2003/44/EC: Commission Decision of 17 January 2003 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(2003) 20)
Date: 2003-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, brucellosis, goat, health control, health legislation, sheep

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 13/37

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 January 2003

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(2003) 20)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/44/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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
Commission Decision 2002/261/EC (2), and in particular Annex
A, Chapter 1.II thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In Portugal, brucellosis has been a notifiable disease for
at least five years.

In the Autonomous Region of Azores at least 99,8 % of
the ovine or caprine holdings are officially brucellosis-
free holdings. This Region undertakes, furthermore, to
comply with Annex A Chapter 1.II(2) to Directive 91/
68/EEC.

The Autonomous Region of Azores should consequently
be recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. meli-
tensis).

Commission Decision 93/52/EEC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2002/482/EC (4), should therefore be amended
accordingly.

(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, 17 January 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(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 166, 25.6.2002, p. 23.

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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-Loir, Finistère, Gers, Gironde, Hauts-de-
Seine, Haute-Loire, Haute-Vienne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Jura, Loir-et-Cher, Loire, Loire-Atlantique, 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 Portugal:

Autonomous Region of Azores.

In Spain:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas.’