2006/577/EC: Commission Decision of 22 August 2006 on certain protective measures against bluetongue (notified under document number C(2006) 3849)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, animal disease, export restriction, sheep

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 August 2006

on certain protective measures against bluetongue

(notified under document number C(2006) 3849)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/577/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (1) and in
particular Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(6)

(7)

For the sake of clarity and transparency and pending
further epidemiological and laboratory investigations,
it
is appropriate to adopt at Community level disease
control measures concerning the movement of animals
of species susceptible to bluetongue and their semen, ova
and embryos from the affected areas.

the further

In the light of the evolution of the situation and the
results of
the
measures in place are to be reviewed at a meeting of
the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and
Animal Health at the earliest opportunity.

investigations carried out,

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(1)

(2)

On 17, 19 and 21 August 2006 respectively, the Neth-
erlands, Belgium and Germany informed the Commission
of a number of suspected clinical cases of bluetongue in
sheep and cattle holdings in areas in the Netherlands,
Belgium and Germany located in a radius of 50 km
from Kerkrade,
first
suspected case was notified.

the Netherlands, where

the

Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
have banned the movements of animals of
species
susceptible to bluetongue and their semen, ova and
embryos out of
in accordance to
the affected areas,
Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000
laying down specific provisions for the control and eradi-
cation of bluetongue (2)
and Commission Decision
2005/393/EC of 23 May 2005 on protection and
and
surveillance
conditions applying to movements from or
through
these zones (3).

in relation to bluetongue

zones

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
The Member States listed in the Annex shall ban the
movement of live animals of species susceptible to bluetongue
and their semen, ova and embryos collected or produced from
1 May 2006 from the areas listed in the Annex to other parts
of the Community or to third countries.

The Member States shall grant the exemptions from the
2.
ban provided for in paragraph 1 that are referred to in Articles
4 and 6 of Decision 2005/393/EC.

(3)

Appropriate measures have been adopted by the affected
Member States in view of their entomological, ecological,
geographical, meteorological
epidemiological
situation.

and

3.
If necessary, in the light of the entomological, ecological,
geographical, meteorological and epidemiological situation, the
Member States concerned shall carry out complementary exam-
inations outside the area listed in the Annex.

(4)

The spread of bluetongue from the affected area could
constitute a serious hazard to animals in the Community.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive
2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).
(2) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.
(3) OJ L 130, 24.5.2005, p. 22. Decision as last amended by Decision

2006/572/EC (OJ L 227, 19.8.2006, p. 60).

The Member States concerned shall continue to apply any
appropriate measures that they have already adopted.

On the basis of the results of those examinations the Member
States concerned shall review those measures and may apply
additional appropriate measures.

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Member States shall amend the measures they apply to trade so that they conform to this Decision and
publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 22 August 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

BELGIUM:

Province of Anvers

Province of Brabant Flamand

Province of Brabant wallon

Province of Bruxelles-Capitale

Province of Namur

Province of Limbourg

Province of Luxembourg

Province of Liège

Provinces of Flandre orientale and Hainaut:

The area to the east of the following roads:

— N6 running north to the R50 (commune de Mons),

— R50 running east to the N56,

— N56 running north to the N525,

— N525 running north to the N57,

— N57 running north to the N42,

— N42 running north via Wettersesteenweg (commune d’Oosterzele) to the N465,

— N465 running north to the N9,

— N9 running west to the R4,

— N4 running north to the N423,

— N423 running north to the Netherlands border.

GERMANY:

Nordrhein-Westfalen
— Stadt Aachen

— Kreis Aachen

— Stadt Bochum

— Stadt Bonn

— Kreis Borken

— Stadt Bottrop

— Kreis Coesfeld

— Stadt Dortmund

— Kreis Düren

— Stadt Düsseldorf

— Stadt Duisburg

— Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

— Erftkreis

— Kreis Euskirchen

— Stadt Essen

— Stadt Gelsenkirchen

— Stadt Hagen

— Stadt Hamm

— Kreis Heinsberg

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— Stadt Herne

— Hochsauerlandkreis

— Kreis Kleve

— Stadt Köln

— Stadt Krefeld

— Stadt Leverkusen

— Märkischer Kreis

— Kreis Mettmann

— Stadt Mönchengladbach

— Stadt Mülheim a. d. Ruhr

— Kreis Neuss

— Oberbergischer Kreis

— Stadt Oberhausen

— Kreis Olpe

— Kreis Recklinghausen

— Stadt Remscheid

— Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

— Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

— Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein

— Kreis Soest

— Stadt Solingen

— Kreis Unna

— Kreis Viersen

— Kreis Wesel

— Stadt Wuppertal

Rheinland-Pfalz
— Kreis Ahrweiler

— Kreis Altenkirchen

— Kreis Bernkastel-Wittlich

— Im Kreis Birkenfeld das Gebiet nördlich der B 41

— Kreis Bitburg-Prüm

— Kreis Cochem-Zell

— Kreis Daun

— Stadt Koblenz

— Im Kreis Mainz-Bingen die Ortsgemeinden Breitscheid, Bacharach, Oberdiebach; Manubach

— Kreis Mayen-Koblenz

— Kreis Neuwied

— Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

— Rhein-Lahn-Kreis

— Stadt Trier

— Kreis Trier-Saarburg

— Westerwaldkreis

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Saarland
— Im Kreis Merzig-Wadern die Gemeinden Mettlach und Perl

Hessen
— Im Lahn-Dill-Kreis die Gemeinden Breitscheid, Diedorf, Haiger
— Im Kreis Limburg-Weilburg die Gemeinden Dornburg, Elbtal, Elz, Hadamar, Limburg a. d. Lahn, Mengerskirchen,

Waldbrunn (Westerwald)

— Im Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis die Gemeinde Heidenrod

LUXEMBOURG:

Whole territory

THE NETHERLANDS:

Compartments 9 to 20, as defined in Animal Disease Notification System (ADNS).