2006/80/EC: Commission Decision of  1 February 2006  granting certain Member States the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Council Directive 92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals  (notified under document number C(2006) 172)
Date: 2006-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, France, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, agricultural census, derogation from EU law, swine, veterinary inspection

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Official Journal of the European Union

8.2.2006

COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 February 2006

granting certain Member States the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Council Directive
92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals

(notified under document number C(2006) 172)

(Only the Czech, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Slovakian text is authentic)

(2006/80/EC)

It is appropriate to list in a single decision the Member
States having been granted the derogation provided for in
Article 3(2) of Directive 92/102/EEC.

Decisions 95/80/EC and 2005/458/EC should therefore
be repealed and replaced by this Decision.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Member States listed in the annex to this Decision are
authorised to apply the derogation provided for in Article
3(2) of Directive 92/102/EEC as regards holdings with one
single pig.

Article 2

Decisions 95/80/EC and 2005/458/EC are hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Czech Republic, to the French
Republic, to the Italian Republic, to the Polish Republic, to the
Portuguese Republic and to the Slovak Republic.

Done at Brussels, 1 February 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 92/102/EEC of 27
November 1992 on the identification and registration of
animals (1), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,

(6)

(7)

(8)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Article 3(2) of Directive 92/102/EEC provides for the
possibility to authorise Member States to exclude from
the list of holdings required by Article 3(1) natural
persons who keep one single pig which is intended for
their own use or consumption, or to take account of
particular circumstances, provided that
is
subjected to the controls laid down in that Directive
before any movement.

this animal

The authorities of the Czech Republic, France, Poland
and Slovakia have
authorisation as
regards holdings with one single pig and have given
the appropriate assurances
in respect of veterinary
controls.

requested this

Therefore
the Czech Republic, France, Poland and
Slovakia should be authorised to apply the derogation.

Commission Decision 95/80/EC (2) grants Portugal the
derogation provided for
in Article 3(2) of Directive
92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of
animals.

Commission Decision 2005/458/EC (3) grants Italy the
derogation provided for
in Article 3(2) of Directive
92/102/EEC.

(1) OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 32. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 21/2004 (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8).

(2) OJ L 65, 23.3.1995, p. 32.
(3) OJ L 160, 23.6.2005, p. 31.

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ANNEX

Member States authorised to apply the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Directive 92/102/EEC as regards
holdings with one single pig.

The Czech Republic

France

Italy

Poland

Portugal

Slovakia