2005/469/EC: Commission Decision of 24 June 2005 amending for the third time Decision 2004/614/EC as regards the period of application of protection measures relating to avian influenza in South Africa (notified under document number C(2005) 1863)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-06-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: South Africa, animal plague, animal product, bird, import restriction, originating product, poultry

25.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 165/31

COMMISSION DECISION

of 24 June 2005

amending for the third time Decision 2004/614/EC as regards the period of application of
protection measures relating to avian influenza in South Africa

(notified under document number C(2005) 1863)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/469/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

(3)

(4)

further
information has been received from South
Africa and the current disease situation appears unclear.

Under the circumstances it is appropriate to prolong the
application of Decision 2004/614/EC for another six
months. That Decision may, however, be reviewed
before the end of the six-month period depending on
any further information supplied by South Africa.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

By Commission Decision 2004/614/EC of 24 August
2004 concerning protection measures in relation to
highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Republic of
South Africa (3)
the Commission adopted protection
measures in relation to avian influenza in ratite flocks
in South Africa.

the Commission received infor-
In December 2004,
mation from South Africa indicating that
the disease
situation in ratite flocks had improved. However, that
information did not allow the Commission to conclude
the disease had been effectively controlled. No
that

In Article 7 of Decision 2004/614/EC, the date ‘30 June 2005’
is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2005’.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 June 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); corrected version OJ L 191, 28.5.2004,
p. 1.

(3) OJ L 275, 25.8.2004, p. 20. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/210/EC (OJ L 68, 15.3.2005, p. 43).