2003/467/EC: Commission Decision of 23 June 2003 establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis, and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1925)
Date: 2003-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, animal leucosis, animal tuberculosis, brucellosis, cattle, veterinary inspection, zoonosis

L 156/74

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.6.2003

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 June 2003

establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis, and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain
Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds

(notified under document number C(2003) 1925)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/467/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(6)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in
bovine animals and swine (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1226/2002 (2), and in particular Annex
A(I)(4), Annex A(II)(7) and Annex D(I)(E) thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Directive 64/432/EEC provides that Member States or
parts or regions thereof may be declared officially free of
tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leukosis as
regards bovine herds subject to compliance with certain
conditions set out in that Directive.

Commission Decision 1999/467/EC (3), as last amended
by Decision 2001/26/EC (4), established the official
tuberculosis-free status of certain Member States and
regions of Member States as regards bovine herds.

Commission Decision 1999/466/EC (5), as last amended
by Decision 2003/164/EEC (6), established the official
brucellosis-free status of certain Member States and
regions of Member States as regards bovine herds.

Commission Decision 1999/465/EC (7), as last amended
by Decision 2003/177/EEC (8), established the official
enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member
States and regions of Member States.

Belgium as regards the territory of that Member State,
and Italy as regards the provinces of Ascoli Piceno,
Bergamo, Lecco and Sondrio submitted to the Commis-
sion documentation demonstrating compliance with all
the conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC, in
order that the territory of Belgium and those regions of
Italy may be declared officially free of tuberculosis as
regards bovine herds.

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p.1977/64.
(2) OJ L 179, 9.7.2002, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 36.
(4) OJ L 6, 11.1.2001, p. 18.
(5) OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 34.
(6) OJ L 66, 11.3.2003, p. 49.
(7) OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 32.
(8) OJ L 70, 14.3.2003, p. 50.

Belgium as regards the territory of that Member State,
and Italy as regards the region of Sardinia and the
provinces of Ascoli Piceno, Bergamo, Como, Lecco,
Mantova, Sondrio, Trento and Varese submitted to the
Commission documentation demonstrating compliance
with all the conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/
in order that the territory of Belgium and those
EEC,
regions of Italy may be declared officially free of brucel-
losis as regards bovine herds.

(7)

(8)

(9)

Italy submitted to the Commission documentation
demonstrating compliance with all
conditions
provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC, as regards the
provinces of Ascoli Piceno, Bergamo, Brescia, Como,
Lecco, Mantova, Sondrio and Varese in order that those
regions may be declared officially free of enzootic bovine
leukosis.

the

In the interests of clarity, the lists of Member States and
regions of Member States declared officially free of
tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leukosis, as
regards bovine herds, should be set out in the same act.
Accordingly, Decisions 1999/467/EEC, 1999/466/EEC
and 1999/465/EEC should be repealed.

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

Officially tuberculosis-free Member States and Regions of
Member States

The Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex I are

1.
declared officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.

2.
The regions of the Member States listed in Chapter 2 of
Annex 1 are declared officially free of tuberculosis as regards
bovine herds.

25.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 156/75

Article 2

Officially brucellosis-free Member States and Regions of
Member States

The Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex II are

1.
declared officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.

2.
The regions of the Member States listed in Chapter 2 of
Annex II are declared officially free of brucellosis as regards
bovine herds.

Article 4

Repeals

Decisions 1999/465/EC, 1999/466/EC and 1999/467/EC are
repealed.

Article 5

Addressees

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member States
and Regions of Member States

The Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex III are

1.
declared officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis.

2.
The regions of the Member States listed in Chapter 2 of
Annex III are declared officially free of enzootic bovine
leukosis.

Done at Brussels, 23 June 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

L 156/76

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.6.2003

ANNEX I

CHAPTER 1

Officially tuberculosis-free Member States

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

France

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Finland

Sweden

In Italy:

CHAPTER 2

Officially tuberculosis-free regions of Member States

— Lombardia Region: Provinces of Bergamo, Lecco, Sondrio

— Marche Region: Province of Ascoli Piceno

— Trentino-Alto Aldige Region: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento

25.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 156/77

ANNEX II

CHAPTER 1

Officially brucellosis-free Member States

CHAPTER 2

Officially brucellosis-free regions of Member States

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Finland

Sweden

In Italy:

— Lombardia Region: Provinces of Bergamo, Como, Lecco, Mantova, Sondrio, Varese

— Marche Region: Province of Ascoli Piceno

— Trentino-Alto Aldige Region: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento

— Emilia-Romagna Region: Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Cesena, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio

Emilia, Rimini

— Sardinia Region: Provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristana, Sassari

In Portugal:

— Autonomous Region of the Azores: Islands of Pico, Graciosa, Flores, Corvo

In the United Kingdom:

— Great Britain: England, Scotland, Wales

L 156/78

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.6.2003

ANNEX III

CHAPTER 1

Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member States

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Spain

France

Ireland

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

In Italy:

Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Member States

CHAPTER 2

— Lombardia Region: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Lecco, Mantova, Sondrio, Varese

— Marche Region: Province of Ascoli Piceno

— Trentino-Alto Aldige Region: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento

— Emilia-Romagna Region: Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Cesena, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio

Emilia, Rimini

— Val d'Aosta Region: Province of Aosta