Commission Decision of 25 November 2003 on protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue (notified under document number C(2003) 4335) (Text with EEA relevance) (2003/828/EC) (repealed)

Article 3 U.K. Exemption from the exit ban for domestic movements

[F1 [F2 [F3 1. Without prejudice to paragraph 3a, domestic dispatches of animals, their sperm, ova and embryos, from a restricted zone set out in Annex I shall be exempted from the exit ban provided that the animals, their sperm, ova and embryos comply with the conditions set out in Annex II or, in the case of Spain, France, Italy and Portugal, that they comply with paragraph 2 or in the case of Greece that they comply with paragraph 3.]

2. In Spain, France, Italy and Portugal, domestic dispatches as provided for in paragraph 1 shall be exempted from the exit ban by the competent authority if:]

(a) the animals originate from a herd vaccinated according to the programme adopted by the competent authority;

(b) the animals have been vaccinated more than 30 days and less than one year before the date of dispatch against the serotype(s) present or possibly present in an epidemiologically relevant area of origin;

(c) the vector surveillance programme in an epidemiologically relevant area of destination has proved no adult Culicoïdes imicola activity.]

3. In Greece domestic dispatches as provided for in paragraph 1 shall also be exempted from the exit ban by the competent authority if:

(a) the animals have been serologically tested (BT ELISA or AGID) with a negative result within 72 hours prior to time of dispatch; and

(b) the animals have been sprayed with insect repellent with a remnant effect of more than four days on the occasion of the sampling.

[F4 3a. Where in an epidemiological relevant area of the restricted zones set out in Annex I more than 40 days have elapsed from the date when the vector ceased to be active, the competent authority may grant exemptions from the exit ban for domestic dispatches of the following:

(a) animals which are destined for holdings registered for this purpose by the competent authority of the holding of destination and which may only be moved from such holdings to a slaughterhouse;

(b) animals which are serologically (ELISA or AGID) negative or serologically positive but virologically (PCR) negative; or

(c) animals born after the date of cessation of the vector’s activity.

The competent authority shall only grant the exemptions provided for in this paragraph during the period of cessation of the vector’s activity.

Where on the base of the epidemiosurveillance programme as provided for in Article 9(1)(b) of Directive 2000/75/EC, it is detected that the vector’s activity in the restricted zone concerned has re-started, the competent authority shall ensure that such exemptions no longer apply.]

4. A channelling procedure shall be set up, under the control of the competent authority, preventing any further movement to another Member State of animals moved under the conditions provided for in this Article.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Decision of 13 July 2004 amending Decision 2003/828/EC as regards movements of animals vaccinated against bluetongue from protection zones (notified under document number C(2004) 1925) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/550/EC).

F2 Substituted by Commission Decision of 16 February 2005 amending Decision 2003/828/EC as regards movements of animals from and inside a restricted zone in Portugal, in relation to an outbreak of bluetongue in that Member State (notified under document number C(2005) 335) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/138/EC).

F3 Substituted by Commission Decision of 9 March 2005 amending Decision 2003/828/EC as regards exemptions from the exit ban for domestic movements of animals (notified under document number C(2005) 544) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/216/EC).

F4 Inserted by Commission Decision of 9 March 2005 amending Decision 2003/828/EC as regards exemptions from the exit ban for domestic movements of animals (notified under document number C(2005) 544) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/216/EC).