2007/663/EC: Commission Decision of 12 October 2007 amending Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (notified under document number C(2007) 4660) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-10-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, animal product, foot-and-mouth disease, health control, sensitive area, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 October 2007

amending Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth
disease in the United Kingdom

(notified under document number C(2007) 4660)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/663/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

to

regard

Council Directive

Having
of
11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-
Community trade with a view to the completion of
the
internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

89/662/EEC

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in
particular Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Following recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in
Great Britain, Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of
9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures
against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (3)
was adopted to reinforce the control measures against
foot-and-mouth disease taken by that Member State in
the framework of Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29
September 2003 on Community measures
the
control of foot-and-mouth disease (4).

for

Decision 2007/554/EC lays down rules applicable to the
dispatch from high and low risk areas in Great Britain of
products considered safe that either were produced
before the restrictions were put in place in the United
Kingdom, from raw material sourced from outside those

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13. Directive as last amended by Directive
2004/41/EC of
the Council
(OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33); corrected version (OJ L 195,
2.6.2004, p. 12).

the European Parliament and of

(2) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive
the Council

the European Parliament and of

2002/33/EC of
(OJ L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).

(3) OJ L 210, 10.8.2007, p. 36. Decision as last amended by Decision

2007/608/EC (OJ L 241, 14.9.2007, p. 26).

(4) OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive

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

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

restricted areas, or that have undergone a treatment
proven effective in inactivating possible foot-and-mouth
disease virus.

In the interests of clarity of Community legislation, it is
appropriate to rephrase the first and second subpara-
graphs of Article 2(6) of Decision 2007/554/EC.

the United

Kingdom in

re-dispatch of

It is appropriate to permit, under specific certification
the
conditions,
frozen semen and
the ovine and caprine species imported
embryos of
accordance with
into
Community
from
semen, ova and embryos not eligible for dispatch from
the high and low risk areas listed in Annexes I and II to
Decision
certification
conditions should be introduced and Article 6(2)(b) of
that Decision should therefore be amended accordingly.

legislation and stored separately

2007/554/EC.

Additional

is

to amend the

also appropriate

It
certification
requirements laid down in Decision 2007/554/EC as
that have
regards animal products,
undergone a heat treatment effectively inactivating the
possible foot-and-mouth disease virus in the product
concerned. Article 8(4) and (6) of that Decision should
therefore be amended accordingly.

including petfood,

In addition, it is necessary to clarify which parts of the
territory of the United Kingdom are concerned by the
measures required to be taken by the other Member
States in relation to animals of a susceptible species
dispatched during the period when animals could have
been dispatched from those parts of the United Kingdom
not included in the surveillance zone established in the
county of Surrey,
in relation to the two outbreaks
confirmed in August 2007. Article 13(2) of Decision
2007/554/EC should therefore be amended to refer
specifically to Great Britain.

Decision 2007/554/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2007/554/EC is amended as follows:

and transported separately from semen, ova and
embryos not eligible for dispatch in accordance
with paragraph 1.’

(b) The following paragraphs 6 and 7 are added:

1. In Article 2, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:

‘6.
The prohibition set out in paragraph 2 of this Article
shall not apply to fresh meat obtained from animals reared
outside the areas listed in Annex I and Annex II and trans-
ported, by way of derogation from Article 1(2) and (3),
directly and under official control
in sealed means of
transport to a slaughterhouse situated in the areas listed in
Annex I outside the protection zone for immediate slaughter,
provided that such fresh meat is only placed on the market
in the areas listed in Annex I and Annex II and complies
with the following conditions:

(a) all such fresh meat is marked in accordance with the
second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Directive
2002/99/EC
Decision
2001/304/EC;

accordance with

or

in

(b) the slaughterhouse is operated under strict veterinary

control;

‘6.
The health certificate provided for in Directive
92/65/EEC and accompanying frozen ovine or caprine
semen dispatched from the United Kingdom to other
Member States shall bear the following words:

“Frozen ovine/caprine semen conforming to Commission
Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning
foot-and-mouth
certain protection measures
disease in the United Kingdom.”

against

The health certificate provided for

in Directive
7.
92/65/EEC and accompanying frozen ovine or caprine
embryos dispatched from the United Kingdom to other
Member States shall bear the following words:

ovine/caprine

“Frozen
to
Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007
concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-
mouth disease in the United Kingdom”.’

conforming

embryos

(c)

the fresh meat is clearly identified, and transported and
stored separately from meat which is eligible for dispatch
outside the United Kingdom.

3. Article 8 is amended as follows:

Compliance with the conditions set out in the first subpara-
graph shall be checked by the competent veterinary authority
under the supervision of the central veterinary authorities.

The central veterinary authorities shall communicate to the
Commission and to the other Member States a list of the
establishments which they have approved for the purposes
of application of this paragraph.’

(a) Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

in the case of

‘4.
By way of derogation from paragraph 3, it shall be
the products referred to in
sufficient,
this Article that
paragraph 2(a)
treatment
compliance with the
stated
in
in the
accordance with the respective Community legislation
is endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).’

to (d) and (f) of

commercial

conditions

document

required

the

for

2. Article 6 is amended as follows:

(b) Paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:

(a)

In paragraph 2, point (b) is replaced by the following:

‘(b) frozen bovine semen and embryos, frozen porcine
semen, and frozen ovine and caprine semen and
embryos imported into the United Kingdom,
in
accordance with the
laid down in
Directives 88/407/EEC, 89/556/EEC, 90/429/EEC or
92/65/EEC respectively, and which, since their intro-
duction into the United Kingdom, have been stored

conditions

in the

case of products

‘6.
By way of derogation from paragraph 3 it shall be
sufficient,
referred to in
paragraph 2(g) which have been produced in an estab-
lishment operating HACCP and an auditable standard
operating procedure which ensures that pre-processed
ingredients comply with the respective animal health
conditions
is
laid down in this Decision,
stated on the commercial document accompanying the
consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).’

that

this

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4. In Article 13, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

Article 2

‘2. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 6 of
Council Decision 90/424/EEC and the measures already
taken by Member States, Member States other than the
United Kingdom shall
appropriate precautionary
take
in relation to susceptible animals dispatched
measures
15
between
from Great
and
Britain
13 September 2007,
isolation and clinical
including
inspection, where necessary combined with laboratory
testing to detect or rule out infection with the foot-and-
mouth disease
those of
Article 4 of Directive 2003/85/EC.’

and where necessary

2007

virus,

July

Member States shall amend the measures which they apply to
trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision.
They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 October 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission