2003/44/EC: Commission Decision of 17 January 2003 amending Decision 93/52/EEC recording the compliance by certain Member States or regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B. melitensis) and according them the status of a Member State or region officially free of the disease (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 20)

Commission Decision
of 17 January 2003
amending Decision 93/52/EEC recording the compliance by certain Member States or regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B. melitensis) and according them the status of a Member State or region officially free of the disease
(notified under document number C(2003) 20)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/44/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 2002/261/EC(2), and in particular Annex A, Chapter 1.II thereto,
Whereas:
(1) In Portugal, brucellosis has been a notifiable disease for at least five years.
(2) In the Autonomous Region of Azores at least 99,8 % of the ovine or caprine holdings are officially brucellosis-free holdings. This Region undertakes, furthermore, to comply with Annex A Chapter 1.II(2) to Directive 91/68/EEC.
(3) The Autonomous Region of Azores should consequently be recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis).
(4) Commission Decision 93/52/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 2002/482/EC(4), should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,