CELEX: 31982D0362
Language: en
Date: 1982-05-17 00:00:00
Title: 82/362/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 May 1982 amending Decision 81/987/EEC on health protection measures in respect of the Republic of Botswana

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31982D0362

82/362/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 May 1982 amending Decision 81/987/EEC on health protection measures in respect of the Republic of Botswana  

Official Journal L 159 , 10/06/1982 P. 0041 - 0042

++++COMMISSION DECISION  OF 17 MAY 1982  AMENDING DECISION 81/987/EEC ON HEALTH PROTECTION MEASURES IN RESPECT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA   ( 82/362/EEC )  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,  HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 72/462/EEC OF 12 DECEMBER 1972 ON HEALTH AND VETERINARY INSPECTION PROBLEMS UPON IMPORTATION OF BOVINE ANIMALS AND SWINE AND FRESH MEAT FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 81/476/EEC ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 15 THEREOF ,  WHEREAS COMMISSION DECISION 81/987/EEC ( 3 ) GRANTED THE MEMBER STATES THE OPTION OF AUTHORIZING IMPORTS INTO THEIR TERRITORY , UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND FROM CERTAIN REGIONS , OF FRESH MEAT FROM THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT , IN PARTICULAR THE EXISTING HEALTH SITUATION IN THAT COUNTRY AND THE MEASURES TAKEN BY THAT COUNTRY'S AUTHORITIES TO COMBAT FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND TO AVOID ITS SPREADING INTO OTHER , UNAFFECTED REGIONS ; WHEREAS COMMISSION DECISION 82/60/EEC ( 4 ) EXTENDED THE DISEASE-FREE AREA TO INCLUDE THE SECTOR OF DISTRICT CENTRAL - NORTH OF DIBETE CORDON FENCE AND SOUTH OF THE MAKOBA PALAPYE-SHERWOOD RANCH CORDONS ;  WHEREAS A VETERINARY MISSION HAS VISITED BOTSWANA DURING MARCH 1982 AND HAS REPORTED FAVOURABLY ON THE SITUATION CONCERNING ANIMAL HEALTH AND IN PARTICULAR FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE , NO OUTBREAK OF THAT DISEASE HAVING OCCURRED SINCE OCTOBER 1980 ;  WHEREAS IT IS NOW POSSIBLE FURTHER TO EXTEND THE DISEASE-FREE AREA BY INCLUDING A SECTOR NORTH OF THE MAKOBA-MAKORO FENCE AND SOUTH OF THE SESE-TLALEMABELE FENCE ;  WHEREAS THE VETERINARY AUTHORITIES OF BOTSWANA HAVE REPEATED THEIR ASSURANCES CONCERNING BUFFER ZONES , NON-VACCINATION , CONTROL OF MOVEMENT AND OTHER MEASURES ; WHEREAS THE SITUATION IN BOTSWANA WILL CONTINUE TO BE KEPT UNDER REVIEW ;  WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS DECISION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE STANDING VETERINARY COMMITTEE ,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :  ARTICLE 1  DECISION 81/987/EEC IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :  1 . ARTICLE 1 IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :   " ARTICLE 1  THE PROHIBITION PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 14 ( 2 ) OF DIRECTIVE 72/462/EEC SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING DISTRICTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA :   - GHANZI ( WITH THE EXCLUSION OF ITS NORTH-WEST SECTOR KNOWN AS " GHANZI-FARMS " ) ,   - KWENENG ,   - KGATLEND ,   - SOUTH-EAST ,   - SOUTHERN ,   - KGALAGADI , AND   - CENTRAL ( ONLY THAT SECTOR WHICH IS BORDERED :   - TO THE WEST BY THE MAKOBA FENCE ,   - TO THE NORTH BY SESE-TLALEMABELE FENCE AND THE PALAPYE-SHERWOOD RANCH FENCE , AND   - TO THE EAST FROM SESE TO MAKORO BY THE RAILWAY LINE ) . "  2 . IN THE ANNEX , THE TEXT AT THE END OF THE FIRST INDENT OF PARAGRAPH IV - ATTESTATION OF HEALTH , SUBPARAGRAPH 1 ( A ) IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :   " - GHANZI ( WITH THE EXCLUSION OF ITS NORTH-WESTERN SECTOR KNOWN AS " GHANZI-FARMS " ) ,   - KWENENG ,   - KGATLEND ,   - SOUTH-EAST ,   - SOUTHERN ,   - KGALAGADI ,   - CENTRAL ( ONLY THAT SECTOR WHICH IS BORDERED :   - TO THE WEST BY THE MAKOBA FENCE ,   - TO THE NORTH BY THE SESE-TLALEMABELE FENCE AND THE PALAPYE-SHERWOOD RANCH FENCE , AND   - TO THE EAST FROM SESE TO MAKORO BY THE RAILWAY LINE ) . "  ARTICLE 2  THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .  DONE AT BRUSSELS , 17 MAY 1982 .  FOR THE COMMISSION  POUL DALSAGER  MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION  ( 1 ) OJ NO L 302 , 31 . 12 . 1972 , P . 28 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 186 , 8 . 7 . 1981 , P . 20 .  ( 3 ) OJ NO L 361 , 16 . 12 . 1981 , P . 29 .  ( 4 ) OJ NO L 28 , 5 . 2 . 1982 , P . 49 .