2003/377/EC: Commission Decision of 22 May 2003 amending Council Decision 2003/67/EC as regards protection measures relating to Newcastle disease in the United States of America (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1636)
Date: 2003-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, animal disease, health certificate, import, poultry, poultry farming

27.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 130/25

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 May 2003

amending Council Decision 2003/67/EC as regards protection measures relating to Newcastle
disease in the United States of America

(notified under document number C(2003) 1636)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/377/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (1), and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July
1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from
third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/
EEC and 90/675/EEC (2), as last amended by Directive 96/43/
EC (3), and in particular Article 18(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June
1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in and imports from third countries of fresh poultry-
meat (4), as last amended by Directive 1999/89/EC (5), and in
particular Article 11(1), Article 12(2), Article 14(1) and Article
14a thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17
December 1992 laying down animal health and public health
requirements governing trade in and imports into the Commu-
nity of products not subject to the said requirements laid down
in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(1), to
Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive
90/425/EEC (6), as last amended by Commission Decision
2003/42/EC (7), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Following the confirmation of outbreaks of Newcastle
disease in October 2002 in certain western areas of the
United States of America, Council Decision 2003/67/EC
of 28 January 2003 concerning protection measures
relating to Newcastle disease in the United States of
America and derogating from Commission Decisions
2000/572/EC,
94/984/EC,
2000/585/EC, 2000/609/EC and 2001/751/EC (8) was
adopted in order to protect the Community from the

96/482/EC,

97/221/EC,

(1) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56.
(3) OJ L 162, 1.7.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 35.
(5) OJ L 300, 23.11.1999, p. 17.
(6) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(7) OJ L 13, 18.1.2003, p. 24.
(8) OJ L 26, 31.1.2003, p. 48.

risks related to the importation of live poultry and poul-
from the States of California, Nevada and
trymeat
Arizona.

On 11 April 2003 the veterinary authorities of
the
United States of America have notified the Commission
of an outbreak of Newcastle disease in the State of Texas,
close to the border with the State of New Mexico. Emer-
gency measures have been applied in several Counties of
those States.

The measures applied in Texas and New Mexico are
equivalent to those measures already applied in Cali-
fornia, Nevada and Arizona.

Decision 2003/67/EC should therefore be amended in
order to insert the affected Counties in the States of
Texas and New Mexico in the annex to that Decision.

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,

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2003/67/EC is amended as follows:

1. The Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

2. The date in Article 6 is replaced by ‘1 August 2003’.

Article 2

The Member States shall amend the measures they apply to
importation from the United States of America of the products
referred to in Article 1(1) of Decision 2003/67/EC to bring
them into compliance with this Decision and they shall give
immediate appropriate publicity to the measures adopted.

They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

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This Decision shall apply from 30 May 2003.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 May 2003.

Article 3

Article 4

ANNEX

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

US-1:

The territory of the United States of America with the exception of the following States:
— California
— Nevada
— Arizona
— Texas: Counties of El Paso and Hudspeth
— New Mexico: Counties of Dona Ana, Luna and Otero