Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1983
of 26 October 2018
amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of certain regions of Italy as officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free in relation to bovine herds
(notified under document C(2018) 6981)
(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 region of a Member State may be declared officially tuberculosis-free or officially brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds.
Italy has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance for the Province of Frosinone of the Region of Lazio with the conditions laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for officially tuberculosis-free status as regards bovine herds. Accordingly, that province should be listed in Chapter 2 of Annex I to Decision 2003/467/EC as officially tuberculosis-free region as regards bovine herds.
Chapter 2 of Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC lists the regions of Member States which are declared officially brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds.
Italy has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance for the Province of Rome of the Region of Lazio with the conditions laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for officially brucellosis-free status as regards bovine herds. As all the other provinces of the Region of Lazio have earlier been granted the officially brucellosis-free status as regards bovine herds, the entire Region of Lazio should be listed in Chapter 2 of Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC as officially brucellosis-free region as regards bovine herds.
Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
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: