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)

Article 1 U.K.

Decision 2003/828/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:

‘1. 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 and Italy, that they comply with paragraph 2 or in the case of Greece that they comply with paragraph 3.

2. In Spain, France and Italy, 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.’;

2.

Annex I is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.