2008/97/EC: Commission Decision of 30 January 2008 amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Italy are officially free of brucellosis ( B. melitensis ) and Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Italy are officially free of bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis and that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic bovine leucosis (notified under document number C(2008) 324) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-01-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal leucosis, animal tuberculosis, brucellosis, cattle, regions of Italy, regions of Poland, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 January 2008

amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Italy
are officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) and Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration
that certain administrative regions of Italy are officially free of bovine tuberculosis and bovine
brucellosis and that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic bovine
leucosis

(notified under document number C(2008) 324)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/97/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community
trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Annex
A(I)(4), Annex A(II)(7) and Annex D(I)(E) thereto,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January
1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in ovine and caprine animals (2), and in particular Section
II of Chapter 1 of Annex A thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 93/52/EEC of 21 December 1992
recording the compliance by certain Member States or
regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B.
melitensis) and according them the status of a Member
State or region officially free of the disease (3) lists the
Member States and regions thereof which are recognised
as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) in accordance
with Directive 91/68/EEC.

Italy has submitted to the Commission documentation
demonstrating compliance with the conditions provided
for in Section II(1)(b) of Chapter 1 of Annex A to
Directive 91/68/EEC as regards the provinces of Latina
and Roma in the Region of Lazio and the Region of
Veneto. Those provinces
region should
therefore be recognised as officially free of brucellosis
(B. melitensis).

and that

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. Directive as last amended by
Commission Decision 2007/729/EC (OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 26).
(2) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19. Directive as last amended by Directive

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

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Directive 64/432/EEC provides that Member States or
parts or regions thereof may be declared officially free
of tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leucosis
as regards bovine herds subject
to compliance with
certain conditions set out in that Directive.

The lists of regions of Member States declared free of
bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and enzootic
bovine leucosis are set out
in Commission Decision
2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official
tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-leucosis-free
status of certain Member States and regions of Member
States as regards bovine herds (4).

compliance with

Italy has submitted to the Commission documentation
appropriate
the
demonstrating
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
conditions provided for
regards
in the Region of
Piemonte and the provinces of Pisa and Pistoia in the
Region of Toscana in order that those provinces may be
declared officially tuberculosis-free regions of Italy.

the province of Vercelli

Italy has also submitted to the Commission documen-
tation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate
conditions provided for
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
regards the province of Brindisi in the Region of Puglia
and the Region of Toscana in order that that province
and that region may be declared officially brucellosis-free
regions of Italy.

Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by
Italy,
the provinces and the region concerned should
therefore be declared officially tuberculosis-free and
brucellosis-free regions of
Italy respectively as regards
bovine animals.

Poland has submitted to the Commission documentation
demonstrating
appropriate
the
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
conditions provided for
regards that certain powiaty may be considered officially
enzootic-bovine-leucosis-free regions of Poland.

compliance with

(3) OJ L 13, 21.1.1993, p. 14. Decision as last amended by Decision

(4) OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74. Decision as last amended by Decision

2007/399/EC (OJ L 150, 12.6.2007, p. 11).

2007/559/EC (OJ L 212, 14.8.2007, p. 20).

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(9)

Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by
those powiaty in Poland should therefore be
Poland,
recognised
enzootic-bovine-leucosis-free
as
regions of that Member State.

officially

Article 2

Annexes I, II and III to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended in
accordance with Annex II to this Decision.

(10) Decisions 93/52/EEC and 2003/467/EC should therefore

be amended accordingly.

Article 3

(11)

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2008.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC is amended in accordance with
Annex I to this Decision.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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In Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC, the second paragraph as regards Italy is replaced by the following:

ANNEX I

‘In Italy:

— Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara.

— Region Friuli Venezia Giulia.

— Region Lazio: Provinces of Latina, Roma.

— Region Liguria: Province of Savona.

— Region Lombardia: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milano, Pavia,

Sondrio, Varese.

— Region Marche: Provinces of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata, Pesaro, Urbino.

— Region Molise: Province of Isernia.

— Region Piemonte: Provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Torino, Verbania, Vercelli.

— Region Sardinia: Provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari.

— Region Trentino-Alto Adige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento.

— Region Toscana: Provinces of Arezzo, Firenze, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato, Siena.

— Region Umbria: Provinces of Perugia, Terni.

— Region of Veneto.’

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Annexes I, II and III to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended as follows:

ANNEX II

(1) in Annex I, Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER 2

Officially tuberculosis-free regions of Member States

In Italy:

— Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara.

— Region Emilia-Romagna.

— Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

— Region Lombardia: Provinces of Bergamo, Como, Lecco, Sondrio.

— Region Marche: Province of Ascoli Piceno.

— Region Piemonte: Provinces of Novara, Verbania, Vercelli.

— Region Toscana: Provinces of Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca, Prato, Pisa, Pistoia, Siena.

— Region Trentino-Alto Aldige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento.

— Region Veneto: Provinces of Belluno, Padova.’;

(2) in Annex II, Chapter 2 is replaced by the following:

‘CHAPTER 2

Officially brucellosis-free regions of Member States

In Italy:

— Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara.

— Region Emilia-Romagna: Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Cesena, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio

Emilia, Rimini.

— Region Friuli Venezia Giulia.

— Region Lazio: Province of Rieti.

— Region Liguria: Provinces of Imperia, Savona.

— Region Lombardia: Provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milano, Pavia, Sondrio,

Varese.

— Region Marche: Province of Ascoli Piceno.

— Region Piemonte: Provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Novara, Torino, Verbania, Vercelli.

— Region Puglia: Province of Brindisi.

— Region Sardinia: Provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari.

— Region Toscana.

— Region Trentino-Alto Aldige: Provinces of Bolzano, Trento.

— Region Umbria: Provinces of Perugia, Terni.

— Region Veneto.’;

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(3) in Chapter 2 of Annex III, the second paragraph concerning Poland is replaced by the following:

‘In Poland:

— Voivodship Dolnośląskie

Powiaty:

Bolesławiecki, Dzierżoniowski, Głogowski, Górowski,
Jelenia Góra,
Jaworski,
Legnicki, Legnica, Lubański, Lubiński, Lwówecki, Milicki,
Kamiennogórski, Kłodzki,
Oleśnicki, Oławski, Polkowicki, Strzeliński, Średzki, Świdnicki, Trzebnicki, Wałbrzyski,
Wałbrzych, Wołowski, Wrocławski, Wrocław, Ząbkowicki, Zgorzelecki, Złotoryjski.

Jeleniogórski,

— Voivodship Lubelskie

Powiaty:

Bialski, Biała Podlaska, Biłgorajski, Chełmski, Chełm, Hrubieszowski, Janowski, Krasnostawski,
Kraśnicki, Lubartowski, Lubelski, Lublin, Łęczyński, Łukowski, Opolski, Parczewski, Puławski,
Radzyński, Rycki, Świdnicki, Tomaszowski, Włodawski, Zamojski, Zamość.

— Voivodship Łódzkie

Powiaty:

Bełchatowski, Brzeziński, Kutnowski, Łaski, Łęczycki, Łódzki, Łódź, Opoczyński, Pabianicki,
Pajęczański, Piotrkowski, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poddębicki, Radomszczański, Rawski, Skier-
niewicki, Skierniewice, Tomaszowski, Wieluński, Zduńskowolski, Zgierski.

— Voivodship Małopolskie

Powiaty:

Brzeski, Bocheński, Chrzanowski, Dąbrowski, Gorlicki, Krakowski, Kraków, Limanowski,
Miechowski, Myślenicki, Nowosądecki, Nowy Sącz, Oświęcimski, Olkuski, Tarnowski,
Tarnów, Wielicki.

— Voivodship Opolskie

Powiaty:

Brzeski, Głubczycki, Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski, Kluczborski, Krapkowicki, Namysłowski, Nyski,
Olecki, Opolski, Opole, Prudnicki, Strzelecki.

— Voivodship Podkarpackie

Powiaty:

Bieszczadzki, Brzozowski,
Rzeszowski, Rzeszów, Sanocki, Strzyżowski.

Jasielski, Krośnieński, Krosno,

Leski,

Leżajski,

Łańcucki,

— Voivodship Śląskie

Powiaty:

Będziński, Bielski, Bielsko-Biała, Bytom, Chorzów, Cieszyński, Częstochowski, Częstochowa,
Dąbrowa, Gliwicki, Gliwice,
Jaworzno, Katowice, Kłobucki, Lubliniecki,
Mikołowski, Mysłowice, Myszkowski, Piekary Śląskie, Pszczyński, Raciborski, Ruda Śląska,
Rybnicki, Rybnik, Siemianowice, Sosnowiec, Świętochłowice, Tarnogórski, Tychy, Tyski,
Wodzisławski, Zabrze, Zawierciański, Żory, Żywiecki.

Jastrzębie Zdrój,

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— Voivodship Świętokrzyskie

Powiaty:

Jędrzejowski, Kazimierski, Kielecki, Kielce, Konecki, Opatowski, Ostrowiecki,

Buski,
Pińczowski, Sandomierski, Skarżyski, Starachowicki, Staszowski, Włoszczowski.

— Voivodship Wielkopolskie

Powiaty:

Jarociński, Kaliski, Kalisz, Kępiński, Kolski, Koniński, Konin, Krotoszyński, Ostrzeszowski,
Słupecki, Turecki, Wrzesiński.’