2003/535/EC: Commission Decision of 22 July 2003 amending Decision 2003/218/EC as regards the protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue in Italy (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2601)
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Abruzzi, Molise, animal disease, disease prevention, sheep, transport of animals, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

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23.7.2003

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 July 2003

amending Decision 2003/218/EC as regards the protection and surveillance zones in relation to
bluetongue in Italy

(notified under document number C(2003) 2601)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/535/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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(2)(d), Article 9(1)(c) and Article 12, first paragraph thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In the light of the evolution of the bluetongue situation
in 2003, Commission Decision 2003/218/EC of 27
March 2003 on protection and surveillance zones in
relation to bluetongue and on rules applicable to move-
ments of animals in and from those zones and repealing
Decision 2001/783/EC (2) was adopted. That Decision
provides for the establishment of areas according to the
lower (section 1 of Annex I A, I B and I C) or higher
(section 2 of Annex I A,
level of risk
observed. In view of the epidemiological situation and
it is necessary to demarcate in
environmental factors,
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
8(2)(d) the whole of the areas where in each Member
State concerned protection and surveillance zones shall
be established, while providing the conditions applicable
to the movements of animals derogating from the
restrictions applicable pursuant to the higher or lower
level of risk observed.

I B and I C)

As regards Italy, the surveillance programme has demon-
strated seroconversion in Campobasso and Chieti
provinces,
the bluetongue
virus.

indicating the presence of

Therefore these two provinces should be added to the
protection and surveillance zones in Italy.

(4)

(5)

(6)

In view of the level of virus circulation and the vaccina-
tion coverage in the provinces of Campobasso and
Chieti, they should both be considered as lower risk
areas and inserted in section 1 of Annex I B to Decision
2003/218/EC.

Decision 2003/218/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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I of Decision 2003/218/EC is replaced by the text in the
Annex to this Decision.

This Decision shall apply from 12 August 2003.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 327, 22.12.2002, p. 74.
(2) OJ L 82, 29.3.2003, p. 35.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

(protection zones and surveillance zones)

ANNEX I A

Section 1

Sicilia: Catania, Enna, Messina

Basilicata: Matera, Potenza

Puglia: Brindisi, Foggia

Section 2

Sicilia: Agrigento, Caltanisetta, Palermo, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani

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

Puglia: Bari, Lecce, Taranto

Campania: Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Napoli, Salerno

ANNEX I B

Section 1

France:

Corse du sud, Haute Corse

Italy:

Sardegna: Cagliari, Nuoro, Sassari, Oristano

Lazio: Viterbo, Roma

Toscana: Grosseto, Livorno, Pisa, Massa-Carrara

Molise: Isernia, Campobasso

Abruzzo: l'Aquila, Chieti

Section 2

Lazio: Latina, Frosinone

Section 1: the entire Greek territory with the exception of prefectorates listed in section 2.

Section 2: Dodekanisi, Samos, Chios and Lesvos prefectorates.’

ANNEX I C