2007/265/EC: Commission Decision of 26 April 2007 amending Annex E to Council Directive 92/65/EEC to include additional health measures for the trade in live bees, and to update the health certificates models (notified under document number C(2007) 1811) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: apiculture, health certificate, health control, import, intra-EU trade

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 April 2007

amending Annex E to Council Directive 92/65/EEC to include additional health measures for the
trade in live bees, and to update the health certificates models

(notified under document number C(2007) 1811)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/265/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992
laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and
imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and
embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down
in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (1) to
Directive 90/425/EEC (1), and in particular Article 22 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The model certificate for intra-Community trade in live
bees (Apis mellifera) is laid down in Part 2 of Annex E to
Directive 92/65/EEC. In this health certificate, there are
no animal health requirements as regards the small hive
beetle (Aethina tumida) or the Tropilaelaps mite (Tropi-
laelaps
these infestations have never been
recorded in the Community.

spp.), as

However, to reflect the potential threat of these pests,
their presence is now subject to a compulsory OIE (Inter-
national Office of Epizootic Diseases) notification and
protection measures on the importation of
live bees
from third countries have been laid down in Commission
Decision 2003/881/EC (2).

Despite these measures, should these pests be introduced
into the Community,
that additional
precautionary measures are in place to limit the spread
of the disease throughout the Community. It is therefore

is important

it

opportune to review the certificate for intra-Community
trade of live bees and bumble bees in order to introduce
animal health requirements concerning the small hive
beetle and the Tropilaelaps mite infestations.

limiting the
These requirements should be aimed at
live bees (Apis mellifera) and bumble
movements of
bees (Bombus spp.)
from infected areas. Taking into
account the capacity of the small hive beetle and the
Tropilaelaps mite to spread quickly, the area to consider
this
under restriction in the case of an outbreak of
disease should be at least 100 kilometres around the
infected premises.

established

In addition,
the Trade Control and Expert System
(Traces), an integrated computerised veterinary system,
was
accordance with Commission
Decision 2003/623/EC (3). For Traces to work as effec-
tively as possible, the models for the certificates for intra-
Community trade should be compatible with this elec-
tronic system.

in

Therefore, the health certificates in Annex E to Directive
92/65/EEC should be amended in order to facilitate the
operation of Traces, and the health certificate in Part 2 of
Annex E should, in addition, be modified to include the
additional health measures for the trade in live bees and
bumble bees.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex E to Directive 92/65/EEC is replaced by the Annex to
this Decision.

(1) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54. Directive as last amended by Directive
2004/68/EC (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 321, as corrected by OJ
L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 128).

(2) OJ L 328, 17.12.2003, p. 26. Decision as amended by Decision

2005/60/EC (OJ L 25, 28.1.2005, p. 64).

Article 2

This decision shall apply from 1 May 2007.

(3) OJ L 216, 28.8.2003, p. 58.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 26 April 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX E

Part 1 — Health Certificate for trade in animals from holdings

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Part 2 — Health certificate for trade in colonies of bees/queen bees and bumble bees

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Part 3 — Health certificate for trade in animals, semen, embryos and ova from approved bodies, institutes or
centres

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