Commission Decision

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

(notified under document number C(2003) 1925)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/467/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/20022, and in particular Annex A(I)(4), Annex A(II)(7) and Annex D(I)(E) thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

Directive 64/432/EEC provides that Member States or parts or regions thereof may be declared officially free of tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leukosis as regards bovine herds subject to compliance with certain conditions set out in that Directive.

(2)

Commission Decision 1999/467/EC3, as last amended by Decision 2001/26/EC4, established the official tuberculosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds.

(3)

Commission Decision 1999/466/EC5, as last amended by Decision 2003/164/EEC6, established the official brucellosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds.

(4)

Commission Decision 1999/465/EC7, as last amended by Decision 2003/177/EEC8, established the official enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States.

(5)

Belgium as regards the territory of that Member State, and Italy as regards the provinces of Ascoli Piceno, Bergamo, Lecco and Sondrio submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with all the conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC, in order that the territory of Belgium and those regions of Italy may be declared officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.

(6)

Belgium as regards the territory of that Member State, and Italy as regards the region of Sardinia and the provinces of Ascoli Piceno, Bergamo, Como, Lecco, Mantova, Sondrio, Trento and Varese submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with all the conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC, in order that the territory of Belgium and those regions of Italy may be declared officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.

(7)

Italy submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with all the conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC, as regards the provinces of Ascoli Piceno, Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Lecco, Mantova, Sondrio and Varese in order that those regions may be declared officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis.

(8)

In the interests of clarity, the lists of Member States and regions of Member States declared officially free of tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leukosis, as regards bovine herds, should be set out in the same act. Accordingly, Decisions 1999/467/EEC, 1999/466/EEC and 1999/465/EEC should be repealed.

(9)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1Officially tuberculosis-free Member States and Regions of Member States

1

The Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex I are declared officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.

2

The regions of the Member States listed in Chapter 2 of Annex 1 are declared officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.

Article 2Officially brucellosis-free Member States and Regions of Member States

1

The Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex II are declared officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.

2

The regions of the Member States listed in Chapter 2 of Annex II are declared officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.

Article 3Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member States and Regions of Member States

1

The Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex III are declared officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis.

2

The regions of the Member States listed in Chapter 2 of Annex III are declared officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis.

Article 4Repeals

Decisions 1999/465/EC, 1999/466/EC and 1999/467/EC are repealed.

Article 5Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

F1ANNEX I

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Amendments (Textual)

F2CHAPTER 1Officially tuberculosis-free Member States

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ISO code

Member State

BE

Belgium

CZ

Czech Republic

DK

Denmark

DE

Germany

EE

Estonia

FR

France

LV

Latvia

LT

Lithuania

LU

Luxembourg

HU

Hungary

NL

Netherlands

AT

Austria

PL

Poland

SI

Slovenia

SK

Slovakia

FI

Finland

SE

Sweden

F3CHAPTER 2Officially tuberculosis-free regions of Member States

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  • F4In Italy:

    • Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara,

    • Province of Bolzano,

    • Region Emilia-Romagna,

    • Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia,

    • Region Lazio: Provinces of Frosinone, Rieti, Viterbo,

    • Region Liguria,

    • Region Lombardia,

    • Region Marche: Provinces of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Fermo, Pesaro-Urbino,

    • Region Piemonte,

    • Region Sardegna: Provinces of Cagliari, Medio-Campidano, Ogliastra, Olbia- Tempio, Oristano,

    • Region Toscana,

    • Province of Trento,

    • Region Umbria,

    • Region Valle d’Aosta,

    • Region Veneto.

  • In Portugal:

    • Região Algarve: all distritos,

    • Região Autónoma dos Açores except Ilha de São Miguel.

  • F5In Spain:

    • Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands,

    • Autonomous Community of Galicia: Province of Pontevedra.

  • F6In the United Kingdom:

    • Great Britain: Scotland,

    • Isle of Man.

