2006/290/EC: Commission Decision of  18 April 2006  amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain regions of Italy are officially free of bovine tuberculosis and enzootic bovine leukosis and that Slovakia is officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis  (notified under document number C(2006) 1551)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Slovakia, animal leucosis, animal tuberculosis, disease prevention, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 April 2006

amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain regions of Italy are officially
free of bovine tuberculosis and enzootic bovine leukosis and that Slovakia is officially free of
enzootic bovine leukosis

(notified under document number C(2006) 1551)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/290/EC)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Slovakia as regards its territory has submitted to the
Commission documentation demonstrating compliance
in
with the
Directive 64/432/EEC in order that the whole territory
of Slovakia may be declared officially free of enzootic
bovine leukosis as regards bovine herds.

conditions provided

appropriate

for

Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by
Italy,
the Regions of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Molise
should be declared officially free of bovine tuberculosis
and of enzootic bovine leukosis respectively.

Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by
Slovakia,
that Member State should be
declared officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis.

the whole of

Decision 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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes I and III to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 April 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 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community
trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Annex
A(I)(4) and Annex D(I)(E) thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Directive 64/432/EEC provides that Member States or
parts or regions thereof may be declared officially free
of tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leukosis
as regards bovine herds subject
to compliance with
certain conditions set out in that Directive.

The lists of regions of Member States declared free of
bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and enzootic
bovine leukosis are set out
in Commission Decision
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 (2).

compliance with

Italy has submitted to the Commission documentation
demonstrating
appropriate
the
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
conditions provided for
regards the Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in order that
that region may be declared officially free of tuberculosis
as regards bovine herds.

Italy has also submitted to the Commission documen-
tation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate
conditions provided for
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
regards the Region of Molise in order that that region
may be declared officially free of enzootic bovine
leukosis as regards bovine herds.

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. Directive as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1/2005 (OJ L 3, 5.1.2005, p. 1).

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

2006/169/EC (OJ L 57, 28.2.2006, p. 35.)

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Annexes I and III to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended as follows:

ANNEX

1. In Annex I , Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER 2

Officially tuberculosis-free regions of Member States

In Italy:

— Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara

— Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia

— Region Lombardia: Provinces of Bergamo, Como, Lecco, Sondrio

— Region Marche: Province of Ascoli Piceno

— Region Toscana: Provinces of Grossetto, Prato

— Region Trentino-Alto Aldige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento.’

2. In Annex III , Chapter 1 is replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER 1

Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member States

ISO code

Member State

BE

CZ

DK

DE

ES

FR

IE

CY

LU

NL

AT

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Spain

France

Ireland

Cyprus

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom’

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3. In Annex III , Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER 2

Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Member States

In Italy:

— Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara

— Region Emilia-Romagna: Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Cesena, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio

Emilia, Rimini

— Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia

— Region Lazio: Provinces of Frosinone, Rieti

— Region Liguria: Province of Imperia

— Region Lombardia: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milano, Pavia, Sondrio,

Varese

— Region Marche: Provinces of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata, Pesaro

— Region Molise

— Region Piemonte: Provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Torino, Verbania, Vercelli

— Region Toscana: Provinces of Arezzo, Firenze, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato, Siena

— Region Trentino-Alto Aldige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento

— Region Umbria: Provinces of Perugia, Terni

— Region Val d'Aosta: Province of Aosta.’