Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/448

of 23 March 2016

amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC in relation to the official tuberculosis-free and brucellosis-free status of Malta as regards bovine herds

(notified under document C(2016) 1697)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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 paragraph 4 of Annex A.I and paragraph 7 of Annex A.II thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

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 or officially brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds.

(2)
Commission Decision 2003/467/EC2 provides that the Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex I and in Chapter 1 of Annex II thereto are declared officially free of tuberculosis and officially free of brucellosis, respectively, as regards bovine herds.
(3)

Malta has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance for the entire territory of that Member State with the conditions laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free status as regards bovine herds. Accordingly, Malta should be listed in Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC as an officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free Member State as regards bovine herds.

(4)

Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5)

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

Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 March 2016.

For the Commission

Vytenis Andriukaitis

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended as follows.

  1. (1)

    In Annex I, 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

    MT

    Malta

    NL

    Netherlands

    AT

    Austria

    PL

    Poland

    SI

    Slovenia

    SK

    Slovakia

    FI

    Finland

    SE

    Sweden’

  2. (2)

    In Annex II, Chapter 1 is replaced by the following:

    ‘CHAPTER 1Officially brucellosis-free Member States

    ISO code

    Member State

    BE

    Belgium

    CZ

    Czech Republic

    DK

    Denmark

    DE

    Germany

    EE

    Estonia

    IE

    Ireland

    FR

    France

    LV

    Latvia

    LT

    Lithuania

    LU

    Luxembourg

    MT

    Malta

    NL

    Netherlands

    AT

    Austria

    PL

    Poland

    RO

    Romania

    SI

    Slovenia

    SK

    Slovakia

    FI

    Finland

    SE

    Sweden’