartonshire

East Renfrewshire

83

84

City of Glasgow 86

Inverclyde

North Lanarkshire

Renfrewshire

South Lanarkshire

West Dunbartonshire

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 LB 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

40

Poole

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

38

Blackpool

39

Lancashire County 151

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

+

+

+

+

+

+

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Group

ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

B S/G P

FG WG LB 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

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

32 Nottinghamshire consisting of

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Northamptonshire County 155

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

Somerset County 160

38

Suffolk

City of Stoke-on-Trent

50

Staffordshire County 161

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Suffolk County 162

39

Isles of Scilly

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Isles of Scilly 172

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Group

ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

B S/G P

FG WG LB LP

40

Surrey

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

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

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

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

–

+

+

45 Wiltshire consisting of

46 West Midlands consisting of

47

South Yorkshire consisting of

49 West Yorkshire consisting of

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Group

ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

B S/G P

FG WG LB LP

50

Beverley-North Yorkshire consisting of

+

+

+

+

–

+

+

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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ADNS

Administrative Unit

GIS

B S/G P

FG WG LB LP

59 West Glamorgan consisting of

60 Gwent consisting of

Abertawe-Swansea

97

Castell-Nedd Port Talbot-Neath
Port Talbot

102

Blaenau Gwent-Blaenau Gwent

98

Casnewydd-Newport 101

Sir Fynwy-Monmouthshire 109

Tor-Faen-Torfean 112

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

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+

+

+

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+

+

+

+

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
=
LB
=
LP

live bovine animals
live pigs’