Commission Decision
of 25 September 2006
amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards restricted zones in relation to bluetongue
(notified under document number C(2006) 4227)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/650/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue, and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2000/75/EC lays down control rules and measures to combat bluetongue in the Community, including the establishment of protection and surveillance zones and a ban on animals leaving those zones.
(2) Commission Decision 2005/393/EC of 23 May 2005 on protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue and conditions applying to movements from or through these zones provides for the demarcation of the global geographic areas where protection and surveillance zones (‘the restricted zones’) are to be established by the Member States in relation to bluetongue.
OJ L 130, 24.5.2005, p. 22. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/633/EC (OJ L 258, 21.9.2006, p. 7).
(3) Following the notification of outbreaks of bluetongue in mid-August and early September 2006 by Belgium, Germany, France and the Netherlands, the Commission has amended several times Decision 2005/393/EC as regards the demarcation of the restricted zones concerned.
(4) On 8 September 2006, the Netherlands informed the Commission of a new confirmed case of bluetongue in cattle in the north part of the country. In view of those findings, the restricted zone should be extended to the whole of the Netherlands.
(5) Following a substantiated request submitted by Germany, it is appropriate to amend the demarcation of the restricted zone in Germany.
(6) Decision 2005/393/EC should be amended accordingly.
(7) 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 Annex I to Decision 2005/393/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 September 2006.
For the Commission
Markos Kyprianou
Member of the Commission
ANNEX Annex I to Decision 2005/393/EC is amended as follows:
1. The list of restricted zones in Zone F (serotype 8) which relates to the Netherlands is replaced by the following:

‘The Netherlands
Whole territory.’

2. The list of restricted zones in Zone F (serotype 8) which relates to Germany is replaced by the following:

‘Germany:

Hessen
im Landkreis Kassel die Gemeinden Breuna, Liebenau, Zierenberg, Wolfhagen, Naumburg, Bad Emstal, Schauenburg, Habichtswald, Calden, Ahnatal, Baunatal, Hofgeismar, Grebenstein, Fuldabrück
Stadt Kassel
im Schwalm-Eder-Kreis die Gemeinden Fritzlar, Niedenstein, Gudensberg, Wabern, Borken (Hessen), Bad Zwesten, Jesberg, Gilserberg, Schwalmstadt, Neuental, Frielendorf, Homberg (Efze), Neukirchen, Schrecksbach, Willingshausen, Edermünde, Guxhagen, Körle, Melsungen, Felsberg, Malsfeld, Knüllwald, Schwarzenborn, Oberaula, Ottrau, Morschen
Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg
im Landkreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg die Gemeinden Ludwigsau, Neuenstein, Kirchheim, Niederaula, Breitenbach a. Herzberg
im Landkreis Fulda die Gemeinden Bad Salzschlirf, Großenlüder, Fulda, Hosenfeld, Neuhof, Flieden, Eichenzell, Kalbach
Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf
Vogelsbergkreis
Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Landkreis Gießen
Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg
Wetteraukreis
Hochtaunuskreis
Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Stadt Offenbach
Landkreis Offenbach
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
Stadt Wiesbaden
Main-Taunus-Kreis
Landkreis Groß-Gerau
Stadt Darmstadt
Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg
im Landkreis Bergstraße die Gemeinden Groß-Rohrheim, Biblis, Lampertheim, Bürstadt, Zwingenberg, Bensheim, Einhausen, Lorsch, Heppenheim, Lautertal, Lindenfels

Niedersachsen
Stadt Osnabrück
Im Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim die Gemeinden Bad Bentheim, Suddendorf, Ohne, Samern, Schüttorf, Quendorf, Isterberg, Nordhorn, Engden
Im Landkreis Emsland die Gemeinden Emsbüren, Salzbergen, Lünne, Spelle, Schapen
Im Landkreis Osnabrück die Gemeinden Glandorf, Bad Laer, Bad Rothenfelde, Dissen, Bad Iburg, Hilter, Melle, Bissendorf, Georgsmarienhütte, Hagen, Hasbergen

Nordrhein-Westfalen
Gesamtes Landesgebiet

Rheinland-Pfalz
Kreis Ahrweiler
Kreis Altenkirchen
Kreis Alzey-Worms
Im Kreis Bad Dürkheim die Verbandsgemeinden Lambrecht (Pfalz), Hettenleidelheim, Freinsheim, Grünstadt Land
Stadt Bad Dürkheim
Kreis Bad Kreuznach
Kreis Bernkastel-Wittlich
Kreis Birkenfeld
Kreis Bitburg-Prüm
Kreis Cochem-Zell
Kreis Daun
Donnersbergkreis
Stadt Grünstadt
Kreis Kaiserslautern
Stadt Kaiserslautern
Stadt Koblenz
Kreis Kusel
Stadt Mainz
Kreis Mainz Bingen
Kreis Mayen-Koblenz
Kreis Neuwied
Im Kreis Südwestpfalz die Verbandsgemeinden Wallhalben, Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Thaleischweiler-Fröschen, Zweibrücken-Land sowie die Ortsgemeinden Donsieders, Clausen, Leimen aus der Verbandsgemeinde Rodalben, die verbandsfreie Gemeinde Rodalben und die Exklave zu Wilgartswiesen in der Verbandsgemeinde Rodalben
In der Stadt Pirmasens die Stadtteile Windsberg, Hengsberg, Fehrbach
Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Im Rhein-Pfalz Kreis die Verbandsgemeinde Heßheim, verbandsfreie Gemeinde Bobenheim-Roxheim
Stadt Trier
Kreis Trier-Saarburg
Westerwaldkreis
Stadt Worms
Stadt Zweibrücken

Saarland
Gesamtes Landesgebiet.’