2005/28/EC: Commission Decision of 12 January 2005 amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the declaration that certain provinces of Italy are free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) and Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain provinces of Italy are free of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and enzootic bovine leucosis (notified under document number C(2004) 5548)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal leucosis, animal tuberculosis, brucellosis, cattle, health legislation, regions of Italy

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 January 2005

amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the declaration that certain provinces of Italy are free of
brucellosis (B. melitensis) and Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain provinces
of Italy are free of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and enzootic bovine leucosis

(notified under document number C(2004) 5548)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/28/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 Annex
A(I)(4), Annex A(II)(7) and Annex D(I)(E) thereto,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January
1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in ovine and caprine animals (2), and in particular Annex
A, Chapter 1, point II thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 93/52/EEC of 21 December 1992
recording the compliance by certain Member States or
regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B.
melitensis) and according them the status of a Member
State or region officially free of the disease (3) lists the
regions of Member States which are recognised as offi-
cially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) in accordance with
Directive 91/68/EEC.

In the provinces of Florence, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-
Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena in the Region of
Tuscany and in the provinces of Perugia and Terni in the
Region of Umbria, at least 99,8 % of the ovine or caprine
are officially brucellosis-free holdings.
holdings
In
addition,
those provinces have undertaken to comply
with certain other conditions laid down in Directive
91/68/EEC concerning random checks to be carried out
following recognition of
the concerned provinces as
brucellosis-free.

(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 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Decision 2004/554/EC (OJ L 248, 9.7.2004, p. 1).
(3) OJ L 13, 21.1.1993, p. 14. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/320/EC (OJ L 102, 7.4.2004, p. 75).

The provinces of Florence, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara,
Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena in the Region of Tuscany
and the provinces of Perugia and Terni in the Region of
Umbria should therefore be recognised as officially free
of brucellosis (B. melitensis) as regards ovine or caprine
holdings.

The lists of regions of Member States declared free of
bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and enzootic
bovine leukosis 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 (4).

compliance with

Italy submitted to the Commission documentation
demonstrating
appropriate
the
conditions provided for
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
regards
the province of Como in the Region of
Lombardy and the province of Prato in the Region of
Tuscany in order that those provinces may be declared
officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.

compliance with

Italy submitted to the Commission documentation
demonstrating
appropriate
the
conditions provided for
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
the province of Brescia in the Region of
regards
the province of Prato in the Region of
Lombardy,
Tuscany and the provinces of Perugia and Terni in the
Region of Umbria in order that those provinces may be
declared officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine
herds.

compliance with

the province of Pavia

Italy also submitted to the Commission documentation
demonstrating
appropriate
the
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
conditions provided for
in the Region of
regards
Lombardy,
in the
Region of Tuscany and the provinces of Perugia and
those
in the Region of Umbria in order that
Terni
provinces may be declared officially free of enzootic
bovine leukosis as regards bovine herds.

the provinces of Massa-Carrara

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(4) OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/320/EC.

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(8)

Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by
Italy, the province of Como in the Region of Lombardy
and the province of Prato in the Region of Tuscany
should be declared officially free of bovine tuberculosis,
the provinces of Brescia in the Region of Lombardy, the
province of Prato in the Region of Tuscany and the
provinces of Perugia and Terni
in the Region of
Umbria should be declared officially free of bovine
the province of Pavia in the Region of
brucellosis,
in the
the provinces of Massa-Carrara
Lombardy,
Region of Tuscany and the provinces of Perugia and
Terni in the Region of Umbria should be declared offi-
cially free of enzootic bovine leucosis.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC is amended in accordance with
Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

(9)

Decisions 93/52/EEC and 2003/467/EC should therefore
be amended accordingly.

Done at Brussels, 12 January 2005.

(10)

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC is replaced by the following:

ANNEX I

‘ANNEX II

In France:

Départements:
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, Eur-et-Loire, 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:
— Region Lazio: Provinces of Rieti and Viterbo.
— Region Lombardy: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milan, Pavia, Sondrio,

Varese.

— Region Sardinia: Provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano and Sassari.
— Region Trentino-Alto Adige: Provinces of Bolzano and Trento.
— Region Tuscany: Provinces of Arezzo, Florence, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena.
— Region Umbria: Provinces of Perugia, Terni.

In Portugal:

Autonomous Region of the Azores.

In Spain:
Autonomous Region of Canary Islands: Provinces of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas.’

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ANNEX II

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

1. In Annex I, Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER 2

Officially tuberculosis-free regions of Member States

In Italy:
— Region Lombardy: Provinces of Bergamo, Como, Lecco, Sondrio,
— Region Marche: Province of Ascoli Piceno
— Region Tuscany: Province of Grossetto, Prato
— Region Trentino-Alto Adige: 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:
— Region Emilia-Romagna: Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Cesena, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio

Emilia, Rimini

— Region Lombardy: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Pavia, Sondrio, Varese
— Region Marche: Province of Ascoli Piceno
— Region Sardinia: Provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari
— Region Tuscany: Provinces of Arezzo, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca, Pisa, Prato
— Region Trentino-Alto Adige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento
— Region Umbria: Provinces of Perugia, Terni.

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

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

3. In Annex III, Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER 2

Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Member States

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

Emilia, Rimini

— Region Lombardy: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milan, Pavia, Sondrio,

Varese

— Region Marche: Province of Ascoli Piceno
— Region Tuscany: Provinces of Arezzo, Florence, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato, Siena
— Region Trentino-Alto Adige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento
— Region Umbria: Provinces of Perugia, Terni
— Region Val d'Aosta: Province of Aosta’.