2006/591/EC: Commission Decision of 1 September 2006 amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards the restricted zones in relation to bluetongue (notified under document number C(2006) 3947)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-09-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, animal disease, disease prevention, sheep, trade restriction, transport of animals

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 September 2006

amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards the restricted zones in relation to bluetongue

(notified under document number C(2006) 3947)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/591/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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,

Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20
November 2000 laying down specific provisions
the
control and eradication of bluetongue (2), and in particular the
second subparagraph of Article 6(1), Article 8(2)(d) and (3),
Article 9(1)(c) and the third paragraph of Article 19 thereof,

for

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Directive 2000/75/EC lays down control
rules and
measures to combat bluetongue in the Community,
including
and
surveillance zones and a ban on animals leaving those
zones.

establishment

protection

the

of

Commission Decision 2005/393/EC of 23 May 2005 on
protection and surveillance zones in relation to blue-
tongue and conditions applying to movements from or
through these zones (3) provides for the demarcation of
the global geographic
areas where protection and
surveillance zones (‘the restricted zones’) are to be estab-
lished by the Member States in relation to bluetongue.

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,
to Luxembourg and
France,
located in a radius of 50 km from Kerkrade,
the Netherlands, where the first suspected case was
notified.

close

To avoid the spread of the disease from the affected area,
the Commission adopted Decision 2006/577/EC of 22
August 2006 on certain protective measures against
bluetongue (4),
laying down rules on movements of
animals of species susceptible to bluetongue and their
semen, ova and embryos from the affected areas.

the Community Reference Laboratory for blue-
Then,
(United Kingdom) has confirmed
tongue in Pirbright
the occurrence of bluetongue and that
the virus in
question is of serotype 8. This serotype has never been
reported in Europe before.

In view of that finding, Decision 2005/393/EC should be
amended in order
to insert a new restricted zone
including the affected area and Decision 2006/577/EC
should be repealed.

specific
the farming practises,
Taking into account
susceptible animals can be allowed,
movements of
without jeopardising disease control, under the super-
vision of the competent authorities concerned.

To prevent the further spread of the disease, this Decision
should apply as a matter of urgency.

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)

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2005/393/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Demarcation of restricted zones

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive

2002/33/EC (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).

Restricted zones shall be demarcated within the global
geographical areas listed for zones A, B, C, D, E and F in
Annex I.

(4) OJ L 229, 23.8.2006, p. 10.

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Exemptions from the exit ban for those restricted zones shall
only take place in accordance with Articles 3, 4, 5 and 6.

In the case of restricted zone E, movements of live animals
of ruminant species between Spain and Portugal shall be
subject
authorities
competent
concerned on the base of a bilateral agreement.

to authorisation by the

In the case of restricted zone F, movements of live animals
of species susceptible to bluetongue and their semen, ova
and embryos within the zone shall be allowed.

Article 2a

Derogation from the movement ban in the 20 km zone

By way of derogation from Article 6(1)(c) of Directive
2000/75/EC, the following animals shall be exempted from
the ban on movement in the 20 km zone:

— subject

to the approval of
authority, animals for direct slaughter;

the competent veterinary

— subject to the approval of and on the basis of animal
health conditions to be laid down by the competent
veterinary authority, animals
intended to a holding
situated in the restricted zone.’

2. Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this

Decision.

Article 2

Decision 2006/577/EC is repealed.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from the day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 September 2006.

— animals from outside the 20 km zone destined to a

holding inside the 20 km zone;

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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In Annex I to Decision 2005/393/EC, the following zone F is added:

ANNEX

‘Zone F

(serotype 8)

Belgium:

Whole territory

France:

Aisne: arrondissements of Laon, Saint-Quentin, Soissons, Vervins

Ardennes: arrondissements of Charleville-Mézières, Rethel, Sedan, Vouziers

Marne: arrondissements of Châlons-sur-Marne, Reims, Sainte-Menehould

Meurthe et Moselle: arrondissement of Briey

Meuse: arrondissements of Bar-le-Duc, Commercy, Verdun

Moselle: arrondissements of Boulay-Moselle, Metz-Campagne, Thionville-Est, Thionville-Ouest, Metz-Ville

Nord: arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Cambrai, Valenciennes

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

— Stadt Herne

— Hochsauerlandkreis

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— 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 B41

— Kreis Bitburg-Prüm

— Kreis Cochem-Zell

— Kreis Daun

— Stadt Koblenz

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

— Kreis Mayen-Koblenz

— Kreis Neuwied

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— Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

— Rhein-Lahn-Kreis

— Stadt Trier

— Kreis Trier-Saarburg

— Westerwaldkreis

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:

1. From the Belgian border following the Tractaatweg (N253) in northern direction change in Guido Gezellestraat
following western direction change in Willem de Zwijgerlaan following in northern direction until the water.

2. Following the water in northeastern direction change in Veerweg N60 following in northern direction until A58

(E312).

3. A58 following in western direction until Deltaweg (A256).

4. Deltaweg (A256) following in northern direction until the water.

5. The water following in northeastern direction until Philipsdam (N257).

6. Philipsdam (N257) following the water in eastern direction until Hellegatsplein (A29/A59).

7. Hellegatsplein (A29/A59) following in northern direction change in Rijksweg (A29) following in northern direction

until Ring Rotterdam (A15).

8. Ring Rotterdam (A15) following in western direction until A16/E19.

9. A16/E19 following in northern direction change in A20/E25 following in eastern direction change in A12/E30

following in northeastern direction until A27/E231.

10. A27/E231 following in northern direction until A28/E30.

11. A28/E30 following in eastern, northeastern direction until A1/E30.

12. A1/E30 following in eastern direction until the German border.

13. German border following in southern direction convert in the Belgian border following in north, northwestern

direction until the Tractaatweg.’