2004/230/EC: Commission Decision of 5 March 2004 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain provinces in Italy are free of bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 666)
Date: 2004-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, cattle, health control, regions of Italy, veterinary inspection

9.3.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 70/41

COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 March 2004

amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain provinces in Italy are free
of bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis

(notified under document number C(2004) 666)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/230/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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), and in particular Annex A(I)(4)
and Annex A(II)(7) thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The lists of regions of Member States declared free of
bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis are set out in
Commission Decision 2003/467/EC 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 (2).

Italy submitted to the Commission documentation
demonstrating compliance with the appropriate condi-
tions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards
the province of Grossetto in the Region of Toscana in
order that that province may be declared officially free
of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.

Italy also submitted to the Commission documentation
demonstrating compliance with the appropriate condi-
tions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards
the provinces of Arezzo, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca and
Pisa in the Region of Toscana,
those
provinces may be declared officially free of brucellosis as
regards bovine herds.

in order that

(4)

(5)

(6)

Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by
Italy, the province of Grossetto in the Region of Toscana
should be declared officially free of bovine tuberculosis
and the provinces of Arezzo, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca
and Pisa in the Region of Toscana should be declared
officially free of bovine brucellosis.

Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(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. Decision as amended by Decision

2004/63/EC (OJ L 13, 20.1.2004, p. 32).

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9.3.2004

Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended as follows:

1.

in Annex I, Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘CHAPTER 2

Officially tuberculosis-free regions of Member States

In Italy:
— Lombardy region: Provinces of Bergamo, Lecco, Sondrio

— Marche region: Province of Ascoli Piceno

— Tuscany region: Province of Grossetto

— Trentino-Alto Adige region: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento’;

2.

in Annex II, Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER 2

Officially brucellosis-free regions of Member States

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

Emilia, Rimini

— Lombardy region: Provinces of Bergamo, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Pavia, Sondrio, Varese

— Marche region: Province of Ascoli Piceno

— Sardinia region: Provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari

— Tuscany region: Provinces of Arezzo, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca, Pisa

— Trentino-Alto Adige region: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento

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

In the United Kingdom:
— Great Britain: England, Scotland, Wales’