2004/88/EC: Commission Decision of 23 January 2004 amending Decision 2002/907/EC temporarily recognising the surveillance network system for bovine holdings introduced in France pursuant to Council Directive 64/432/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 104)
Date: 2004-01-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, agricultural holding, cattle, information network, information system, intra-EU trade, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 January 2004

amending Decision 2002/907/EC temporarily recognising the surveillance network system for
bovine holdings introduced in France pursuant to Council Directive 64/432/EEC

(notified under document number C(2004) 104)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/88/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community
trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Article
14(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In accordance with Article 6(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Directive
64/432/EEC, bovine animals for breeding and produc-
tion intended for trade must undergo individual testing
for tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic leucosis respec-
tively, unless they originate in or come from a Member
State or region thereof recognised officially free of the
respective disease or an approved system of surveillance
networks is implemented in the territory of that Member
State.

France is recognised officially free of bovine tuberculosis
and enzootic bovine
in accordance with
leucosis
Commission Decision 2003/467/EC (2), and 97,33 % of
bovine herds were officially free from bovine brucellosis
at 31 December 2002.

(4)

(5)

(6)

Commission Decision 2002/907/EC of 15 November
2002 temporarily recognising the surveillance network
system for bovine holdings introduced in France under
Council Directive 64/432/EEC (3), requires that the provi-
sional approval of
the surveillance network system
granted in November 2002 and the approval of the data-
base granted in May 2001 shall be reviewed by 31
December 2003 in the light of inspection findings.

Following a request by the competent authorities of
France, a veterinary inspection mission was carried out
which audited the system of surveillance networks for
bovine holdings implemented in that Member State.

Although substantial improvements were found during
the mission, the system was at the time of the mission
not yet fully implemented in particular in relation to all
dealers, markets and abattoirs. In addition, financing by
the competent authorities of France of the measures
necessary to associate dealers to the surveillance network
system was only guaranteed until April 2004.

It is therefore the purpose of this Decision to extend the
surveillance
the
temporary approval of
networks established in France and to review this
approval
the progress made by that
Member State to ensure the fully operational character
of the system.

in the light of

system of

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. Directive as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 21/2004 (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8).

(2) OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74.

(7)

Decision 2002/907/EC should be amended accordingly.

(3) OJ L 313, 16.11.2002, p. 32.

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The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

Article 2

The provisional approval referred to in Article 1 of Decision
2002/907/EC shall be reviewed before 30 April 2004.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 1 of Decision 2002/907/EC shall be replaced by the
following:

‘Article 1

The surveillance network system for bovine holdings
provided for in Article 14 of Directive 64/432/EEC intro-
duced in France is hereby considered to be provisionally
operational from 5 November 2002 until 30 April 2004 at
the latest.’

Done at Brussels, 23 January 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission