Document ID: 32002R1226

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/2002
of 8 July 2002
amending Annex B to Council Directive 64/432/EEC
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC(1) of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine, as last amended by Commission Regulation No (EC) 535/2002(2), and in particular Article 16(1), second paragraph thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 11 October 1999 the Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare adopted a report(3) on the modification of technical Annexes of Council Directive 64/432/EEC to take account of scientific developments regarding tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leucosis.
(2) In accordance with the above report, the tests for tuberculosis should be carried out in line with the Manual of Standards for Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines, Third Edition, 1996, of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE).
(3) In August 2001 the OIE published the Fourth Edition 2000 of the said Manual, including certain modifications in the description of tests for tuberculosis.
(4) In January 2002 the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines published the Fourth Edition 2002 of the European Pharmacopoeia including the monogaphs 0535 and 0536 for the Tuberculin Purified Protein Derivative Avian and Bovine.
(5) It is therefore necessary to amend Annex B to Directive 64/432/EEC so as to lay down test procedures applicable for surveillance and trade purposes within the Community taking account of the opinion of the Scientific Veterinary Committee.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex B to Directive 64/432/EEC is replaced by the Annex to the present Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 July 2002.

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