2003/732/EC: Commission Decision of 10 October 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) 3562)
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, brucellosis, goat, sheep, veterinary inspection

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Official Journal of the European Union

15.10.2003

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 October 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) 3562)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/732/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission 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 Council Directive 2003/50/EC (2), and in particular
Annex A(1)(II) thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In Italy,
in the region of Lombardia (provinces of
Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantua,
Milan, Pavia, Sondrio and Varese) and in the province of
Trento, brucellosis (Brucella melitensis) has been a notifi-
able disease for at least five years.

In the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona,
Lecco, Lodi, Mantua, Milan, Pavia, Sondrio, Varese and
Trento, at least 99,8 % of the ovine or caprine holdings
are officially brucellosis-free holdings. These provinces
undertake,
comply with Annex
to
A(1)(II)(2) to Directive 91/68/EEC.

furthermore,

The provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona,
Lecco, Lodi, Mantua, Milan, Pavia, Sondrio, Varese and
Trento should consequently be recognised as officially
free of brucellosis (Brucella melitensis).

(4)

(5)

Commission Decision 93/52/EEC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2003/237/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.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 October 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 51.

(3) OJ L 13, 21.1.1993, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 87, 4.4.2003, p. 13.

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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:

— Lombardy region: provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantua, Milan, Pavia, Sondrio,

Varese.

— Sardinia region: Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano and Sassari.

— Trentino-Alto Aldige region: provinces of Bolzano and Trento.

— Tuscany region: province of Arezzo.

In Portugal:

Autonomous Region of the Azores.

In Spain:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas.’