2007/796/EC: Commission Decision of 5 December 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) 5890) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, foot-and-mouth disease, health certificate, health control, live animal, trade restriction, veterinary inspection

7.12.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 322/37

COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 December 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) 5890)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/796/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

safe that either were produced before the restrictions
were put in place in the United Kingdom,
from raw
material sourced from outside those restricted areas, or
that have undergone a treatment proven effective in in-
activating possible foot-and-mouth disease virus.

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,

Having regard to Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29
September 2003 on Community measures for the control of
foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and
Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC,
amending
Directive 92/46/EEC (3), and in particular Article 60(2) and
Article 62(1) and (3) thereof,

and

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
repealing Decision 2007/552/EC (4) was adopted to
reinforce the control measures against foot-and-mouth
disease taken by that Member State in the framework
of Directive 2003/85/EC.

Decision 2007/554/EC lays down rules applicable to the
dispatch from the high risk areas, listed in Annex I, and
the low risk areas listed in Annex II, to that Decision
(restricted areas), in Great Britain of products considered

(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, as corrected by 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)

(4)

(5)

(6)

In Decision 2007/554/EC, as amended by Decision
2007/664/EC, the Commission laid down rules for the
dispatch of certain categories of meat from certain areas
listed in Annex III to Decision 2007/554/EC, as thus
amended, that have not recorded any outbreak of foot-
and-mouth disease for a period of at least 90 days prior
to slaughter and which comply with certain specified
conditions.

On the basis of
the animal health
the evolution of
situation in the United Kingdom, and in particular the
results of the ongoing surveillance, it is now possible to
further enlarge the areas listed in Annex II and to reduce
the area consisting of administrative units listed in Annex
I to Decision 2007/554/EC.

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

Annexes I, II and III to Decision 2007/554/EC are replaced by
the text in the Annex.

Article 2

Implementation

(3) 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).

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

2007/746/EC (OJ L 303, 21.11.2007, p. 24).

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.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Addressees

Done at Brussels, 5 December 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

The following areas in the United Kingdom:

1

GROUP

England

2

ADNS

41

66

76

77

138

148

163

168

3

Administrative Unit

Bracknell Forest Borough

Slough

Windsor and Maidenhead

Wokingham

Buckinghamshire County, the districts of:
South Buckinghamshire

Hampshire County, the districts of:
Hart
Rushmoor

Surrey

Greater London Authority, the boroughs of:
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Richmond upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames
Ealing
Harrow
Brent
Hammersmith and Fulham
Wandsworth
Merton
Sutton

ANNEX II

The following areas in the United Kingdom:

Great Britain with the exception of the areas listed in Annex I.

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The following areas listed in Annex I shall have the status of areas listed in Annex III:

ANNEX III

1

GROUP

England

2

ADNS

41

66

76

77

138

148

163

168

3

Administrative Unit

Bracknell Forest

Slough

Windsor and Maidenhead

Wokingham

Buckinghamshire
districts of:
South Buckinghamshire

County,

the

Hampshire County, the districts of:
Hart
Rushmoor

the

Surrey County

London Authority,

Greater
boroughs of:
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Richmond upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames
Ealing
Harrow
Brent
Hammersmith and Fulham
Wandsworth
Merton
Sutton

4

B

+

+

+

+

+

+
+

+

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

5

S/G

+

+

+

+

+

+
+

+

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

6

P

+

+

+

+

+

+
+

+

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

7

FG

8

WG

+

+

+

+

+

+
+

+

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

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

= bovine meat
= sheep and goat meat (meat of ovine and caprine animals)
= pig meat (meat of porcine animals)
= farmed game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease
= wild game of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease’