Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/567
of 7 April 2015
amending Annex I to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Lithuania as an officially tuberculosis-free Member State as regards bovine herds
(notified under document C(2015) 2161)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
Directive 64/432/EEC applies to trade within the Union in bovine animals. It lays down the conditions whereby a Member State may be declared officially tuberculosis-free as regards bovine herds.
Lithuania has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance for its whole territory with the conditions laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for officially tuberculosis-free status as regards bovine herds. Accordingly, it should be declared an officially tuberculosis-free Member State as regards bovine herds.
The list set out in Chapter 1 of Annex I to Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended to include Lithuania.
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex I 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, 7 April 2015.
For the Commission
Vytenis Andriukaitis
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
In Annex I to Decision 2003/467/EC, Chapter 1 is replaced by the following:
‘CHAPTER 1Officially 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’