2008/404/EC: Commission Decision of 21 May 2008 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that a certain administrative region of Italy is officially free of bovine tuberculosis and that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis (notified under document number C(2008) 1876) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-05-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Poland, animal leucosis, cattle, health control, infectious disease, veterinary inspection

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 May 2008

amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that a certain administrative region of
Italy is officially free of bovine tuberculosis and that certain administrative regions of Poland are
officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis

(notified under document number C(2008) 1876)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/404/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) and Annex D(I)(E) thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Directive 64/432/EEC provides that a Member State or
part of a Member State may be declared officially free of
bovine tuberculosis and enzootic bovine leukosis 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 and enzootic bovine leukosis are set
out in Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June
2003 establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis and
enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member
States and regions of Member States as regards bovine
herds (2).

(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 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74. Decision as last amended by Decision

2008/234/EC (OJ L 76, 19.3.2008, p. 58).

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

compliance with

Italy has submitted to the Commission documentation
demonstrating
appropriate
the
conditions provided for
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
regards all the provinces of the Region of Veneto in
order that that region may be considered an officially
bovine tuberculosis-free region of Italy.

Following the evaluation of
region of
bovine-tuberculosis-free region of that Member State.

that
Italy should be recognised as an officially

that documentation,

Poland has also submitted to the Commission documen-
tation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate
conditions provided for
in Directive 64/432/EEC as
regards two administrative regions (powiaty) within the
superior administrative unit (Voivodship) of Małopolskie,
in order that those regions may be considered officially
enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Poland.

Following the evaluation of that documentation, those
regions (powiaty) of Poland should be recognised as offi-
cially
that
Member State.

enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free

regions

of

Decision 2003/467/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:

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

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 21 May 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

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

(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.’

(2) 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, Jaworski, Jeleniogórski, Jelenia Góra,
Kamiennogórski, Kłodzki, Legnicki, Legnica, Lubański, Lubiński, Lwówecki, Milicki,
Oleśnicki, Oławski, Polkowicki, Strzeliński, Średzki, Świdnicki, Trzebnicki, Wałbrzyski,
Wałbrzych, Wołowski, Wrocławski, Wrocław, Ząbkowicki, Zgorzelecki, Złotoryjski.

— Voivodship Lubelskie

Powiaty:

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

— Voivodship Kujawsko-Pomorskie

Powiaty:

Aleksandrowski, Chełmiński, Golubsko-Dobrzyński, Grudziądzki, Grudziądz, Toruński,
Toruń, Wąbrzeski.

— Voivodship Łódzkie

Powiaty:

Bełchatowski, Brzeziński, Kutnowski, Łaski, Łęczycki, Łowicki, Łódzki, Łódź, Opoczyński,
Pabianicki, Pajęczański, Piotrkowski, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poddębicki, Radomszczański,
Rawski, Sieradzki, Skierniewicki, Skierniewice, Tomaszowski, Wieluński, Wieruszowski,
Zduńskowolski, Zgierski.

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— Voivodship Małopolskie

Powiaty:

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

— Voivodship Opolskie

Powiaty:

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

— Voivodship Podkarpackie

Powiaty:

Bieszczadzki, Brzozowski, Jasielski, Krośnieński, Krosno, Leski, Leżajski, Łańcucki, Rzes-
zowski, Rzeszów, Sanocki, Strzyżowski.

— Voivodship Śląskie

Powiaty:

Będziński, Bielski, Bielsko Biała, Bytom, Chorzów, Cieszyński, Częstochowski, Częs-
tochowa, 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,

— Voivodship Świętokrzyskie

Powiaty:

Buski, Jędrzejowski, Kazimierski, Kielecki, Kielce, Konecki, Opatowski, Ostrowiecki, Pińc-
zowski, Sandomierski, Skarżyski, Starachowicki, Staszowski, Włoszczowski.

— Voivodship Wielkopolskie

Powiaty:

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