2005/764/EC: Commission Decision of 28 October 2005 amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the declaration that the province of Grosseto in the Region of Toscana in Italy is free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) and Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that France is free of bovine brucellosis (notified under document number C(2005) 4187)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-10-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Italy, brucellosis, cattle, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 October 2005

amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the declaration that the province of Grosseto in the
Region of Toscana in Italy is free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) and Decision 2003/467/EC as
regards the declaration that France is free of bovine brucellosis

(notified under document number C(2005) 4187)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/764/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in
bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Annex A(II)(7)
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(II) thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) in accordance
with Directive 91/68/EEC.

In the province of Grosseto in the Region of Toscana, at
least 99,8 % of the ovine or caprine holdings are offi-
cially brucellosis-free holdings. In addition, that province
has 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 province as brucellosis-free.

The province of Grosseto in the Region of Toscana
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
in Commission Decision
bovine leukosis are set out

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).

by

France,

submitted

Following evaluation by the Commission of the docu-
demonstrate
mentation
compliance with the appropriate conditions provided
for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards the freedom
from bovine brucellosis,
that Member
State
should be declared officially free of bovine
brucellosis.

the whole of

to

Decisions 93/52/EEC and 2003/467/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

(5)

(6)

(7)

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

Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC is amended in accordance
with Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 October 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(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, 22.7.2004, p. 1).
(3) OJ L 13, 21.1.1993, p. 14. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/604/EC (OJ L 206, 9.8.2005, p. 12).

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

2005/604/EC.

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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, Eure-et-Loir, Finistère, Gers, Gironde,
Hauts-de-Seine, Haute-Loire, Haute-Vienne,
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.

Indre-et-Loire,

Ille-et-Vilaine,

Indre,

In Italy:

— Region Lazio: Provinces of Rieti, Viterbo.
— Region Lombardia: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milano, Pavia,

Sondrio, Varese.

— Region Marche: Provinces of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata, Pesaro, Urbino.
— Region Piemonte: Provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Torino, Verbania, Vercelli.
— Region Sardinia: Provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari.
— Region Trentino-Alto Adige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento.
— Region Toscana: Provinces of Arezzo, Firenze, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato, 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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In Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC, Chapter 1 is replaced by the following:

ANNEX II

‘CHAPTER 1

OFFICIALLY BRUCELLOSIS-FREE MEMBER STATES

ISO code

Member State

BE

CZ

DK

DE

FR

LU

NL

AT

SK

FI

SE

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

France

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Slovakia

Finland
Sweden’