2005/434/EC: Commission Decision of 9 June 2005 amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards exemptions from the exit ban for domestic movements of animals from the restricted zones (notified under document number C(2005) 1689)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, derogation from EU law, intra-EU trade, live animal, transport of animals, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 June 2005

amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards exemptions from the exit ban for domestic movements
of animals from the restricted zones

(notified under document number C(2005) 1689)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/434/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20
November 2000 laying down specific provisions
the
control and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular
point (c) of Article 9(1), and the third paragraph of Article
19 thereof,

for

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Directive 2000/75/EC lays down control rules
the
combat
and measures
Community,
including the establishment of protection
and surveillance zones and a ban on animals leaving
those zones.

bluetongue

to

in

Commission Decision 2005/393/EC (2) provides for the
demarcation of
the global geographical areas where
protection and surveillance zones (the restricted zones)
are to be established by the Member States in relation to
bluetongue. It also sets out the conditions for exempting
certain movements of animals,
their sperm, ova and
embryos from the exit ban provided for in Directive
2000/75/EC (the exit ban).

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

should not be

That working group concluded that viremia exceeding 60
days
representing a
significant risk for movements of live animals and as a
consequence animals protected from vectors attack for
more than 60 days should be considered as safe.

considered as

In addition, the working group concluded that as 28 days
is
the maximum period for a seroconversion after
infection, an animal is safe when it has been protected
from vectors attack for a period exceeding 28 days and it
has tested negatively serologicaly on one occasion only
after that period of 28 days.

The working group also concluded that as a virological
test is always positive seven days after the infection, an
animal is safe when it has been protected from vectors
attack for more than seven days and it has tested nega-
tively virologicaly on one occasion after that period of
seven days.

Decision 2005/393/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(3) When a vaccination programme has been conducted in a
herd, the virus circulation has been reduced to such a
from the
level
restricted zone to holdings outside the zone where
vectors are under control should be considered as repre-
senting an acceptable risk.

that movements of young animals

(4)

On 14 March 2005, a Commission working group on
the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the Office interna-
tional des épizooties (OIE)
issued a report on different
aspects of the rules which should apply to movements
of animals as regard bluetongue.

(1) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.
(2) OJ L 130, 24.5.2005, p. 22.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Amendments to Decision 2005/393/EC

Decision 2005/393/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 3, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.
Domestic movements as referred to in paragraph 1
shall be exempted from the exit ban by the competent
authority if:

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(a) the animals originate from a herd vaccinated according to
a vaccination programme adopted by the competent
authority; and

(b) the animals:

(i) have been vaccinated more than 30 days but less than
twelve months before the date of movement against
the serotype(s) present or possibly present in an epide-
miologically relevant area of origin; or

(ii) are less than two months old at the date of movement
and are destined for a holding for fattening, such
holding must be protected against vector attacks and
registered by the competent authority for the purpose
of fattening.’

2. In Annex II, Part A is replaced by the following:

‘A. Live animals must have been protected from attack from

Culicids:

1. for at least 60 days prior to the date of movement; or

2. for at least 28 days prior to the date of movement,
and were subjected during that period to a serological
test to detect antibody to the BTV group, such as the
BT competition ELISA or the BT AGID test, with
negative results and that
test was carried out on
samples taken at least 28 days after the date of the

start of the period of protection from vectors attack;
or

3. for at least seven days prior to the date of movement,
and subjected during that period to a BTV isolation
test or polymerase chain reaction test, with negative
results and that
test was carried out on blood
samples taken at least seven days after the date of
the start of the period of protection from vector
attack; and

4. during transportation to the place of shipment.’

Article 2

Applicability

This Decision shall apply from 4 July 2005.

Article 3

Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 9 June 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission