2007/453/EC: Commission Decision of 29 June 2007 establishing the BSE status of Member States or third countries or regions thereof according to their BSE risk (notified under document number C(2007) 3114) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EFTA countries, EU Member State, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, disease prevention, health control, third country, zoonosis

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 June 2007

establishing the BSE status of Member States or third countries or regions thereof according to
their BSE risk

(notified under document number C(2007) 3114)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/453/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

The OIE plays a leading role in the categorisation of
countries or regions according to their BSE risk.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down
rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1), and in particular
Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(TSEs)

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 lays down rules for the
transmissible
prevention, control and eradication of
spongiform encephalopathies
animals.
in
According to Article 1 of that Regulation it applies to
the production and placing on the market of live animals
and products of animal origin. For that purpose, the
bovine
status of
Member States or third countries or regions thereof
(countries or regions)
is to be determined by classifi-
cation into one of three categories depending on the
BSE risk as laid down in Article 5(1) of that Regulation.

spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)

categorising countries or

The objective of
regions
according to their BSE risk is to establish trade rules
for each BSE risk category in order to provide the
necessary guarantees for protecting animal and public
health.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

During the OIE General Session in May 2007, a Reso-
lution was adopted relating to the BSE status of different
countries. Pending a final conclusion on the BSE risk
status of the Member States and taking into account
the harmonised stringent BSE protective measures
applied within the Community,
the Member States
should be provisionally recognised as countries with a
controlled BSE risk.

In addition, awaiting the final conclusion on the BSE risk
status concerning Norway and Iceland and taking into
account the results of the most recent risk assessments
concerning those third countries, they should be provi-
sionally recognised as countries with a controlled BSE
risk.

Pursuant to Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001,
transitional measures were taken for a period ending on
1 July 2007. Those measures are to cease to apply imme-
diately following the date of adoption of a decision on
classification in accordance with Article 5 of that Regu-
lation. A decision should therefore be taken to classify
countries or regions according to their BSE risk before
that date.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 sets out the
rules for intra-Community trade and Annex IX to that
Regulation sets out the rules relating to imports into the
Community. They are based on the rules laid down in
the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Orga-
nisation for Animal Health (OIE).

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(1) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1923/2006 (OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

The BSE status of countries or regions according to their BSE
risk is set out in the Annex.

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This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2007.

Article 2

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 June 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

LIST OF COUNTRIES OR REGIONS

A. Countries or regions with a negligible BSE risk

— Argentina

— Australia

— New Zealand

— Singapore

— Uruguay

B. Countries or regions with a controlled BSE risk

Member States

— Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia,
Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom

EFTA Countries

— Iceland, Norway, Switzerland

Third countries

— Brazil

— Canada

— Chile

— Taiwan

— United States of America

C. Countries or regions with undetermined BSE risk

— Countries or regions not listed in points A or B of this Annex.