F3ANNEX II

F7CHAPTER 1Officially brucellosis-free Member States

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

ISO code

Member State

BE

Belgium

CZ

Czech Republic

DK

Denmark

DE

Germany

EE

Estonia

IE

Ireland

FR

France

CY

Cyprus

LV

Latvia

LT

Lithuania

LU

Luxembourg

MT

Malta

NL

Netherlands

AT

Austria

PL

Poland

RO

Romania

SI

Slovenia

SK

Slovakia

FI

Finland

SE

Sweden

CHAPTER 2Officially brucellosis-free regions of Member States

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  • F8In Italy:

    • Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara,

    • Province of Bolzano,

    • Region Emilia-Romagna,

    • Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia,

    • Region Lazio,

    • Region Liguria,

    • Region Lombardia,

    • Region Marche,

    • Region Molise: Province of Campobasso,

    • Region Piemonte,

    • Region Puglia: Province of Brindisi,

    • Region Sardegna,

    • Region Toscana,

    • Province of Trento,

    • Region Umbria,

    • Region Valle d'Aosta,

    • Region Veneto.

  • F4In Portugal:

    • Região Algarve: all distritos,

    • Região Autónoma dos Açores: Ilhas de Corvo, Faial, Flores, Graciosa, Pico, Santa Maria,

    • Região Centro: distritos Aveiro, Viseu, Guarda, Coimbra, Leiria, Castelo Branco.

  • F9In Spain:

    • Autonomous Community of Andalusia: Provinces of Almeria, Granada and Jaen,

    • Autonomous Community of Aragon,

    • Autonomous Community of Asturias,

    • Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands,

    • Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands,

    • Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha,

    • Autonomous Community of Castilla y León: Provinces of Burgos, León, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora,

    • Autonomous Community of Cataluña,

    • Autonomous Community of Galicia,

    • Autonomous Community of La Rioja,

    • Autonomous Community of Madrid,

    • Autonomous Community of Murcia,

    • Autonomous Community of Navarra,

    • Autonomous Community of Pais Vasco,

    • Autonomous Community of Valencia.

  • F10In the United Kingdom:

    • Great Britain: England, Scotland, Wales,

    • Isle of Man,

    • Northern Ireland.

ANNEX III

F7CHAPTER 1Officially enzootic-bovine-leucosis-free Member States

ISO code

Member State

BE

Belgium

CZ

Czech Republic

DK

Denmark

DE

Germany

EE

Estonia

IE

Ireland

ES

Spain

IT

Italy

CY

Cyprus

LV

Latvia

LT

Lithuania

LU

Luxembourg

NL

Netherlands

AT

Austria

PL

Poland

SI

Slovenia

SK

Slovakia

FI

Finland

SE

Sweden

UK

United Kingdom

F3CHAPTER 2Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Member States

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  • F11In France:

    • Région Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne et Lorraine,

    • Région Aquitaine, Limousin et Poitou-Charentes,

    • Région Auvergne et Rhône-Alpes,

    • Région Bourgogne et Franche-Comté,

    • Région Bretagne,

    • Région Centre,

    • Région Corse,

    • Région Ile-de-France,

    • Région Languedoc-Roussillon et Midi-Pyrénées,

    • Région Nord — Pas-de-Calais et Picardie,

    • Région Basse-Normandie et Haute-Normandie,

    • Région Pays de la Loire,

    • Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,

    • Région Guadeloupe,

    • Région Martinique,

    • Région Guyane,

    • Région Mayotte.

  • F12. . . . .

  • F13. . . . .

  • In Portugal:

    • Região Algarve: all distritos,

    • Região Alentejo: all distritos,

    • Região Centro: all distritos,

    • Região Lisboa e Vale do Tejo: all distritos,

    • Região Norte: districtos: Braga, Bragança, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real,

    • Região Autónoma dos Açores.

  • F14In the United Kingdom:

    • Jersey,

    • The Isle of Man.