2007/130/EC: Commission Decision of 20 February 2007 amending Decision 2003/71/EC to extend its period of application and repealing Decision 2003/70/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 492) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-02-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Faroes, Norway, fish, import restriction, infectious disease, veterinary inspection

23.2.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 55/31

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 February 2007

amending Decision 2003/71/EC to extend its period of application and repealing Decision
2003/70/EC

(notified under document number C(2007) 492)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/130/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Faroe Islands for certain fish diseases,
including fish
infected with infectious salmon anaemia, in accordance
with Article 15 of Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24
June 1993 introducing minimum Community measures
(the
for
contingency plan).

certain fish diseases (5)

control of

the

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991
laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from
third
89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article
18(7) thereof,

amending Directives

countries

and

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (2), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The occurrence of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) in the
Faroe Islands
led to the adoption of Commission
Decision 2003/71/EC of 29 January 2003 on certain
protective measures
salmon
in respect of
anaemia in the Faroe Islands (3). That Decison is to
apply until 31 January 2007.

infectious

the EC-Faroe Island Joint
Decision No 2/2005 of
Committee of 8 December 2005 amending Decision
No 1/2001 laying down provisions to implement the
Protocol on veterinary matters
the
Agreement between the European Community, of the
one part, and the Government of Denmark and the
Home Government of
the other
part (4) approves a contingency plan submitted by the

the Faroe Island, of

supplementing

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The contingency plan includes a withdrawal scheme in
accordance with Article 6 of Directive 93/53/EEC and a
vaccination procedure. Vaccination is still used as a
the
control
the
strategy. To prevent
spreading of
disease to non-infected areas,
the protective measures
provided for in Decision 2003/71/EC should remain
applicable as long as vaccination is applied.

Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on
animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and
products thereof, and on the prevention and control of
certain diseases in aquatic animals (6) provides that the
transposition measures adopted by the Member States
pursuant to that Directive are to apply from 1 August
2008. Accordingly, Decision 2003/71/EC should be
reviewed before that date.

Decision 2003/71/EC should therefore be amended in
order
to extend its period of application from 31
January 2007 until 31 July 2008.

The occurrence of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA)
in
Norway led to the adoption of Commission Decision
2003/70/EC of 29 January 2003 on certain protective
measures in respect of
infectious salmon anaemia in
Norway (7). That Decision applied until 1 February
2004. For the sake of clarity, that Decision should be
expressly repealed.

(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Directive

(5) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 23. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

(3) OJ L 26, 31.1.2003, p. 80. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/86/EC (OJ L 30, 3.2.2005, p. 19).

(4) OJ L 8, 13.1.2006, p. 46.

2006/104/EC.

(6) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14.
(7) OJ L 26, 31.1.2003, p. 76. Decision as amended by Decision

2003/392/EC (OJ L 135, 3.6.2003, p. 27).

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(7)

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 2

Decision 2003/70/EC is repealed.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 February 2007.

Article 1

In Article 6 of Decision 2003/71/EC ‘31 January 2007’
replaced by ‘31 July 2008’.

is

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission