2005/86/EC: Commission Decision of 28 January 2005 amending Decision 2003/71/EC as regards its period of validity (notified under document number C(2005) 186)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Faroes, fish disease, health certificate, import restriction, vaccination

3.2.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 30/19

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 January 2005

amending Decision 2003/71/EC as regards its period of validity

(notified under document number C(2005) 186)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/86/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991
laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from
third
89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article
18(7) thereof,

amending Directives

countries

and

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (2) and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

(6)

including vaccination procedures, and withdrawal scheme
submitted in September 2004 have been approved by the
subgroup.

the protective measures provided for

In the light of the disease situation in the Faroe Islands
and the implementation of a control strategy including
vaccination,
in
Decision 2003/71/EC should remain applicable as long
as vaccination is applied. The vaccination is expected to
remain as the control strategy for at least the next two
years.

Decision 2003/71/EC should therefore be amended in
order to extend its period of validity.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(1)

(2)

(3)

The occurrence of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) in the
led to the adoption of Commission
Faroe Islands
Decision 2003/71/EC of 29 January 2003 on certain
protective measures
salmon
in respect of
anaemia in the Faroe Islands (3).

infectious

Despite the control measures undertaken by the Faroe
Islands,
ISA occurred and were
notified by that State to the Commission in 2004.

further outbreaks of

the

EU-Faroe

established

The Faroe Islands have submitted to the veterinary
subgroup
Island
under
Agreement (4) a contingency plan in conformity with
Article 15 of Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June
1993 introducing minimum Community measures for
the control of certain fish diseases (5). The contingency
plan includes a withdrawal scheme in accordance with
Article 6 of Directive 93/53/EEC. The contingency plan,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 6 of Decision 2003/71/EC,
replaced by ‘31 January 2007’.

‘31 January 2005’

is

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 26, 31.1.2003, p. 80. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/160/EC (OJ L 50, 20.2.2004, p. 65).

(4) OJ L 53, 22.2.1997, p. 2.
(5) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 23. Directive as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.