COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT  accompanying the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council  on the TSE Roadmap 2   COM(2010)384
Date: 2010-07-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, animal nutrition, animal protein, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, cattle, disease prevention, veterinary legislation

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 16.7.2010 
SEC(2010) 899 final 

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT 

accompanying the 

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council 

on the TSE Roadmap 2 

COM(2010)384 

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COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT 

accompanying the 

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council 

on the TSE Roadmap 2 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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General introduction..................................................................................................... 3 

ANNEX I: Glossary ..................................................................................................... 4 

ANNEX II: Overview of the first TSE Roadmap's achievements over the period 
2005-2009 .................................................................................................................... 6 

ANNEX III: Evolution of BSE epidemiological situation since 2001 ........................ 9 

ANNEX IV: Chronological list of TSE legislation adopted following the first TSE 
Roadmap .................................................................................................................... 11 

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1. 

GENERAL INTRODUCTION 

This  working  document  accompanies  the  Communication  of  the  Commission  to  the 
European Parliament and the Council on the TSE Roadmap 2.  

The working document provides background information on certain aspects developed 
in the Communication. In particular: 

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it gives a glossary of the technical terms used in the Communication; 

it  provides  an  overview  of  the  main  achievements  of  the  first  TSE  Roadmap 
over the period 2005-2009; 

it  shows  the  evolution  of  the  BSE  epidemiological  situation  in  the  EU  since 
2001; 

it  provides  the  full  list  of  TSE  legislation  adopted  following  the  first  TSE 
Roadmap. 

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ANNEX I: GLOSSARY 

What are TSEs? 

Transmissible  Spongiform  Encephalopathies  (TSEs)  are  a  family  of  diseases 
occurring  in  human  and  animals  and  are  characterised  by  a  degeneration  of  brain 
tissue giving a sponge-like appearance leading to death. The family includes diseases 
in  humans,  Bovine  Spongiform 
such  as  Creutzfeldt  Jakob  Disease  (CJD) 
Encephalopathy  (BSE)  in  cattle,  Scrapie  in  small  ruminants  (sheep  and  goats), 
Chronic  Wasting  Disease  (CWD)  in  cervids.  The  commonly  accepted  cause  of  the 
TSE disease is a transmissible agent called a prion which is an abnormal form of a 
protein. 

What is BSE? 

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is a TSE disease of cattle. BSE was first 
diagnosed in the UK in 1986, and reached epidemic proportions due to cattle being 
fed with processed animal protein, produced from ruminant carcasses, some of which 
were  infected.  BSE  is  considered  to  be  transmissible  to  humans  by  the  oral  route 
causing variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (vCJD). 

What are the specified risk materials (SRM)? 

SRM are the organs considered to harbour the BSE infectivity in an animal affected 
by BSE and which can consequently pose a risk to human health if consumed. For 
bovines  the  list  includes:  the  skull  excluding  the  mandible  and  including  the  brain 
and eyes, and the spinal cord of animals aged over 12 months, the vertebral column 
including  the  dorsal  root  ganglia  of  animals  aged  over  30  months,  the  tonsils,  the 
intestines from the duodenum to the rectum and the mesentery of animals of all ages. 
According to EU rules, all SRM are removed from the food and feed chains in EU 
Member States and destroyed. SRM removal is the most important measure in terms 
of protection of public health against BSE. 

What is the feed ban? 

The feed ban is a preventive measure laid down against TSE and consists of a ban on 
the  use  of  processed  animal  protein  (PAP)  in  feed  for  farmed  animals  in  order  to 
avoid spreading BSE. Findings by the scientific committees linked the spread of BSE 
to the consumption of feed contaminated by the infected ruminant protein in the form 
of PAP. In other words PAP produced from ruminant carcasses, some of which were 
infected, was assumed to be the transmission route of BSE. Based on these findings a 
ban on the feeding of mammalian processed animal protein to cattle, sheep and goats 
was  introduced  in  July  1994.  The  ban  was  expanded  in  January  2001  with  the 
feeding of all processed animal proteins to all farmed animals being prohibited, with 
certain  limited  exceptions.  This  is  to  ensure  that  there  is  no  cross-contamination 
between  feed  containing  PAP  intended  for  species  other  than  ruminants  and  feed 
intended for ruminants. Only certain animal proteins considered to be safe (such as 
fishmeal) can be used, and even then under very strict conditions. 

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What are processed animal proteins (PAP)? 

PAP  are  animal  proteins  derived  from  animal  by-products  and  which  have  been 
treated so as to render them suitable for direct use as feed material or for any other 
use  in  feedingstuffs,  including  pet  food,  or  for  use  in  organic  fertilisers  or  soil 
improvers; however, it does not include blood products, milk, milk-based products, 
colostrum,  gelatine,  hydrolysed  proteins  and  dicalcium  phosphate,  eggs  and  egg-
products, tricalcium phosphate and collagen. 

What is TSE monitoring/testing? 

Adequate  surveillance  forms  the  basis  for  successful  detection,  control  and 
eradication of TSEs. Since May 1998, EU-wide measures on surveillance have been 
in place. Each Member State has to carry out an annual monitoring programme for 
TSEs  based  on  active  surveillance  (testing  without  previous  suspicion)  and  passive 
surveillance  (testing  of  clinical  suspects  identified  by  veterinarians/farmers)  which 
applies  to  both  bovine  animals  and  ovine  and  caprine  animals.  The  monitoring 
programme provides a reliable insight into the prevalence and evolution of TSEs in 
the  Member  States  and  at  the  same  time  ensures  that  no  BSE  cases  are  being 
slaughtered for human consumption.  

Since  the  start  of  an  expanded  monitoring  programme  on  BSE  in  2001,  more  than 
87 million  cattle  have  been  tested  in  the  EU,  in  addition  to  those  tested  as  BSE 
suspects. The number of positive cases in 2009 (67 cases) has continued to decrease 
compared to previous years: 2008 (125), 2007 (175), 2006 (320), 2005 (561), 2004 
(865),  2003  (1376),  2002  (2124)  and  2001  (2167).  This  consistent  fall  proves  the 
effect  of  the  strict  EU  measures  put  in  place.  However,  a  complete  eradication  of 
BSE will still take years, given its long incubation period. 

What is the OIE? 

The  OIE  is  the  World  Organisation  for  Animal  Health.  It  is  the  intergovernmental 
organisation  responsible  for  improving  animal  health  worldwide.  The  need  to  fight 
animal  diseases  at  global  level  led  to  the  creation  of  the  Office  International  des 
Epizooties (OIE) through the international Agreement signed on January 25th 1924. 
In May 2003 the Office became the World Organisation for Animal Health but kept 
its historical acronym OIE. It is recognised as a reference organisation by the World 
Trade  Organization (WTO) and in 2010, had a  total  of  175  Member  Countries  and 
Territories.  The  OIE  maintains  permanent  relations  with  36  other  international  and 
regional organisations and has regional and sub-regional offices on every continent. 

What is EFSA? 

The  European  Food  Safety  Authority  (EFSA),  set  up  in  January  2002  following  a 
series of food crises in the late 1990s, is an independent source of scientific advice 
and communication on risks associated with the food chain. As a risk assessor, EFSA 
produces objective and independent scientific opinions and advice to provide a sound 
foundation  for  European  policies  and  legislation  and  to  support  the  European 
Commission,  European  Parliament  and  EU  Member  States  in  taking  effective  and 
timely  risk  management  decisions.  EFSA’s  remit  covers  food  and  feed  safety, 
nutrition, animal health and welfare, plant protection and plant health. 

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ANNEX II: OVERVIEW OF THE FIRST TSE ROADMAP'S ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE 
PERIOD 2005-2009 

Since the adoption of the first TSE Roadmap in 2005, major steps have been taken as 
regards the following domains. 

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Specified risk materials 

The first step was an increase in the age limit for the removal of the vertebral 
column from 12 to 24 months on 1 January 2006 based on scientific advice1. 
Following  updated  scientific  evidence2,  a  further  increase  in  the  age  limit  for 
the  removal  of  the  vertebral  column  as  specified  risk  material  in  cattle  from 
24 to 30 months was adopted in April 2008. 

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UK embargo 

A  second  major  step,  unanimously  supported  by  all  Member  States,  was  the 
lifting  of  the  restrictions  on  the  trade  of  live  bovine  animals  and  products 
thereof originating from the UK which entered into force on 2 May 2006. 

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Categorisation of countries according to their BSE risk 

In  June  2007,  Member  States  and  third  countries  or  regions  thereof  were 
classified into three risk categories as regards BSE (negligible risk, controlled 
risk and undetermined risk) according to OIE standards. The categorisation is 
updated every year based on OIE Resolutions3. 

–  Monitoring programme for small ruminants (sheep and goats) 

In  July  2007  the  monitoring  was  reduced  to  a  level  similar  to  the  situation 
before  the  increased  monitoring  programmes  in  small  ruminants  decided  in 
2005  following  the  detection  of  BSE  in  a  goat.  No  new  BSE  cases  were 
detected in the small ruminant population following this increased surveillance. 

–  Monitoring programme for bovine animals 

Based  on  their  favourable  BSE  situation  (i.e.  their  clearly  declining  or 
consistently low BSE prevalence), 17 Member States have been authorised to 
increase  the  age  limit  for  their  BSE  monitoring  programmes  (EU-15  MS  as 
from  1st  January  2009,  then  Slovenia  as  from  November  2009  and  Cyprus  as 
from April 2010). 

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The EFSA Journal (2005) 220, 1-7. Opinion on the assessment of the age limit in cattle for removal of 
certain specified risk materials (SRM). 
The EFSA Journal (2007) 476, 1-47. Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards on a request 
from the European Commission on the infectivity in SRM derived from cattle at different age groups 
estimated by back calculation modelling. 
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Rapid tests approved for TSE monitoring 

In  2008,  the  Community  Reference  Laboratory  (CRL)  for  TSEs  assessed  the 
analytical sensitivity of all the currently approved  TSE rapid tests against the 
same  sample  sets  for  the  three  main  types  of  ruminant  TSEs:  BSE,  classical 
scrapie  and  atypical  scrapie.  Subsequently,  EFSA  provided  a  scientific 
evaluation of the CRL study and recommended certain modifications regarding 
the  approval  of  the  current  rapid  tests4.  The  Commission  initiated  legislative 
actions to align the legislation with EFSA recommendations. 

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Eradication measures in small ruminants (sheep and goats) 

In  July  2007,  new  rules  were  introduced  as  regards  the  eradication  measures 
applicable  in  flocks  where  scrapie  was  detected  and  specific  measures  were 
adopted for flocks affected by atypical scrapie because, even if the knowledge 
of this disease is still limited, it has been scientifically recognised that atypical 
scrapie  differs  in  terms  of  risk  and  epidemiology  from  classical  scrapie.  In 
February 2009, following the publication of a scientific opinion from EFSA5, 
animal health protective measures in relation to milk and milk products coming 
from  classical  scrapie  infected  flocks  were  adopted  in  order  to  prevent  the 
spread of classical scrapie to other ruminant flocks through feeding. 

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Eradication measures in bovine animals 

The  legal  basis  was  introduced  in  2006  to  defer  the  killing  and  complete 
destruction of cohort animals until the end of their productive lives following 
an  application  from  the  Member  States.  Only  Germany  applied  for  this 
derogation and was authorised to use it in 2007. 

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Feed ban 

A  tolerance  on  the  presence  of  bone  fragments  originating  from  unavoidable 
environmental  contamination has been introduced in 2005 for beet pulp. This 
derogation  was  extended  to  all  feed  materials  of  plant  origin  in  2009.  In 
September 2008, the possibility to use fishmeal in milk replacers destined for 
young ruminants has been introduced. 

On 23 May 2006, the European Commission appointed the Centre Wallon de 
recherches  agronomiques  (CRA-W)  in  Gembloux  (Belgium)  as  Community 
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TSE rapid tests. 
The EFSA Journal (2008) 849, 1-37. Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards on a request 
from  the  European  Commission  on  the  human  and  animal  exposure  risk  related  to  Transmissible 
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Chronic wasting disease in cervids (e.g. deer, reindeer) 

In 2007 and according to EFSA recommendations6, a survey was launched in 
order to detect the possible presence of TSEs in wild and farmed cervids in the 
EU.  This  survey,  which  was  based  on  statistical  planning,  has  now  been 
completed. About 13,000 tests were performed on wild and farmed cervids and 
no positive case was detected. 

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ANNEX III: EVOLUTION OF BSE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION SINCE 2001 

Chart 1: Total tests performed in bovine animals during the period 2001–2009 in the EU 

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ANNEX IV: CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TSE LEGISLATION ADOPTED FOLLOWING THE FIRST TSE ROADMAP 

2005  

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/2005 of 2 December 2005 amending Annexes X and XI to Regulation 
(EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards national reference laboratories 
and specified risk material (OJ L 317, 3.12.2005, p. 4) 

Amendment of R 999/2001 as regards national reference laboratories 
and Specified Risk Materials – modification of the age limit for 
vertebral column in bovines  

2006  

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 253/2006 of 14 February 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rapid tests and measures for the eradication of TSEs 
in ovine and caprine animals (OJ L 44, 15.2.2006, p. 9) 

Amendment of R 999/2001 as regards rapid tests and TSE eradication 
measures on small ruminants 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 339/2006 of 24 February 2006 amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for importation of live bovine 
animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin (OJ L 55, 25.2.2006, p. 5) 

Amendment of R 999/2001- deleting Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, 
Nicaragua, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland from the list of countries 
exempted from certain TSE-related trade conditions for live bovine 
animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/2006 of 31 March 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards national scrapie control programmes and additional 
guarantees and derogating from certain requirements of Decision 2003/100/EC and repealing Regulation 
(EC) No 1874/2003 (OJ L 94, 1.4.2006, p. 28) 

Implementing R 999/2001 as regards national scrapie control 
programmes and additional guarantees and derogating from certain 
requirements as regards breeding programmes in certain Member 
States. 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 657/2006 of 10 April 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council as regards the United Kingdom and repealing Council Decision 
98/256/EC and Decisions 98/351/EC and 1999/514/EC (OJ L 116, 29.4.2006, p. 9) 

Lifting of the embargo on the United Kingdom – Amendment of R 
999/2001 as regards SRM, BSE monitoring and repeal of Commission 
Decision 98/256/EC and related measures 

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 688/2006 of 4 May 2006 amending Annexes III and XI to Regulation (EC) 
No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the monitoring of transmissible 
spongiform encephalopathies and specified risk material of bovine animals in Sweden (OJ L 120, 5.5.2006, 
p. 10) 

Amendment of R 999/2001 as regards BSE monitoring in Sweden 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1041/2006 of 7 July 2006 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform 
encephalopathies in ovine animals (OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 10) 

Amendment of R 999/2001 as regards TSE monitoring in sheep. 
Increased number of tests 

Regulation (EC) No 1923/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 
amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of 
certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 1) 

Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. Amendment 
of R 999/2001 as regards categorisation of countries, specified risk 
materials, TSE surveillance, Import conditions 

2007  

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2007/182/EC: Commission Decision of 19 March 2007 on a survey for chronic wasting disease in cervids (OJ 
L 84, 24.3.2007, p. 37) 

Laying down rules for a survey for Chronic wasting disease in 
cervids 

2007/315/EC: Commission Decision of 30 April 2007 laying down specific measures to be applied by Cyprus 
with regard to scrapie (OJ L 118, 8.5.2007, p. 23) 

Specific measures for Cyprus regarding Scrapie 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 722/2007 of 25 June 2007 amending Annexes II, V, VI, VIII, IX and XI to 
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the 
prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 164, 
26.6.2007, p. 7) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. End of transitional measures from 1 July 
2007 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 727/2007 of 26 June 2007 amending Annexes I, III, VII and X to Regulation 
(EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, 
control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 165, 27.6.2007, p. 8) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. modification of eradication measures for 
ovine and caprine animals and monitoring in ovine and caprine 
animals 

2007/453/EC: Commission Decision of 29 June 2007 establishing the BSE status of Member States or third 
countries or regions thereof according to their BSE risk (OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 84) 

Establishing the BSE status of Member States and certain third 
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2007/667/EC: Commission Decision of 15 October 2007 authorising the use of at risk bovine animals until 
the end of their productive lives in Germany following official confirmation of the presence of BSE (OJ L 271, 
16.10.2007, p. 16) 

BSE cohort culling in Germany 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2007 of 29 October 2007 amending Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and 
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 284, 30.10.2007, p. 8) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. Import conditions for products of animal 
origin from bovine, ovine and caprine animals 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1428/2007 of 4 December 2007 amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and 
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 317, 5.12.2007, p. 61) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. Derogation: possibility to delay the 
destruction of animals in TSE affected flocks for 5 breeding years 

2008  

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 21/2008 of 11 January 2008 amending Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of rapid tests (OJ L 9, 
12.1.2008, p. 3) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. List of rapid tests 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 315/2008 of 4 April 2008 amending Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of rapid tests (OJ L 94, 
5.4.2008, p. 3) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. List of rapid tests 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 357/2008 of 22 April 2008 amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and 
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 111, 23.4.2008, p. 3) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. Modification of the age limit for vertebral 
column in bovines 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 571/2008 of 19 June 2008 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the criteria for revision of the annual 
monitoring programmes concerning BSE (OJ L 161, 20.6.2008, p. 4) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. Criteria for the revision of annual BSE 
monitoring programmes 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 746/2008 of 17 June 2008 amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and 
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 202, 31.7.2008, p. 11) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. modification of eradication measures for 
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2008/661/EC: Commission Decision of 1 August 2008 amending Decision 2007/182/EC on a survey for 
chronic wasting disease in cervids (OJ L 215, 12.8.2008, p. 8) 

Extending the survey for Chronic wasting disease in cervids 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 956/2008 of 29 September 2008 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and 
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 260, 30.9.2008, p. 8) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. Authorisation for the use of fishmeal in of 
milk replacers intended for feeding to young animals of ruminant 
species 

Commission Decision (EC) 2008/829 of 30 October 2008 amending the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC 
establishing the BSE status of Member States or third countries or regions thereof according to their BSE risk 
(OJ L 294, 1.11.2008, p. 14) 

Update of classification of countries according to their BSE risk 

Commission Decision (EC) 2008/908 of 28 November 2008 authorising certain Member States to revise their 
annual BSE monitoring programme (OJ L 327, 5.12.2008, p. 24)  

Certain Member States may revise their annual BSE monitoring 
programme. 

2009  

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 220/2009 of 11 March 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of 
certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the 
Commission (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 155) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. Modification of the implementing powers 
conferred on the Commission. 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 103/2009 of 3 February 2009 amending Annexes VII and IX to Regulation 
(EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, 
control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 34, 4.2.2009, p. 11) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. Modification of eradication measures for 
ovine and caprine animals. 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 162/2009 of 26 February 2009 amending Annexes III and X to Regulation 
(EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, 
control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 55, 27.2.2009, p. 11) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. Modification of certain approved laboratory 
methods for the diagnostic of TSEs. 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 163/2009 of 26 February 2009 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and 
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 55, 27.2.2009, p. 17) 

Amendment of R 999/2001. Modification of certain feed ban 
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Commission Decision (EC) 2009/719 of 28 September 2009 authorising certain Member States to revise their 
annual BSE monitoring programmes (OJ L 256, 29.9.2009, p. 35)  

Slovenia is included in the list of Member States that may revise 
their annual BSE monitoring programmes 

Commission Decision (EC) 2009/830 of 11 November 2009 amending the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC as 
regards the BSE status of Chile, Colombia and Japan (OJ L 295, 12.11.2009, p. 11) 

Update of classification of countries according to their BSE risk 

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Commission Decision (EC) 2010/66 of 5 February 2010 authorising certain Member States to revise their 
annual BSE monitoring programmes (OJ L 035, 6.2.2010, p. 21) 

Cyprus is included in the list of Member States that may revise 
their annual BSE monitoring programmes 

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