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 swine, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/2002, and in particular Annex A(I)(4), Annex A(II)(7) and Annex D(I)(E) thereto,
OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
OJ L 179, 9.7.2002, p. 13.
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/EC, as last amended by Decision 2001/26/EC, established the official tuberculosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds.
OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 36.
OJ L 6, 11.1.2001, p. 18.
(3) Commission Decision 1999/466/EC, as last amended by Decision 2003/164/EEC, established the official brucellosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds.
OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 34.
OJ L 66, 11.3.2003, p. 49.
(4) Commission Decision 1999/465/EC, as last amended by Decision 2003/177/EEC, established the official enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States.
OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 32.
OJ L 70, 14.3.2003, p. 50.
(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 1 Officially 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 2 Officially 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 3 Officially 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 4 Repeals
Decisions 1999/465/EC, 1999/466/EC and 1999/467/EC are repealed.

Article 5 Addressees
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Art. 5 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 42(2) (with regs. 69-71)
ANNEX I

CHAPTER 1 Officially tuberculosis-free Member States
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
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/718 of 14 May 2018 on the suspension of the officially tuberculosis-free status of Malta as regards bovine herds and amending Annex I to Decision 2003/467/EC (notified under document C(2018) 2762) (Text with EEA relevance).

CHAPTER 2 Officially tuberculosis-free regions of Member States
In 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.
In Spain:
Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands,
Autonomous Community of Galicia: Province of Pontevedra.
...
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision of 19 April 2012 amending the Annexes to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Latvia as officially brucellosis-free Member State and of certain regions of Italy, Poland and Portugal as officially tuberculosis-free, brucellosis-free and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions (notified under document C(2012) 2451) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/204/EU).
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/552 of 20 April 2020 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the officially tuberculosis-free status of the region of Valle d’Aosta in Italy and of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal, and as regards the officially brucellosis-free status of several regions of Portugal (notified under document C(2020) 2260) (Text with EEA relevance).
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/65 of 14 January 2019 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC in relation to the officially tuberculosis-free and the officially brucellosis-free status and Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC in relation to the officially brucellosis (B. melitensis)-free status of certain regions of Spain (notified under document C(2019) 39) (Text with EEA relevance).
Words in Annexes 1-3 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1462), regs. 1(3), 42(3) (with regs. 69-71)
Substituted by Commission Decision of 23 April 2009 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Italy are officially free of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-leukosis, that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic-bovine-leukosis and that Poland and Slovenia are officially free of bovine tuberculosis (notified under document number C(2009) 2972) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/342/EC).
ANNEX II

CHAPTER 1 Officially brucellosis-free Member States
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
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1910 of 17 October 2017 amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the brucellosis (B. melitensis)-free status of certain regions of Spain, Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the official bovine brucellosis-free status of Cyprus and of certain regions of Spain, and as regards the official enzootic-bovine-leucosis-free status of Italy, and Decision 2005/779/EC as regards the swine vesicular disease-free status of the region of Campania of Italy (notified under document C(2017) 6891) (Text with EEA relevance).

CHAPTER 2 Officially brucellosis-free regions of Member States
In 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.
In 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.
In 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.
...
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1983 of 26 October 2018 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of certain regions of Italy as officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free in relation to bovine herds (notified under document C(2018) 6981) (Text with EEA relevance).
Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1970 of 26 November 2019 amending Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the officially brucellosis (B. melitensis)-free status and Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the officially brucellosis-free status of certain regions of Spain and Annexes I and II to Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the free status and the approval of the eradication programmes for Aujeszky’s disease for certain regions of Italy (notified under document C(2019) 8378) (Text with EEA relevance).
ANNEX III

CHAPTER 1 Officially 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
. . .	. . .

CHAPTER 2 Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Member States
In 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.
...
...
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.
...
Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/168 of 5 February 2016 amending the Annexes to Decision 2003/467/EC 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 C(2016) 602) (Text with EEA relevance).
Deleted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1910 of 17 October 2017 amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the brucellosis (B. melitensis)-free status of certain regions of Spain, Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the official bovine brucellosis-free status of Cyprus and of certain regions of Spain, and as regards the official enzootic-bovine-leucosis-free status of Italy, and Decision 2005/779/EC as regards the swine vesicular disease-free status of the region of Campania of Italy (notified under document C(2017) 6891) (Text with EEA relevance).
Deleted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/888 of 22 May 2017 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the official tuberculosis-free status of the region of Umbria of Italy and of the enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of Poland, amending Decision 2004/558/EC as regards the infectious bovine rhinotracheitis-free status of Germany, and amending Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the Aujeszky's disease-free status of certain regions of Poland and the approval of the eradication programme for Aujeszky's disease for the region of Veneto of Italy (notified under document C(2017) 3239) (Text with EEA relevance).