2003/237/EC: Commission Decision of 3 April 2003 amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the recognition of certain Italian provinces as officially free of brucellosis (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1083)
Date: 2003-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, brucellosis, goat, health control, health legislation, sheep

4.4.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 87/13

COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 April 2003

amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the recognition of certain Italian provinces as officially
free of brucellosis

(notified under document number C(2003) 1083)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/237/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, point II, thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In the Italian Region of Sardinia (Provinces of Cagliari,
Nuoro, Sassari, and Oristano) and in the Region of
Tuscany (Province of Arezzo) brucellosis has been a
notifiable disease for at least five years.

In the Provinces of Arezzo, Cagliari, Nuoro, Sassari, and
Oristano at least 99,8 % of the ovine or caprine holdings
are officially brucellosis-free holdings. These Provinces
to comply with Annex A,
undertake,
Chapter 1, point II(2), to Directive 91/68/EEC.

furthermore,

The Provinces of Arezzo, Cagliari, Nuoro, Sassari, and
Oristano should consequently be recognised as officially
free of brucellosis (B. melitensis).

(4)

(5)

Commission Decision 93/52/EEC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2003/44/EC (4), 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 3 April 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 13, 18.1.2003, p. 37.

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Official Journal of the European Union

4.4.2003

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:

Arezzo, Bolzano, Cagliari, Nuoro, Sassari, and Oristano.

In Portugal:

Autonomous Region of Azores.

In Spain:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas.’