2008/576/EC: Commission Decision of 4 July 2008 amending Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the list of the officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions in Poland (notified under document number C(2008) 3284) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, animal leucosis, cattle, health control, veterinary inspection

L 183/40

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.7.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 July 2008

amending Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the list of the officially enzootic-bovine-
leukosis-free regions in Poland

(notified under document number C(2008) 3284)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/576/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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
D(I)(E) thereto,

(5)

(6)

(7)

Whereas:

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

enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free

regions

of

Annex III to 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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

in the
In Chapter 2 of Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC,
entries for Poland, the entry concerning the Voivodship Podkar-
packie is replaced by the following:

— ‘Voivodship Podkarpackie,

Powiaty:

dębicki,

jarosławski,
bieszczadzki,
brzozowski,
jasielski, kolbuszowski, krośnieński, Krosno,
leski,
leżajski,
łańcucki, mielecki, niżański,
przemyski, Przemyśl, przeworski, ropczycko-sędzi-
szowski, rzeszowski, Rzeszów, sanocki, stalowo-
wolski, strzyżowski, Tarnobrzeg, tarnobrzeski.’

lubaczowski,

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 July 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Directive 64/432/EEC provides that a Member State or
part of a Member State may be declared an officially
enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member State or
region
subject to compliance with certain conditions set out
in that Directive.

The list of officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions
of Member States are set out in Annex III to Commission
Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the
tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-
official
leukosis-free
and
regions of Member States as regards bovine herds (2).

certain Member States

status of

lists 12 administrative

That Decision, as amended by Decision 2008/404/EC,
currently
(powiaty)
within the superior administrative unit (Voivodship) of
Podkarpackie in Poland, as officially enzootic-bovine-
leukosis-free regions.

regions

Poland has now submitted to the Commission documen-
tation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate
conditions provided for
in Directive 64/432/EEC, as
regards a further 13 administrative regions (powiaty)
within that superior administrative unit,
in order that
those regions may be considered officially enzootic-
bovine-leukosis-free regions of Poland.

(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

2008/404/EC (OJ L 141, 31.5.2008, p. 16).