Commission Decision

of 20 October 2008

amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic bovine leucosis

(notified under document number C(2008) 5987)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/816/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 animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine1, and in particular Annex D(I)(E) thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex D to Directive 64/432/EEC provides that a Member State or part of a Member State may, as regards bovine herds, be considered officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free subject to compliance with certain conditions set out in that Directive.

(2)
The lists of regions of Member States declared free of enzootic bovine leukosis are set out in Commission Decision 2003/467/EC 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 herds2.
(3)

Poland has now submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards 29 administrative regions (powiaty) within the superior administrative units (Voivodships) of Mazowieckie, Podlaskie and Warminsko-mazurskie in order that those regions may be considered officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Poland.

(4)

Following the evaluation of that documentation, those regions (powiaty) in Poland should be recognised as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of that Member State.

(5)

Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)

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 III to Decision 2003/467/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 October 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla Vassiliou

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

In Chapter 2 of Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC, the second part concerning Poland is replaced by the following:

‘In Poland:

  • Voivodship Dolnośląskie

    Powiaty:

    bolesławiecki, dzierżoniowski, głogowski, górowski, jaworski, jeleniogórski, Jelenia Góra, kamiennogórski, kłodzki, legnicki, Legnica, lubański, lubiński, lwówecki, milicki, oleśnicki, oławski, polkowicki, strzeliński, średzki, świdnicki, trzebnicki, wałbrzyski, Wałbrzych, wołowski, wrocławski, Wrocław, ząbkowicki, zgorzelecki, złotoryjski.

  • Voivodship Lubelskie

    Powiaty:

    bialski, Biała Podlaska, biłgorajski, chełmski, Chełm, hrubieszowski, janowski, krasnostawski, kraśnicki, lubartowski, lubelski, Lublin, łęczyński, łukowski, opolski, parczewski, puławski, radzyński, rycki, świdnicki, tomaszowski, włodawski, zamojski, Zamość.

  • Voivodship Kujawsko-pomorskie

    Powiaty:

    aleksandrowski, chełmiński, golubsko-dobrzyński, grudziądzki, Grudziądz, toruński, Toruń, wąbrzeski.

  • Voivodship Łódzkie

    Powiaty:

    bełchatowski, brzeziński, kutnowski, łaski, łęczycki, łowicki, łódzki, Łódź, opoczyński, pabianicki, pajęczański, piotrkowski, Piotrków Trybunalski, poddębicki, radomszczański, rawski, sieradzki, skierniewicki, Skierniewice, tomaszowski, wieluński, wieruszowski, zduńskowolski, zgierski.

  • Voivodship Małopolskie

    Powiaty:

    brzeski, bocheński, chrzanowski, dąbrowski, gorlicki, krakowski, Kraków, limanowski, miechowski, myślenicki, nowosądecki, nowotarski, Nowy Sącz, oświęcimski, olkuski, proszowicki, suski, tarnowski, Tarnów, tatrzański, wadowicki, wielicki.

  • Voivodship Mazowieckie

    Powiaty:

    białobrzeski, garwoliński, grójecki, gostyniński, grodziski, kozienicki, lipski, Płock, płocki, pruszkowski, przysuski, Radom, radomski, sochaczewski, szydłowiecki, warszawski zachodni, zwoleński, żyrardowski.

  • Voivodship Opolskie

    Powiaty:

    brzeski, głubczycki, kędzierzyńsko-kozielski, kluczborski, krapkowicki, namysłowski, nyski, oleski, opolski, Opole, prudnicki, strzelecki.

  • Voivodship Podkarpackie

    Powiaty:

    bieszczadzki, brzozowski, dębicki, jarosławski, jasielski, kolbuszowski, krośnieński, Krosno, leski, leżajski, lubaczowski, łańcucki, mielecki, niżański, przemyski, Przemyśl, przeworski, ropczycko-sędziszowski, rzeszowski, Rzeszów, sanocki, stalowowolski, strzyżowski, Tarnobrzeg, tarnobrzeski.

  • Voivodship Podlaskie

    Powiaty:

    augustowski, bielski, hajnowski, siemiatycki, sokólski, wysokomazowiecki, zambrowski.

  • Voivodship Śląskie

    Powiaty:

    będziński, bielski, Bielsko-Biała, bieruńsko-lędziński, Bytom, Chorzów, cieszyński, częstochowski, Częstochowa, Dąbrowa Górnicza, gliwicki, Gliwice, Jastrzębie Zdrój, Jaworzno, Katowice, kłobucki, lubliniecki, mikołowski, Mysłowice, myszkowski, Piekary Śląskie, pszczyński, raciborski, Ruda Śląska, rybnicki, Rybnik, Siemianowice Śląskie, Sosnowiec, świętochłowice, tarnogórski, Tychy, wodzisławski, Zabrze, zawierciański, Żory, żywiecki.

  • Voivodship Świętokrzyskie

    Powiaty:

    buski, jędrzejowski, kazimierski, kielecki, Kielce, konecki, opatowski, ostrowiecki, pińczowski, sandomierski, skarżyski, starachowicki, staszowski, włoszczowski.

  • Voivodship Warmińsko-mazurskie

    Powiaty:

    ełcki, giżycki, gołdapski, olecki.

  • Voivodship Wielkopolskie

    Powiaty:

    jarociński, kaliski, Kalisz, kępiński, kolski, koniński, Konin, krotoszyński, ostrzeszowski, słupecki, turecki, wrzesiński.’