2002/551/EC: Commission Decision of 9 July 2002 repealing Decision 2000/721/EC on introducing vaccination to supplement the measures to control avian influenza in Italy and on specific movement control measures (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2538)
Date: 2002-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, animal disease, export restriction, health certificate, health control, poultry farming, vaccination

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Official Journal of the European Communities

10.7.2002

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 July 2002

repealing Decision 2000/721/EC on introducing vaccination to supplement the measures to control
avian influenza in Italy and on specific movement control measures

(notified under document number C(2002) 2538)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/551/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 Council Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular,
Article 10(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Commu-
nity trade with a view to the completion of
the internal
market (3), as last amended by Council Directive 92/118/EEC,
and in particular, Article 9(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/40/EEC of 19 May 1992
introducing Community measures for the control of avian influ-
enza (4), and in particular Article 16 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

By means of Commission Decision 2000/721/EC on
introducing vaccination to supplement the measures to
control avian influenza in Italy and on specific move-
ment control measures (5), as last amended by Decision
2001/847/EC (6), the Commission approved the vaccina-
tion programme presented by Italy.

(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 167, 22.6.1992, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 291, 18.11.2000, p. 33.
(6) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 61.

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The accompanying monitoring performed in the poultry
flocks of this area has not shown any virus circulation
since the last recorded case of low pathogenic avian
influenza in March 2001.

The vaccination campaign that started in November
2000 came to an end on 16 May 2002.

Decision 2000/721/EC shall be repealed in order to
revoke the vaccination programme and to lift related
trade restrictions.

However, monitoring of vaccinated flocks should be
continued including the use of the serological test (iIFA-
Test), which had been approved by Commission Deci-
sion 2001/847/EC; to that effect, a new Commission
Decision 2002/552/EC (7) will be adopted in parallel
with the present repealing act.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2000/721/EC is hereby repealed.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from the seventh day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Commu-
nities.

(7) See page 24 of this Official Journal.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 9 July 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission