CELEX: 31986D0305
Language: en
Date: 1986-06-11 00:00:00
Title: 86/305/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 June 1986 amending for the ninth time Decision 85/632/EEC on certain protective measures against foot-and-mouth disease in Italy

No L 194/42                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  17. 7. 86
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                                                    COMMISSION
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 11 June 1986
                   amending for the ninth time Decision 85/632/EEC on certain protective
                                     measures against foot-and-mouth disease in Italy
                                                          (86/305/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        disease in Italy (*), as last amended by Decision
                                                                   86/262/EEC («) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                Whereas the outbreaks have, as a result of the measures
                                                                   introduced and the action taken by the Italian authorities,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26                in particular as regards vaccination against foot-and­
June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra­               mouth disease, been confined to certain parts of Italy's
Community trade in bovine animals and swine ('), as last           territory ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in
particular Article 9 thereof,                                      Whereas it seems necessary to amend the scope of the
                                                                   restrictive measures to take account of the development of
                                                                   the disease and of measures carried out locally by the
Having regard to Council Directive 72/461 /EEC of 12               Italian authorities ;
December 1972 on animal health problems affecting
intra-Community trade in fresh meat (3), as last amended
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85, and in particular
Article 8 thereof,
                                                                   accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
                                                                   Committee,
Having regard to Council Directive 80/21 5/EEC of 22
January 1980 on animal health problems affecting intra­
Community trade in meat products (4), as last amended by           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85, and in particular Article 7,
thereof,
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has
occurred in Italy ; whereas that outbreak is such as to            The Commission Decision 85/632/EEC is modified as
constitute a danger to the livestock of the other Member           follows :
States, owing to the large volume of trade both in animals
and fresh meat and in certain meat-based products ;                 1 . In Article 1 (2), ' 15 May 1986' is replaced by ' 11 June
                                                                        1986' ;
Whereas, following that outbreak of foot-and-mouth
disease, the Commission adopted several Decisions, parti­          2. In Article 2 (3), ' 15 May 1986' is replaced by ' 11 June
                                                                        1986';
cularly Decision 85/632/EEC of 18 December 1985 on
certain protective measures against foot-and-mouth                  3. In Article 3 (3), ' 15 May 1986' is replaced by ' 11 June
                                                                        1986' ;
(') OJ  No  121 , 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64.
(2) OJ  No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .
(3) OJ  No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 24.                            O OJ No L 379, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 38 .
(4) OJ  No L 47, 21 . 2. 1980, p. 4.                               h) OJ No L 169, 26. 6. 1986, p. 39.
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4. In the Annex, paragraph 1 is replaced by the fol­                          foot-and-mouth disease recorded after 1 April
   lowing :                                                                   1986.'
   ' 1 . Parts of the territory which are the subject of
         restrictions on the trade in live animals :               5. In the Annex, paragraph 2 (h) is replaced by the follo­
                                                                      wing : following :
         — in the region of Veneto, until 14 June 1986,
             local health unit 31 ; the prohibition will be           '(h) meat obtained from animals slaughtered after 15
             extended beyond 14 June 1986 if a new                         March 1986 and before 4 June 1986 and products
             outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease occurs in                  prepared using such meat :
             this part of the territory,
                                                                           — in the region of Puglia, local health units 13,
         — in the region of Emilia-Romagna,                                    14, 15, 16, 17, 18 , 19, 47 and 48 ;'.
              (i) until 27 June 1986, local health unit 15 ;
                  the prohibition will be extended beyond 27
                  June 1986 if a new outbreak of foot-and­                                  Article 2
                  mouth disease occurs in this part of the
                  territory ;                                      The Member States shall amend the measures which they
             (ii) until 19 July 1986, local health unit 38 ; the   apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance with
                  prohibition will be extended beyond 19           this Decision three days after its notification. They shall
                  July 1986 if a new outbreak of foot-and­         immediately inform the Commission thereof.
                  mouth disease occurs in this part of the
                  territory ;
         — in the region of Campania, local health units 1 ,                                Article 3
             3, 5, 35, 36, 53, 54, 59 and 60,
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
         — in the region of Lombardia, until 20 June 1986,
             local health unit 48 ; the prohibition will be
             extended beyond 20 June 1986 if a new
             outbreak of foot-andmouth disease occurs in
             that part of the territory,                           Done at Brussels, 11 June 1986.
         — in the region of Abruzzi, local health unit 8,
         — in the region of Puglia, local health units 13,                                    For the Commission
              14, 15, 16, 17, 18 , 19, 47 and 48,
                                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
         — any other part of the territory situated within a
              radius of 10 kilometres around any outbreak of                                       Vice-President