2012/449/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 27 July 2012 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Latvia as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member State (notified under document C(2012) 5185)  Text with EEA relevance

31.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 203/66
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 27 July 2012
amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Latvia as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member State
(notified under document C(2012) 5185)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/449/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 (1), and in particular Annex D(I)(E) thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 64/432/EEC applies to trade within the Union in bovine animals and swine. It lays down the conditions whereby a Member State or region of a Member State may be declared officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free as regards bovine herds.
(2) Annex III to 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) lists the Member States and regions thereof which are declared officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free.
(3) Latvia has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for its whole territory.
(4) Following the evaluation of the documentation submitted by Latvia, that Member State should be declared as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free.
(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,