2007/709/EC: Commission Decision of 31 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) 5284) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, animal product, foot-and-mouth disease, health certificate, live animal, trade restriction, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 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) 5284)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/709/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
in intra-
December 1989 concerning
Community trade with a view to the completion of
the
internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

veterinary

checks

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)

foot-and-mouth

Following recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in
Great Britain, Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9
August 2007 concerning certain protection measures
the United
against
Kingdom (3) was
control
the
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 for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (4).

disease
adopted to reinforce

in

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

2007/664/EC (OJ L 270, 13.10.2007, p. 21).

(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)

By adopting Decision 2007/664/EC the Commission laid
down rules for the dispatch of certain categories of meat
from certain areas listed in an additional Annex III that
foot-and-mouth
have not
disease for at
to slaughter and
which comply with certain specified conditions.

recorded any outbreak of

least 90 days prior

information provided by the United
On the basis of
Kingdom,
it is now, more than an incubation period
after the last confirmed outbreak, appropriate to further
lift certain restrictions applied to meat and frozen semen,
ova and embryos, produced from animals that have been
resident in areas that did not experience an outbreak of
foot-and-mouth disease in 2007.

However, given the epidemiological situation in and
regionalisation of the United Kingdom, and taking into
account the conditions for the recovery of a foot-and-
mouth disease free status, it is necessary to extend the
application of Decision 2007/554/EC until 15 December
2007.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2007/554/EC is amended as follows:

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

‘4.
The prohibition set out in paragraph 2 shall not apply
to meats bearing the health mark in accordance with
Chapter III of Section I of Annex I
to Regulation (EC)
No 854/2004, provided that:

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(a)

the meat is clearly identified, and has been transported
and stored since the date of production separately from
meat which is not eligible,
in accordance with this
Decision, for dispatch outside the areas listed in Annex I;

(b) the meat complies with one of the following conditions:

(i) it was obtained before 15 July 2007; or

(ii) it is derived from animals reared for at least 90 days
prior to the date of slaughter and slaughtered; or in
the case of meat obtained from wild game of species
susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease (“wild game”)
killed, outside the areas listed in Annexes I and II; or

(iii) it complies with the conditions set out in points (c),

(d) and (e);

(c)

the meat was obtained from domestic ungulates or from
farmed game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth
disease (“farmed game”), as specified for the respective
category of meat in one of the appropriate columns 4
to 7 in Annex III, and complies with the following
conditions:

(i) the animals have been reared for at least 90 days
prior to the date of slaughter on holdings situated
within the areas specified in columns 1, 2 and 3 of
Annex III, where there has been no outbreak of foot-
and-mouth disease during at least that period;

(ii) during the 21 days prior to the date of transport to
the slaughterhouse, or in the case of farmed game
the
to the date of on-farm slaughtering,
prior
animals have remained under the supervision of
the competent veterinary authorities on a single
holding which is situated in the centre of a circle
around the holding of at least 10 km radius, where
foot-and-mouth
there has been no outbreak of
disease during at least 30 days prior to the date of
loading;

(iii) no animals of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth
disease have been introduced into the holding
referred to in point (ii) during the 21 days prior
to the date of loading, or in the case of farmed
game prior to the date of on-farm slaughtering,
coming from a
except
case of pigs
supplying
the
conditions laid down in point (ii),
in which case
the period of 21 days may be reduced to 7 days;

holding which

complies with

in the

However, the competent authority may authorise the
introduction into the holding referred to in point (ii)
of animals of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth
disease which comply with the conditions set out in
points (i) and (ii) and which

— come from a holding where no animals of
susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease
species
have been introduced during the 21 days prior
to the date of transport to the holding referred
to in point (ii), except in the case of pigs coming
from a supplying holding in which case the
period of 21 days may be reduced to 7 days; or

— were subjected with negative results to a test for
the foot-and-mouth disease
antibodies against
virus carried out on a blood sample taken
within 10 days prior to the date of transport
to the holding referred to in point (ii); or

— come from a holding that was subjected with
negative results to a serological survey pursuant
to a sampling protocol suitable to detect 5 %
prevalence of
foot-and-mouth disease with at
least a 95 % level of confidence;

(iv) the animals or,

in the

case of

farmed game
slaughtered on the farm, the carcasses have been
transported under official control
in means of
transport that have been cleansed and disinfected
before loading from the holding referred to in
point (ii) to the designated slaughterhouse;

(v) the animals have been slaughtered less than 24
hours following the time of arrival at the slaugh-
terhouse and separately from animals the meat of
which is not eligible for dispatch from the area listed
in Annex I;

(d) the meat, if positively marked in column 8 of Annex III,
was obtained from wild game, that was killed in areas
where there has been no outbreak of foot-and-mouth
disease for at least a period of 90 days before the date
of killing and at a distance of at least 20 km from areas
not specified in columns 1, 2 and 3 of Annex III;

