2007/146/EC: Commission Decision of 28 February 2007 amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards the conditions for the exemption from the exit ban for intra-Community trade and as regards the demarcation of the restricted zones in Bulgaria, France, Germany, and Italy (notified under document number C(2007) 597) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, animal disease, derogation from EU law, sheep, trade restriction

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 February 2007

amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards the conditions for the exemption from the exit ban for
intra-Community trade and as regards the demarcation of the restricted zones in Bulgaria, France,
Germany, and Italy

(notified under document number C(2007) 597)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/146/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20
the
November 2000 laying down specific provisions
control and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular
Article 8(3) and Articles 11 and 12 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 (2) 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.

Intra-Community trade in ova and embryos complying
with the conditions set out in Annex II.C.1 to Decision
2005/393/EC should not require the prior movement
the Member State of destination, as no
approval of
post-collection testing
required,
according to the risk assessment carried out by the Inter-
national Embryo Transfer Society (IETS) and in line with
the recommendations of
the Office International des
Epizooties (OIE) as regards that disease.

for bluetongue

is

(1) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74. Directive as last amended by Directive

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

(2) OJ L 130, 24.5.2005, p. 22. Decision as last amended by Decision

2007/101/EC (OJ L 43, 15.2.2007, p. 40).

Intra-Community trade in ova and embryos complying
with the conditions set out in Annex II.C.2 to Decision
2005/393/EC should not require the prior movement
as
approval of
the
post-collection
absence of the disease in the donor animal.

the Member State of destination,

beyond

verifies

testing

doubt

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

2006

20 December

the
On
Commission to adapt the demarcation of the restricted
the vector’s
zone in France due to the cessation of
activity in the affected area.

requested

France

By Decision 2006/762/EC (3), the Commission adopted
certain protective measures
in
Bulgaria to avoid the spread of the disease from the
affected area of the administrative district of Burgas in
relation to the import into the Community of susceptible
animals.

against bluetongue

Consequently, Bulgaria being a Member State since
1 January 2007,
the affected area should now be
included in Annex I to Decision 2005/393/EC.

On 9 January 2007 Germany informed the Commission
of new outbreaks of bluetongue in Hessen and Lower
it is appropriate to
Saxony. In view of those findings,
amend the demarcation of
in
restricted zone
the
Germany.

On 10 January 2007,
Italy presented a report to the
Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal
Health which concludes that the surveillance system in
place in Italy has proved that no seroconversion has
occurred in the Region of Marche, since April 2005.

(3) OJ L 311, 10.11.2006, p. 56.

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(10)

Consequently, that region should be considered free of
bluetongue and, on the basis of the substantiated request
submitted by Italy, deleted from the Italian regions listed
under Zone B in Annex I to Decision 2005/393/EC.

‘(b) except in the case of

frozen semen and of ova and
the Member State of destination gives its

embryos,
approval prior to the movement.’

(11) Decision 2005/393/EC should therefore be amended

accordingly.

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

Decision.

(12)

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

Decision 2005/393/EC is amended as follows:

1. In Article 5(1), point (b) is replaced by the following:

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Annex I to Decision 2005/393/EC is amended as follows:

(1) The following Zone H is added:

‘Zone H

B u l g a r i a
— Administrative district of Burgas.’

(2) The list of restricted zones in Zone F (serotype 8) which relates to France is replaced by the following:

‘ F r a n c e
— Département de l’Aube: arrondissement de Bar-sur-Aube et cantons de Arcis-sur-Aube, de Chapelle-Saint-Luc, de

Mery-sur-Seine, de Piney, de Ramerupt, de Troyes (1er, 2ème, 3ème, 4ème, 5ème et 7ème cantons),

— Département des Ardennes,

— Département de l’Aisne,

— Département de la Marne,

— Département de la Haute-Marne: arrondissement de Saint-Dizier et cantons de Andelot-Blancheville, de Bourmont,

de Chaumont-Nord, de Chaumont-Sud, de Clefmont, de Juzennecourt, de Saint-Blin, de Vignory,

— Département de la Meurthe-et-Moselle,

— Département de la Meuse,

— Département de la Moselle,

— Département du Nord,

— Département de l’Oise: arrondissements de Clermont, de Compiègne et cantons de Beauvais-Nord-Est, de Beauvais-
Nord-Ouest, de Beauvais-Sud-Ouest, de Betz, de Crépy-en-Valois, de Crèvecoeur-le-Grand, de Formerie, de Grand-
villiers, de Marseille-en-Beauvaisis, de Nanteuil-le-Haudouin, de Nivillers, de Pont Sainte Maxence,

— Département du Pas-de-Calais,

— Département du Bas-Rhin: arrondissements de Haguenau, de Molsheim, de Saverne, de Strasbourg-campagne, de

Strasbourg-ville, de Wissembourg et canton de Obernai,

— Département de Seine-Maritime: cantons de Aumale, de Blangy-sur-Bresle, de Eu,

— Département de Seine-et-Marne: cantons de Ferté-sous-Jouarre, de Lizy-sur-Ourcq, de Rebais,

— Département de la Somme,

— Département des Vosges: cantons de Bulgnéville, de Charmes, de Châtenois, de Coussey, de Mirecourt, de

Neufchâteau, de Raon-l’étape, de Senones, de Vittel.’

(3) The list of restricted zones in Zone F (serotype 8) which relates to Germany is replaced by the following:

‘ G e r m a n y

Baden-Württemberg

Stadtkreis Baden-Baden

Im Landkreis Enzkreis: Birkenfeld, Eisingen,
Ispringen, Kämpfelbach, Keltern, Kieselbronn, Knittlingen,
Königsbach-Stein, Maulbronn, Mühlacker, Neuenbürg, Neulingen, Ölbronn-Dürrn, Ötisheim, Remchingen, Sternenfels,
Straubenhardt

Illingen,

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Stadtkreis Heidelberg

Stadtkreis Heilbronn

Im Landkreis Heilbronn: Bad Friedrichshall, Bad Rappenau, Bad Wimpfen, Brackenheim, Cleebronn, Eberstadt,
Eppingen, Erlenbach, Gemmingen, Güglingen, Gundelsheim, Hardthausen am Kocher,
Jagsthausen,
Kirchardt, Langenbrettach, Leingarten, Möckmühl, Massenbachhausen, Neckarsulm, Neudenau, Neuenstadt am
Kocher, Nordheim, Oedheim, Offenau, Pfaffenhofen, Roigheim, Schwaigern, Siegelsbach, Untereisesheim, Widdern,
Zaberfeld

Ittlingen,

Im Hohenlohekreis: Dörzbach, Forchtenberg, Ingelfingen, Krautheim, Öhringen, Schöntal, Weißbach, Zweiflingen

Landkreis Karlsruhe

Stadtkreis Karlsruhe

Im Landkreis Ludwigsburg: Sachsenheim

Stadtkreis Mannheim

Im Main-Tauber-Kreis: Ahorn, Assamstadt, Bad Mergentheim, Boxberg, Freudenberg, Großrinderfeld, Grünsfeld,
Igersheim, Königheim, Külsheim, Lauda-Königshofen, Tauberbischofsheim, Weikersheim, Werbach, Wertheim,
Wittighausen

Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis

Im Ortenaukreis: Achern, Appenweier, Kappelrodeck, Kehl, Lauf, Neuried, Oberkirch, Offenburg, Renchen, Rheinau,
Sasbach, Sasbachwalden, Schutterwald, Willstätt

Stadtkreis Pforzheim

Landkreis Rastatt

Rhein-Neckar-Kreis

Bayern

Landkreis und Stadt Aschaffenburg

Landkreis Bad Kissingen

Im Landkreis Kitzingen: Albertshofen, Biebelried, Bruchbrunn, Dettelbach, Kitzingen, Mainstockheim, Marktsteft,
Nordheim am Main, Schwarzach am Main, Sommerach, Sulzfeld am Main, Volkach

Landkreis Main-Spessart

Landkreis Miltenberg

Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld

Im Landkreis Schweinfurt: Bergrheinfeld, Dittelbrunn, Euerbach, Frankenwinheim, Geldersheim, Gochsheim, Grafenr-
heinfeld, Grettstadt, Kolitzheim, Niederwerrn, Poppenhausen, Röthlein, Schonungen, Schwanfeld, Schwebheim,
Sennfeld, Stadtlauringen, Sulzheim, Üchtelhausen, Waigolshausen, Wasserlosen, Werneck, Wipfeld

Stadt Schweinfurt

Landkreis Würzburg ohne die Gemeinden Aub und Bieberehren

Stadt Würzburg

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Brandenburg

Im Landkreis Prignitz: Besandten, Eldenburg, Wootz

Freie Hansestadt Bremen

Gesamtes Landesgebiet

Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg

Gesamtes Landesgebiet

Hessen

Gesamtes Landesgebiet

Mecklenburg-Vorpommen

Im Landkreis Ludwigslust: Belsch, Bengerstorf, Besitz, Stadt Boizenburg, Brahlstorf, Dersenow, Stadt Dömitz, Gresse,
Greven, Gallin, Grebs-Niendorf, Karenz, Leussow, Stadt Lübtheen, Malk Göhren, Malliß, Neu Gülze, Neu Kaliß,
Nostorf, Pritzier, Redefin, Schwanheide, Teldau, Tessin/Bzbg., Vellahn, Vielank, Warlitz

Niedersachsen

Gesamtes Landesgebiet

Nordrhein-Westfalen

Gesamtes Landesgebiet

Rheinland-Pfalz

Gesamtes Landesgebiet

Saarland

Gesamtes Landesgebiet

Sachsen-Anhalt

Landkreis Altmarkkreis Salzwedel

Landkreis Aschersleben-Staßfurt

Im Landkreis Bernburg: Güsten

Landkreis Bördekreis

Landkreis Halberstadt

Im Landkreis Jerichower Land: Hohenwarte, Lostau

Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg

Im Kreis Mansfelder Land: Abberode, Ahlsdorf, Alterode, Annarode, Arnstedt, Benndorf, Biesenrode, Bräunrode,
Braunschwende, Friesdorf, Gorenzen, Greifenhagen, Großörner, Harkerode, Hergisdorf, Hermerode, Hettstedt, Kloster-
mansfeld, Mansfeld, Möllendorf, Molmerswende, Piskaborn, Quenstedt, Ritterode, Ritzgerode, Siebigerode, Stangerode,
Sylda, Ulzigerode, Vatterode, Walbeck, Welbsleben, Wiederstedt, Wippra

Landkreis Ohre-Kreis

Landkreis Quedlinburg

Im Landkreis Sangerhausen: Bennungen, Berga, Beyernaumburg, Blankenheim, Breitenbach, Breitenstein, Breitungen,
Brücken (Helme), Dietersdorf, Drebsdorf, Edersleben, Emseloh, Gonna, Grillenberg, Großleinungen, Hackpfüffel,
Hainrode, Hayn (Harz), Horla, Kelbra (Kyffhäuser), Kleinleinungen, Lengefeld, Martinsrieth, Morungen, Niederröblingen
(Helme), Nienstedt, Oberröblingen, Obersdorf, Pölsfeld, Questenberg, Riestedt, Riethnordhausen, Roßla, Rotha, Rottle-
berode, Sangerhausen, Schwenda, Stolberg (Harz), Tilleda (Kyffhäuser), Uftrungen, Wallhausen, Wettelrode, Wickerode,
Wolfsberg

