2014/177/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 27 March 2014 amending Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Lithuania as officially brucellosis-free (notified under document C(2014) 1940)  Text with EEA relevance

29.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 95/45
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 27 March 2014
amending Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Lithuania as officially brucellosis-free
(notified under document C(2014) 1940)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/177/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 point II.7 of Annex A 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 brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds.
(2) Annex II to Commission Decision 2003/467/EC (2) lists the Member States and regions thereof which are declared officially brucellosis-free.
(3) Lithuania has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the officially brucellosis-free status laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for its whole territory.
(4) Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Lithuania, that Member-State should be declared officially brucellosis-free.
(5) Annex II to 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,