2002/906/EC: Commission Decision of 15 November 2002 amending Decision 2001/783/EC as regards the protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue in Italy (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 4415)
Date: 2002-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU control, Italy, animal disease, disease prevention, health control, sheep, transport of animals, veterinary inspection

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Official Journal of the European Communities

16.11.2002

COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 November 2002

amending Decision 2001/783/EC as regards the protection and surveillance zones in relation to
bluetongue in Italy

(notified under document number C(2002) 4415)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/906/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20
November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control
and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular Article 8(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In the light of the evolution of the bluetongue situation
in four Member States in 2001, Commission Decision
2001/783/EC of 9 November 2001 on protection and
surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue and on rules
applicable to movements of animals in and from those
zones (2), as last amended by Decision 2002/543/EC (3),
was adopted.

It is clear from the results of the epidemiological survey
carried out by the Italian authorities that bluetongue
virus has spread to new regions or reappeared in regions
formerly infected. Italy has requested the inclusion of
those regions in Annex I of Decision 2001/783/EC.

Decision 2001/783/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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,

Article 1

Annex I to Decision 2001/783/EC is replaced by the text in the
Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

The Member States shall amend the measures they apply to
trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision
and they shall give immediate appropriate publicity to the
measures adopted. They shall immediately inform the Commis-
sion thereof.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 November 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.
(2) OJ L 293, 10.11.2001, p. 42.
(3) OJ L 176, 5.7.2002, p. 45.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

(protection zones and surveillance zones)

ANNEX I A

Italy:

Sicilia: Agrigento, Caltanisetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Ragusa, Siracusa e Trapani.

Calabria: Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia.

Basilicata: Matera, Potenza.

Puglia: Bari, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce, Taranto.

Campania: Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Napoli, Salerno.

Molise: Isernia.

Abruzzo: Aquila.

ANNEX I B

France:

Corse du sud, Haute Corse.

Spain:

Baleares.

Italy:

Sardegna: Cagliari, Nuoro, Sassari, Oristano.

Lazio: provinces of Viterbo, Latina, Frosinone, Roma.

Toscana: provinces of Grosseto, Livorno, Pisa and Massa-Carrara.

ANNEX I C

Greece: all nomos.’

ANNEX I D