CELEX: 32004D0430
Language: en
Date: 2004-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Decision 2004/430/EC of 29 April 2004 amending Decision 2003/828/EC on protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue with regard to Cyprus and Malta

L 154/36             EN                   Official Journal of the European Union                30.4.2004
                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                            of 29 April 2004
    amending Decision 2003/828/EC on protection and surveillance zones in relation to
                          bluetongue with regard to Cyprus and Malta
                         (notified under document number C(2004) 1601)
                                      (Text with EEA relevance)
                                              (2004/430/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2 (3)
thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 42
thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific
provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue1, and in particular Article 8(2)(d)
thereof,
Whereas:
(1)     Commission Decision 2003/828/EC of 25 November 2003 on protection and
        surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue2 demarcates protection and surveillance
        zones corresponding to specific epidemiological situations and lays down the
        conditions for providing exemptions from the ban on the movements of animals in and
        from those zones.
(2)     As regard Cyprus and Malta, epidemiological data are in the process of being gathered
        in order to allow a definitive conclusion on the bluetongue status of those new
        Member States to be made. Pending that conclusion, it is necessary to temporarily
        classify Cyprus and Malta within the framework of Decision 2003/828/EC.
(3)     To that end, considering that bluetongue is a vector born disease, it is appropriate to
        consider the status of the territories of the Member States already listed in Annex I to
        Decision 2003/828/EC which are, from a geographical and epidemiological point of
        view, the closest to Cyprus and Malta.
1
        OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.
2
        OJ L 311, 27.11.2003, p. 41. Decision as amended by Decision 2004/34/EC (OJ L 7, 13.1.2004, p. 47.).
 ---pagebreak--- (4)    Accordingly, the situation of Malta could temporarily be considered as comparable to
       that prevailing in southern Sicily and the situation in Cyprus to that prevailing in
       Dodecanese. However, pursuant to Article 42 of the Act of Accession, this transitional
       status should be reviewed within three years from the date of accession of Cyprus and
       Malta.
(5)    As a consequence, the transitional rules applying to movements of live animals of
       susceptible species in and from Cyprus and Malta should be those applying to
       movements of those animals in and from Dodecanese and southern Sicily.
(6)    Decision 2000/828/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7)    The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the
       Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
                                          Article 1
Annex I to Decision 2003/828/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
                                          Article 2
This Decision shall apply subject to and from the date of the entry into force of the 2003
Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,
Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.
                                          Article3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.
                                           For the Commission
                                           David BYRNE
                                           Member of the Commission
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 ---pagebreak---                                                     ANNEX
Annex as referred to in Article 1 to this Decision.
                                                   “ANNEX I
   (Restricted zones: geographic areas where protection and surveillance zones shall be
                                    established by the Member states)
                     Zone A (serotypes 2 and 9, and in a lesser extent 4and 16)
Areas where Article 3 (2) (a) is applicable
Italy
Sicilia:           Ragusa, Enna
Molise:            Isernia, Campobasso
Abruzzo:           Chieti, all Municipalities belonging to the Local Health Unit of
                   Avezzano-Sulmona
Lazio:             Frosinone, Latina
Campania:          all Municipalities belonging to the Local Health Unit of Caserta 1
Basilicata:        Matera, and Potenza( with the exception of all the Municipalities belonging to
                   the Local Health Unit of Venosa)
Areas where Article 3 (2) (a) is not applicable
Italy
Sicilia:           Agrigento, Catania, Caltanissetta, Palermo, Messina, Siracusa e Trapani
Calabria:          Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia
Basilicata:        Potenza (all Municipalities belonging to the Local Health Unit of Venosa)
Puglia:            Foggia, Bari, Lecce, Taranto, Brindisi
Campania:          Caserta (with the exception of all Municipalities belonging to the Local Health
                   Unit of Caserta 1), Benevento, Avellino, Napoli, Salerno
Malta∗
∗
         transitional animal health status for Cyprus and Malta, pending the analysis of epidemiological data;
         status to be reviewed at the latest by 1 May 2007.
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 ---pagebreak---                                      Zone B (serotype 2)
Areas where Article 3 (2) (a) is applicable
Italy
Lazio:         Viterbo, Roma, Rieti (Municipalities of Ascrea, Belmonte in Sabina,
               Cantalupo in Sabina, Casaprota, Casperia, Castel di Tora, Castelnuovo di
               Farfa, Colle di Tora, Collevecchio, Concerviano, Configni, Contigliano,
               Cottanello, Fara in Sabina, Forano, Frasso, Abino, Greccio, Longone Sabino,
               Magliano Sabina, Mompeo, Montasola, Montebuono, Monteleone Sabino,
               Montenero Sabino, Monte San Giovanni in Sabina, Montopoli di Sabina,
               Orvinio, Poggio Catino, Poggio Mirteto, Poggio Moiano, Poggio Nativo,
               Poggio San Lorenzo, Pozzaglia Sabina, Rieti, Roccantica, Rocca Sinibalda,
               Salisano, Scandriglia, Selci, Stimigliano, Tarano, Toffia, Torricella in Sabina,
               Torri in Sabina, Vacone).
Toscana:       Massa Carrara, Pisa, Grosseto, Livorno
Umbria:        Terni
Areas where Article 3 (2) (a) is not applicable
Italy
Abruzzo:       L’Aquila with the exception of all Municipalities belonging to the Local
               Health Unit of Avezzano-Sulmona
Lazio:         Rieti (Municipalities of Accumoli, Amatrice, Antrodoco, Borbona, Borgorose,
               Borgo Velino, Cantalice, Castel Sant'angelo, Cittaducale, Cittareale, Collalto
               Sabino, Collegiove, Colli sul Velino, Fiamignano, Labro, Leonessa,
               Marcetelli, Micigliano, Morro Reatino, Nespolo, Paganico, Pescorocchiano,
               Petrella Salto, Poggio Bustone, Posta, Rivodutri, Turania, Varco Sabino).
Umbria:        Perugia
Marche:        Ascoli Piceno, Macerata
                                  Zone C (serotypes 2 and 4)
Areas where Article 3 (2) (a) is applicable
France:
Corse du sud, Haute Corse
Spain:
Islas Baleares
Areas where Article 3 (2) (a) is not applicable
Italy:
Sardinia:    Cagliari, Nuoro, Sassari, Oristano.
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 ---pagebreak---                                             Zone D
Greece
The entire Greek territory with the exception of prefectorates listed in Zone E.
                                            Zone E
Greece
Dodekanisi, Samos, Chios and Lesvos prefectorates.
Cyprus*
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