2001/24/EC: Commission Decision of 27 December 2000 amending Decision 2000/504/EC establishing transitional measures with regard to testing for bovine tuberculosis within the framework of Council Directive 64/432/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2000) 4141)

Commission Decision
of 27 December 2000
amending Decision 2000/504/EC establishing transitional measures with regard to testing for bovine tuberculosis within the framework of Council Directive 64/432/EEC
(notified under document number C(2000) 4141)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/24/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine(1), as last amended by Directive 2000/20/EC(2), and in particular Article 16(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2000/504/EC(3) established transitional measures with regard to testing for bovine tuberculosis within the framework of Directive 64/432/EEC.
(2) Certain Member States are not officially free from bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis and have not yet accomplished the installation of a surveillance network or this network is not yet approved in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 17 of Directive 64/432/EEC.
(3) As of 1 January 2001 the provisions of Article 6(2)(e) of Directive 64/432/EEC are no longer applicable. It appears appropriate to allow under certain conditions until the surveillance network is approved or officially-free status achieved and in any case for a transitional period ending 1 May 2002 at the latest, derogation from the requirements for the testing of individual bovine animals for tuberculosis and brucellosis intended for dispatch from certain Member States.
(4) For the purpose of legal clarity it appears appropriate to combine in one single Decision all transitional measures adopted in accordance with the provisions in Article 16(3) of Directive 64/432/EEC. Decision 2000/504/EC must therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,