2002/482/EC: Commission Decision of 21 June 2002 amending Decision 93/52/EEC recording the compliance by certain Member States or regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B. melitensis) and according them the status of a Member State or region officially free of the disease (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2213)
Date: 2002-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: brucellosis, health control, member country, region

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 June 2002

amending Decision 93/52/EEC recording the compliance by certain Member States or regions with
the requirements relating to brucellosis (B. melitensis) and according them the status of a Member
State or region officially free of the disease

(notified under document number C(2002) 2213)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/482/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC is replaced by the text in the
Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 June 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January
1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in ovine and caprine animals (1), as last amended by Com-
mission Decision 2002/261/EC (2), and in particular Annex A,
Chapter 1.II thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In the Italian province of Bolzano, brucellosis has been a
notifiable disease for at
least
least
99,8 % of the ovine or caprine holdings are officially
brucellosis-free holdings.

five years and at

to
The province of Bolzano undertakes,
comply with Annex A Chapter 1.II(2) to Directive 91/
68/EEC.

furthermore,

The province of Bolzano should consequently be recog-
nised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis).

Commission Decision 93/52/EEC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2001/292/EC (4), should therefore be amended
accordingly.

(1) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 91, 6.4.2002, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 13, 21.1.1993, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 100, 11.4.2001, p. 28.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

In France:

Ain, Aisne, Allier, Ardèche, Ardennes, Aube, Aveyron, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Cher, Corrèze, Côte-
d’Or, Côtes-d’Armor, Creuse, Deux-Sèvres, Dordogne, Doubs, Essonne, Eure, Eure-et-Loire, Finistère, Gers, Gironde,
Hauts-de-Seine, Haute-Loire, Haute-Vienne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Jura, Loir-et-Cher, Loire, Loire-Atlan-
tique, Loiret, Lot-et-Garonne, Lot, Lozère, Maine-et-Loire, Manche, Marne, Mayenne, Morbihan, Nièvre, Nord, Oise,
Orne, Pas-de-Calais, Puy-de-Dôme, Rhône, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, Sarthe, Seine-Maritime, Seine-Saint-Denis,
Territoire de Belfort, Val-de-Marne, Val-d’Oise, Vendée, Vienne, Yonne, Yvelines, Ville de Paris, Vosges.

In Italy:

Bolzano.

In Spain:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas.’