2004/230/EC: Commission Decision of 5 March 2004 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain provinces in Italy are free of bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 666)

Commission Decision
of 5 March 2004
amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain provinces in Italy are free of bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis
(notified under document number C(2004) 666)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/230/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine(1), and in particular Annex A(I)(4) and Annex A(II)(7) thereto,
Whereas:
(1) The lists of regions of Member States declared free of bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis are set out in Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-leukosis free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds(2).
(2) Italy submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards the province of Grossetto in the Region of Toscana in order that that province may be declared officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.
(3) Italy also submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards the provinces of Arezzo, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca and Pisa in the Region of Toscana, in order that those provinces may be declared officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.
(4) Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Italy, the province of Grossetto in the Region of Toscana should be declared officially free of bovine tuberculosis and the provinces of Arezzo, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca and Pisa in the Region of Toscana should be declared officially free of bovine brucellosis.
(5) Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,