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Im Landkreis Schönebeck: Atzendorf, Biere, Eickendorf, Förderstedt, Löbnitz(Bode), Schönebeck(Elbe), Welsleben

Im Landkreis Stendal: Aulosen, Badingen, Ballerstedt, Berkau, Bismark (Altmark), Boock, Bretsch, Büste, Dobberkau,
Flessau, Gagel, Garlipp, Gladigau, Gollensdorf, Grassau, Groß Garz, Heiligenfelde, Hohenwulsch, Holzhausen, Insel,
Käthen, Kläden, Könnigde, Kossebau, Kremkau, Krevese, Lückstedt, Lüderitz, Meßdorf, Möringen, Nahrstedt, Pollitz,
Querstedt, Rochau, Rossau, Schäplitz, Schernebeck, Schinne, Schorstedt, Staats, Steinfeld, Tangerhütte, Uchtdorf,
Uchtspringe, Vinzelberg, Volgfelde, Wanzer, Windberge, Wittenmoor

Landkreis Wernigerode

Schleswig-Holstein

Im Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg: Alt Mölln, Aumühle, Bälau, Basedow, Basthorst, Besenthal, Börnsen, Borstorf, Brei-
tenfelde, Bröthen, Brunstorf, Buchhorst, Büchen, Dahmker, Dalldorf, Dassendorf, Elmenhorst, Escheburg, Fitzen,
Fuhlenhagen, Geesthacht, Göttin, Grabau, Grambek, Groß Pampau, Grove, Gudow, Gülzow, Güster, Hamfelde,
Hamwarde, Havekost, Hohenhorn, Hornbek,
Juliusburg, Kankelau, Kasseburg, Klein Pampau, Koberg, Köthel,
Kollow, Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf, Krüzen, Krukow, Kuddewörde, Langenlehsten, Lanze, Lauenburg/Elbe, Lehmrade,
Linau, Lütau, Möhnsen, Mölln, Mühlenrade, Müssen, Niendorf/Stecknitz, Poggensee, Roseburg, Forstgutsbezirk Sach-
senwald, Sahms, Schnakenbek, Schönberg, Schretstaken, Schulendorf, Schwarzenbek, Siebeneichen, Sirksfelde, Talkau,
Tramm, Walksfelde, Wangelau, Wentorf bei Hamburg, Wentorf (Amt Sandesneben), Wiershop, Witzeeze, Wohltorf,
Woltersdorf, Worth

Im Kreis Pinneberg: Appen, Barmstedt, Bevern, Bilsen, Bönningstedt, Bokholt-Hanredder, Borstel-Hohenraden, Bullen-
kuhlen, Ellerbek, Ellerhoop, Elmshorn, Groß Nordende, Halstenbek, Haselau, Haseldorf, Hasloh, Heede, Heidgraben,
Heist, Hemdingen, Hetlingen, Holm, Klein Nordende, Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, Kölln-Reisiek, Kummerfeld,
Seester, Moorrege, Neuendeich, Pinneberg, Prisdorf, Quickborn, Raa-Besenbek, Rellingen, Schenefeld, Seester, Sees-
termühe, Seeth-Ekholt, Tangstedt, Tornesch, Uetersen, Wedel

Im Kreis Segeberg: Alveslohe, Ellerau, Henstedt-Ulzburg, Norderstedt

Im Kreis Steinburg: Altenmoor, Borsfleth, Engelbrechtsche Wildnis, Glückstadt, Herzhorn, Horst
Kiebitzreihe, Kollmar, Neuendorf b. Elmshorn, Sommerland

(Holstein),

Im Kreis Stormarn: Ahrensburg, Ammersbek, Bargteheide, Barsbuettel, Braak, Brunsbek, Delingsdorf, Glinde, Grande,
Groenwohld, Grossensee, Grosshansdorf, Hamfelde, Hammoor, Hohenfelde, Hoisdorf, Jersbek, Koethel, Luetjensee,
Oststeinbek, Rausdorf, Reinbek, Siek, Stapelfeld, Steinburg, Tangstedt, Todendorf, Trittau, Witzhave