(e) Meat referred to in points (c) and (d) must in addition

comply with the following conditions:

(i) the dispatch of such meat is only to be authorised
by the competent veterinary authority of the United
Kingdom, if

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— the animals referred to in point (c)(iv) have been
transported to the establishment without contact
to holdings situated in areas not specified in
columns 1, 2 and 3 of Annex III; and

— the establishment is not situated in the county of

Surrey;

(ii) the meat is at all times clearly identified, handled,
stored and transported separately from meat which
is not eligible for dispatch from the area listed in
Annex I;

(iii) during post-mortem inspection by the official vete-
rinarian in the establishment of dispatch, or in the
case of on-farm slaughtering of farmed game on the
holding referred to in point (c)(ii), or in the case of
wild game at the game-handling establishment, no
clinical signs or post-mortem evidence of foot-and-
mouth disease were established;

have approved for the purposes of application of
points (c), (d) and (e).’

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

The prohibitions set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply

‘2.
to:

(a) semen, ova and embryos produced before 15 July 2007;

(b) frozen bovine semen and embryos,

imported

frozen porcine
semen and
semen, and frozen ovine and caprine
into the United Kingdom in
embryos
accordance with the conditions laid down in Directives
88/407/EEC, 89/556/EEC, 90/429/EEC or 92/65/EEC
respectively, and which since their
introduction into
the United Kingdom have been stored and transported
separately from semen, ova and embryos not eligible for
dispatch in accordance with paragraph 1;

(iv) the meat has remained in the establishments or
holdings referred to in point (e)(iii) for at least 24
hours following the post-mortem inspection of the
animals referred to in points (c) and (d),

(c)

frozen semen and embryos obtained from bovine,
porcine, ovine and caprine animals kept for at least 90
days prior to the date of and during collection within the
areas specified in columns 1, 2 and 3 of Annex III and
which:

(v) any further preparation of meat for dispatch outside
the area listed in Annex I shall be suspended:

(i) have been be stored in approved conditions for a
minimum period of 30 days prior to the date of
dispatch, and

in

the

establishments
(e)(iii), until

— in the case where foot-and-mouth disease has
or
been diagnosed
the
holdings referred to in point
slaughter of
and the
removal of all meat and dead animals has been
completed, and at least 24 hours have elapsed
since the completion of the total cleansing and
disinfection of those establishments and holdings
under the control of an official veterinarian, and

animals present

all

— in the case of slaughter
in the same estab-
lishment of animals
susceptible to foot-and-
mouth disease coming from holdings situated
in areas in Annex I that do not comply with
the conditions set out in point 4(c) or (d), until
such animals and the
the slaughter of all
estab-
cleansing
and disinfection of
lishments have been completed under
the
control of an official veterinarian;

those

(ii) have been collected from donor animals standing in
centres or on holdings which have been free from
foot-and-mouth disease for at
three months
prior to the date of collection of the semen and
30 days after the date of collection and which are
situated in the centre of an area of 10 kilometres
foot-
radius in which there has been no case of
and-mouth disease for at least 30 days prior to the
date of collection.

least

Before the dispatch of the semen referred to in points (a), (b)
and (c) the central veterinary authorities shall communicate
to the other Member States and the Commission a list of
centres and teams approved for the purpose of application of
this paragraph.’

3. In Article 17,

December 2007’.

‘15 November 2007’

is replaced by ‘15

(vi) the central veterinary authorities shall communicate
to the other Member States and the Commission a
list of those establishments and holdings which they

4. Annex III
Decision.

is replaced by the text

in the Annex to this

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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 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX III

1

2

3

GROUP

ADNS

Administrative Unit

Scottish Islands

Scotland

England

131

123

124

121

122

126
128

79
81

80
90

127

85
88
96
129
130

92

94

Shetland Islands

Orkney Islands

NA H-Eileanan An Iar

Highland

Moray

Aberdeenshire
Aberdeen City

Angus
Dundee City

Clackmannanshire
Perth & Kinross

Fife

Falkirk
Midlothian
West Lothian
City of Edinburgh
East Lothian

Scottish Borders

Stirling

125

Argyll and Bute

83
84
86
87
89
91
93
95

82
132
133

134

141

169

10
16
17
26
29

East Dunbartonshire
East Renfrewshire
City of Glasgow
Inverclyde
North Lanarkshire
Renfrewshire
South Lanarkshire
West Dunbartonshire

East Ayrshire
North Ayrshire
South Ayrshire

Dumfries & Galloway

Cumbria

Northumberland

Gateshead
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
South Tyneside
Sunderland

144

Durham

52
55
58
64
69

151
38
39

Darlington
Hartlepool
Middlesbrough
Redcar and Cleveland
Stockton-on-Tees

Lancashire
Blackburn with Darwen
Blackpool

8

WG

+

+

+

4

B

+

+

+

+

+

+
+

+
+

+
+

+

+
+
+
+
+

+

+

+

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

+
+
+

+

+

+

+
+
+
+
+

+

+
+
+
+
+

+
+
+

5

S/G

+

+

+

+

+

+
+

+
+

+
+

+

+
+
+
+
+

+

+

+

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

+
+
+

+

+

+

+
+
+
+
+

+

+
+
+
+
+

+
+
+

6

P

+

+

+

+

+

+
+

+
+

+
+

+

+
+
+
+
+

+

+

+

+
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+

+
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+

+

+

+

+
+
+
+
+

+

+
+
+
+
+

+
+
+

7

FG

+

+

+

+

+

+
+

+
+

+
+

+

+
+
+
+
+

+

+

+

+
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+

+

+
+
+
+
+

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+
+

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2

3

GROUP

ADNS

Administrative Unit

176

177
78

53
45
60
61

32
11
6
4
13

1
8
20
24

30
18
19
5
3
21
31
15
27
34

12
14
23
28
74

140
54
35

142
44

157
47

153

159
71

161
50

170
73
136

171

143

North Yorkshire excluding
Selby
Selby District
York

East Riding of Yorkshire
City of Kingston upon Hull
North East Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire

West Yorkshire consisting of
Wakefield District
Kirklees District
Calderdale District
Bradford
Leeds

South Yorkshire consisting of
Barnsley District
Doncaster District
Rotherham District
Sheffield District

Greater Manchester consisting
of
Tameside District
Oldham District
Rochdale District
Bury District
Bolton District
Salford District
Trafford District
Manchester District
Stockport District
Wigan District

Merseyside consisting of
Knowsley District
Liverpool District
Sefton District
St. Helens District
Warrington

Cheshire County
Halton
Wirral District

Derbyshire County
City of Derby

Nottinghamshire County
City of Nottingham

Lincolnshire

Shropshire
Telford and Wrekin

Staffordshire County
City of Stoke-on-Trent

Devon County
Torbay
Plymouth

Cornwall County

Dorset County

4

B

+

+
+

+
+
+
+

+
+
+
+
+

+
+
+
+

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

+
+
+
+
+

+
+
+

+
+

+
+

+

+
+

+
+

+
+
+

+

+

5

S/G

+

+
+

+
+
+
+

+
+
+
+
+

+
+
+
+

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+
+
+

+
+
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+

+
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+
+

+
+
+

+

+

6

P

+

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+

+
+
+
+

+
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+

+
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+
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+
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+

+
+
+

+

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7

FG

8

WG

+

+
+

+
+
+
+

+
+
+
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+

+
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3

GROUP

ADNS

Administrative Unit

62

40

160

120

37

43

68

51

Poole

Bournemouth

Somerset County

North Somerset

Bath and North East Somerset

City of Bristol

South Gloucestershire

Herefordshire County

167

Worcestershire County

9

2

22

36

33

25

7

Dudley District

Birmingham District

Sandwell District

Wolverhampton District

Walsall District

Solihull District

Coventry District

152

Leicestershire County

46

65

48

154

162

172

114

115

116

103

108

111

113

173
174

118

110

119

97

102

105

107

99

98

112

101

104

City of Leicester

Rutland

City of Peterborough

Norfolk County

Suffolk County

Isles of Scilly

Isle of Wight
Sir Ynys Mon — Isle of
Anglesey

Gwynedd

Conwy

Sir Ddinbych-Denbigshir

Sir Y Fflint-Flintshire

Wrecsam-Wrexham

North Powys
South Powys

Sir Ceredigion-Ceredigion
Sir Gaerfyrddin — Carmarthen

Sir Benfro-Pembrokeshire

Abertawe-Swansea

Castell-Nedd Port Talbot-Neath
Port Talbot
Pen-y-Bont Ar Ogwr —
Bridgend

Rhondda/Cynon/Taf

Bro Morgannwg-The Valee of
Glamorgan

Bleanau Gwent
Tor-Faen — Tor Faen
Casnewydd — Newport

Merthyr Tudful-Merthyr Tydfil

Wales

4

B

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

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+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+
+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

S/G

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

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6

P

+

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+

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+

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+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

FG

8

WG

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+
+

+

+

+

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+

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+

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2

3

GROUP

ADNS

Administrative Unit

100

117

109

Caerffili — Caerphilly
Caerdydd — Cardiff
Sir Fynwy — Monmouthshire

ADNS = Animal Disease Notification System Code (Decision 2005/176/EC)
B
S/G
P
FG
WG

= bovine meat
= sheep and goat meat
= pig meat
= farmed game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease
= wild game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease’

4

B

+

+

+

5

S/G

+

+

+

6

P

+

+

+

7

FG

+

+

+

8

WG