CELEX: 31978L0051
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Council Directive 78/51/EEC of 13 December 1977 prolonging certain derogation measures in respect of brucellosis and tuberculosis granted to Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom

No L 15/32                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  19 . 1 . 78
                                                 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                                                   of 13 December 1977
               prolonging certain derogation measures in respect of brucellosis and tubercu­
                           losis granted to Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom
                                                         (78 / 51 / EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Whereas, for the same reason and in order not to inter­
COMMUNITIES,                                                          rupt the traditional trade in live animals between
                                                                      Ireland and the United Kingdom it is necessary to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 prolong for the same period the special derogations
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43                     granted in respect of such trade,
and 100 thereof,
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 ('), as                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
last amended by Directive 77/98/ EEC (2), and in parti­
cular Article 4a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                            A rticle 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­
ment (3),                                                             By way of derogation from Directive 64/432/EEC,
                                                                      Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                      hereby authorized to retain the methods applied in
Social Commitee (4),                                                  their territory for declaring a herd of cattle officially
                                                                      free of tuberculosis or brucellosis-free, within the
Whereas, under Article 104 (3) of the Act of Acces­
                                                                      meaning of Article 2 of Directive 64/432/ EEC, subject
sion, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are                     to the application of the provisions thereof relating to
 authorized     to   maintain   until    31 December   1977           the presence of animals vaccinated against brucellosis .
 certain of their national rules relating to brucellosis
 and tuberculosis ; whereas, under Article 104 (4) of the             The provisions relating to the tests laid down for
 Act of Accession, certain derogations are granted in                  animals traded within the Community shall continue
 respect of exports of cattle from Ireland to the United               to apply, subject to Article 2.
 Kingdom ;
 Whereas Article 4a of Council Directive 64/432/ EEC,
 as last amended by Directive 77/98/ EEC, provides                                             Article 2
 that any amendments to Annexes A, B and C to the
 Directive or any other measures, including provisions
 relating to traditional trade between Ireland and the                 Cattle may be traded from Ireland to the United
 United Kingdom, shall be adopted by the Council                       Kingdom by way of derogation from the provisions of
 before 1 January 1978 ;                                               Directive 64/432/ EEC relating to :
 Whereas, in view of the time required to provide solu­                (a) the brucellosis test laid down for animals traded
 tions to basic technical problems, it is necessary to                     within the Community, which shall not apply to
 prolong by one year the derogations by virtue of                          trade in castrated cattle ;
 which the new Member States are authorized to retain
 the methods applied in their territory for declaring a
 herd of cattle officially free of tuberculosis or                     (b) the intradermal tuberculin test laid down for
 brucellosis-free within the meaning of Article 2 of                       animals traded within the Community, which
 Directive 64/432/ EEC ;                                                   shall be replaced by a test in accordance with the
                                                                            national rules of the abovementioned receiving
                                                                           Member State ; and
 (•)  OJ No 121 , 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64.
 (2)  OJ No L 26, 31 . 1 . 1977, p. 81 .
 (3)  OJ No C 266, 7. 11 . 1977, p. 45.
  (4) Opinion delivered on 26 October 1977 (not yet published          (c) the obligation to seperate breeding and store cattle
      in the Official Journal).                                             from slaughter cattle.
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                      Article 3                                                  Article 5
This Directive shall apply until 31 December 1978 .        This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
                      Article 4                            Done at Brussels, 13 December 1977.
The Member States shall bring into force the laws,
                                                                                      For the Council
regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
comply with this Directive by 1 January 1978 at the                                    The President
latest and shall forthwith inform the Commission
thereof.                                                                               A. HUMBLET