Thüringen

Landkreis Eichsfeld

Stadt Eisenach

Stadt Erfurt

Landkreis Gotha

Im Landkreis Hildburghausen: Eichenberg, Grub, Haina, Henfstedt, Marisfeld, Mendhausen, Oberstadt, Schmeheim,
Themar, Westenfeld

Im Ilmkreis: Angelroda, Arnstadt, Elgersburg, Frankenhain, Gehlberg, Geraberg, Geschwenda, Gossel, Graefenroda,
Ichtershausen, Liebenstein, Plaue, Wachsenburggemeinde

Im Kyffhäuserkreis: Abtsbessingen, Artern/Unstrut, Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser, Badra, Bellstedt, Bendeleben,
Borxleben, Bretleben, Clingen, Ebeleben, Esperstedt, Etzleben, Freienbessingen, Göllingen, Gorsleben, Greußen,
Großenehrich, Günserode, Hachelbich, Helbedündorf, Heldrungen, Holzsußra, Ichstedt, Niederbösa, Oberbösa, Oldi-
sleben, Ringleben, Rockstedt, Rottleben, Schernberg, Seega, Sondershausen, Steinthaleben, Thüringenhausen,
Topfstedt, Trebra, Voigtstedt, Wasserthaleben, Westgreußen, Wolferschwenda

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Landkreis Nordhausen

Im Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen: Altersbach, Aschenhausen, Bauerbach, Behrungen, Belrieth, Benshausen,
Berkach, Bermbach, Bibra, Birx, Breitungen/Werra, Brotterode, Christes, Dillstädt, Einhausen, Ellingshausen, Erben-
hausen, Fambach, Floh-Seligenthal, Frankenheim/Rhön, Friedelshausen, Henneberg, Herpf, Heßles, Hümpfershausen,
Jüchsen, Kaltensundheim, Kaltenwestheim, Kleinschmalkalden, Kühndorf, Leutersdorf, Mehmels, Meiningen, Melpers,
Metzels, Neubrunn, Nordheim, Oberhof, Oberkatz, Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal, Oberschönau, Oberweid, Oepfer-
shausen, Queienfeld, Rentwertshausen, Rhönblick, Rippershausen, Ritschenhausen, Rohr, Rosa, Roßdorf, Rotterode,
Schmalkalden, Schwallungen, Schwarza, Schwickershausen, Springstille, Steinbach-Hallenberg, Stepfershausen,
Sülzfeld, Trusetal, Unterkatz, Untermaßfeld, Unterschönau, Unterweid, Utendorf, Vachdorf, Viernau, Wahns,
Wallbach, Walldorf, Wasungen, Wernshausen, Wölfershausen, Wolfmannshausen, Zella-Mehlis

Im Landkreis Sömmerda: Alperstedt, Andisleben, Bilzingsleben, Büchel, Elxleben, Frömmstedt, Gangloffsömmern,
Gebesee, Griefstedt, Großrudestedt, Günstedt, Haßleben, Henschleben, Herrnschwende, Kannawurf, Kindelbrück,
Nöda, Riethgen, Riethnordhausen, Ringleben, Schloßvippach, Schwerstedt, Sömmerda, Straußfurt, Udestedt, Wals-
chleben, Weißensee, Werningshausen, Witterda, Wundersleben

Stadt Suhl

Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis

Wartburgkreis’

(4) The list of restricted zones in Zone B (serotype 2) is replaced by the following:

‘Zone B (serotype 2)

I t a l y
Abruzzo: L’Aquila with the exception of all municipalities belonging to the local health unit of Avezzano-Sulmona

Lazio:

Rieti, Roma, Viterbo

Toscana: Grosseto

Umbria: Terni and Perugia’