Commission Regulation (EC) No 876/2004 of 29 April 2004 amending Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards trade in ovine and caprine animals for breeding (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-04-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural trade, animal disease, disease prevention, goat, health control, sheep, veterinary inspection

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Official Journal of the European Union

30.4.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 876/2004

of 29 April 2004

amending Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards trade in ovine and caprine animals for breeding

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying
down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of
certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1), and in
particular the first paragraph of Article 23 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 lays down conditions for
intra-community trade in ovine and caprine animals for
breeding.

(EC) No 260/2003 (2) and
Commission Regulations
1915/2003 (3) amend Regulation 999/2001 to introduce
eradication measures for holdings infected with scrapie,
and amend the trade conditions for breeding sheep to
allow unrestricted trade in sheep of the ARR/ARR prion
protein genotype.

Monitoring requirements for holdings wishing to send
breeding sheep and goats for intra-community trade
the more vigourous
should be amended to reflect
approach being adopted to scrapie eradication. The
restrictions on animals entering these holdings should
no longer extend to sheep of
the ARR/ARR prion
protein genotype.

(4)

(5)

(6)

The new provisions should be introduced in two stages,
to allow heightened surveillance in the short term, while
preventing disruption of trade.

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

into force on the 20th day
This Regulation shall enter
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 July 2004.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. as last amended by Commission Regu-

lation (EC) No 2245/2003 (OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 28).

(2) OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 29.

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Point (a) of Part I of Chapter A of Annex VIII is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘a) ovine and caprine animals for breeding shall either be sheep of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, as defined in
Annex I of Commission Decision 2002/1003/EC (1), or they shall have been kept continuously since birth or for the
last three years on a holding or holdings which have satisfied the following requirements for at least three years:

(i) until 30 June 2007:

— it is subject to regular official veterinary checks,
— the animals are marked,
— no case of scrapie has been confirmed,
— checking by sampling of old female animals intended for slaughter is carried out,
— females, with the exception of sheep of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, are introduced into the

holding only if they come from a holding which complies with the same requirements.

From 1 July 2004 at the latest, the holding or holdings shall begin to satisfy the following additional require-
ments:
— all animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 3 over the age of 18 months which have died or
been killed on the holding shall be examined for scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods laid
down in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2(b), and

— ovine and caprine animals, with the exception of sheep of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, shall be
introduced into the holding only if they come from a holding which complies with the same requirements.

(ii) from 1 July 2007:

— it is subject to regular official veterinary checks,
— the animals are identified in conformity with Community legislation,
— no case of scrapie has been confirmed,
— all animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 3 over the age of 18 months which have died or
been killed on the holding have been examined for scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods laid
down in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2(b),

— ovine and caprine animals, with the exception of sheep of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, are intro-

duced into the holding only if they come from a holding which complies with the same requirements.

If they are destined for a Member State which benefits, for all or part of its territory, from the provisions laid down
in point (b) or (c), ovine and caprine animals for breeding shall comply with the additional guarantees, general or
specific, which have been defined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2).’

(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.2002, p. 105.