2006/924/EC: Commission Decision of 13 December 2006 amending Decision 2005/176/EC laying down the codified form and the codes for the notification of animal diseases pursuant to Council Directive 82/894/EEC (notified under document number C(2006) 6437)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, exchange of information, information system, veterinary legislation

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Official Journal of the European Union

14.12.2006

COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 December 2006

amending Decision 2005/176/EC laying down the codified form and the codes for the notification
of animal diseases pursuant to Council Directive 82/894/EEC

(notified under document number C(2006) 6437)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/924/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

(6)

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular Article 56 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21
December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within
the Community (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2005/176/EC lays down the
the notification of
codified form and the codes for
animal diseases pursuant to Directive 82/894/EEC (2).

In view of the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, it is
appropriate to adapt Decision 2005/176/EC.

to implement

Decision No 1/2001 of
the EC-Faeroe Islands Joint
Committee of 31 January 2001 laying down the
provisions
the Protocol on veterinary
supplementing the Agreement between the
matters
European Community, of
and the
Government of Denmark and the Home Government
of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part (3), states that
the Faeroe Islands are to take part
in the Animal
Disease Notification System (ADNS system).

the one part,

(4)

The Faeroe Islands have submitted to the Commission a
list of the regions they will use in the ADNS system.
Those regions should therefore be added to Decision
2005/176/EC.

(1) OJ L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 58. Directive as last amended by Decision

2004/216/EC (OJ L 67, 5.3.2004, p. 27).

(2) OJ L 59, 5.3.2005, p. 40.
(3) OJ L 46, 16.2.2001, p. 24. Decision as amended by Decision

No 2/2005 (OJ L 8, 13.1.2006, p. 46).

its
Spain has adjusted the names and boundaries of
the regions in
veterinary regions. The adjustment of
in Decision
Spain affects the ADNS system set out
2005/176/EC. The new regions should therefore replace
the current ones in the ADNS system.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in May
2005 at its General Assembly adopted a revised Chapter
for avian influenza, making it compulsory from 1
January 2006 to notify both highly pathogenic avian
influenza and low pathogenic avian influenza to the
OIE. To enable the notification to the ADNS system of
outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza to be
low
distinguished from notifications of outbreaks of
pathogenic
codes
should be given for those diseases.

avian influenza, different disease

Furthermore, to enable the notification of outbreaks of
avian influenza in wild birds to be distinguished from
those in domestic poultry, different codes should be
given for these separate events.

Decision 2005/176/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

the transmitted
In order to protect confidentiality of
information, the Annexes to this Decision should not
be published.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2005/176/EC is amended as follows:

1. Annexes IV, V and X/11 are replaced by the text in Annex I

to this Decision.

2. The text in Annex II to this Decision is inserted in Annex X.

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This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2007.

Article 2

The introduction of Bulgaria and Romania into Annexes IV and X to Decision 2005/176/EC shall apply
subject to and as from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission