Regulation (EC) No 932/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies as regards the extension of the period for transitional measures (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-06-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: bovine spongiform encephalopathy, disease prevention, health control, public health

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION (EC) No 932/2005 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 8 June 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradica-
tion of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies as regards the extension of the period
for transitional measures

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 152(4)(b) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(4)

consulting

After
Committee,

the

European

Economic

and

Social

In order to ensure legal certainty beyond the expiry of
the transitional measures provided for in Regulation (EC)
No 999/2001 and pending the revision of permanent
measures as well as the creation of an overall strategy on
TSEs,
is appropriate to extend those transitional
measures further until 1 July 2007.

it

In the interests of legal certainty and in order to protect
any legitimate expectations of economic operators,
pending the substantive revision of Regulation (EC) No
the present Regulation should enter into
999/2001,
force on 1 July 2005.

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

(5)

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

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 (2) is intended to provide
a single legal framework for transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies (TSEs) in the Community.

Regulation (EC) No 1128/2003 of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 16 June 2003 amending
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as regards the extension
of the period for transitional measures (3) prolonged the
period of application of
transitional measures
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 until 1
July 2005 at the latest.

the

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The second paragraph of Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No
999/2001 shall be replaced by the following:

(1) Opinion of the European Parliament of 10 May 2005 (not yet
published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 30 May
2005.

(2) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 260/2005 (OJ L 46, 17.2.2005, p. 31).

(3) OJ L 160, 28.6.2003, p. 1.

‘In accordance with that procedure, transitional measures
shall be adopted for a period ending on 1 July 2007 at the
latest, to permit the change-over from the current arrange-
ments to the arrangements established by this Regulation.’

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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2005.

Article 2

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

Done at Strasbourg, 8 June 2005.

For the European Parliament

The President

J. P. BORRELL FONTELLES

For the Council

The President

N. SCHMIT