Commission Decision

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 herds

(notified under document number C(2003) 1925)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/467/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 health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/2002(2), and in particular Annex A(I)(4), Annex A(II)(7) and Annex D(I)(E) thereto,

Whereas:

(1) Directive 64/432/EEC provides that Member States or parts or regions thereof may be declared officially free of tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leukosis as regards bovine herds subject to compliance with certain conditions set out in that Directive.

(2) Commission Decision 1999/467/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2001/26/EC(4), established the official tuberculosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds.

(3) Commission Decision 1999/466/EC(5), as last amended by Decision 2003/164/EEC(6), established the official brucellosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds.

(4) Commission Decision 1999/465/EC(7), as last amended by Decision 2003/177/EEC(8), established the official enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States.

(5) Belgium as regards the territory of that Member State, and Italy as regards the provinces of Ascoli Piceno, Bergamo, Lecco and Sondrio submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with all the conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC, in order that the territory of Belgium and those regions of Italy may be declared officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.

(6) Belgium as regards the territory of that Member State, and Italy as regards the region of Sardinia and the provinces of Ascoli Piceno, Bergamo, Como, Lecco, Mantova, Sondrio, Trento and Varese submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with all the conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC, in order that the territory of Belgium and those regions of Italy may be declared officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.

(7) Italy submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with all the conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC, as regards the provinces of Ascoli Piceno, Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Lecco, Mantova, Sondrio and Varese in order that those regions may be declared officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis.

(8) In the interests of clarity, the lists of Member States and regions of Member States declared officially free of tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leukosis, as regards bovine herds, should be set out in the same act. Accordingly, Decisions 1999/467/EEC, 1999/466/EEC and 1999/465/EEC should be repealed.

(9) 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 Officially tuberculosis-free Member States and Regions of Member States

1.The Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex I are declared officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.

2.The regions of the Member States listed in Chapter 2 of Annex 1 are declared officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.

Article 2 Officially brucellosis-free Member States and Regions of Member States

1.The Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex II are declared officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.

2.The regions of the Member States listed in Chapter 2 of Annex II are declared officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.

Article 3 Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member States and Regions of Member States

1.The Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex III are declared officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis.

2.The regions of the Member States listed in Chapter 2 of Annex III are declared officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis.

Article 4 Repeals

Decisions 1999/465/EC, 1999/466/EC and 1999/467/EC are repealed.

^F1Article 5 Addressees

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[^F2ANNEX I

[^F3CHAPTER 1 Officially 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^F3]

[^F4CHAPTER 2 Officially tuberculosis-free regions of Member States

[^F5In Italy:
- Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara,
- Province of Bolzano,
- Region Emilia-Romagna,
- Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia,
- Region Lazio: Provinces of Frosinone, Rieti, Viterbo,
- Region Liguria,
- Region Lombardia,
- Region Marche: Provinces of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Fermo, Pesaro-Urbino,
- Region Piemonte,
- Region Sardegna: Provinces of Cagliari, Medio-Campidano, Ogliastra, Olbia- Tempio, Oristano,
- Region Toscana,
- Province of Trento,
- Region Umbria,
- Region Valle d’Aosta,
- Region Veneto.
In Portugal:
- Região Algarve: all distritos,
- Região Autónoma dos Açores except Ilha de São Miguel.^F5]
[^F6In Spain:
- Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands,
- Autonomous Community of Galicia: Province of Pontevedra.^F6]
^F7...^F4^,^F2]]

[^F4ANNEX II

[^F8CHAPTER 1 Officially brucellosis-free Member States

ISO code	Member State
BE	Belgium
CZ	Czech Republic
DK	Denmark
DE	Germany
EE	Estonia
IE	Ireland
FR	France
CY	Cyprus
LV	Latvia
LT	Lithuania
LU	Luxembourg
MT	Malta
NL	Netherlands
AT	Austria
PL	Poland
RO	Romania
SI	Slovenia
SK	Slovakia
FI	Finland
SE	Sweden^F8]

CHAPTER 2 Officially brucellosis-free regions of Member States

[^F9In Italy:
- Region Abruzzo: Province of Pescara,
- Province of Bolzano,
- Region Emilia-Romagna,
- Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia,
- Region Lazio,
- Region Liguria,
- Region Lombardia,
- Region Marche,
- Region Molise: Province of Campobasso,
- Region Piemonte,
- Region Puglia: Province of Brindisi,
- Region Sardegna,
- Region Toscana,
- Province of Trento,
- Region Umbria,
- Region Valle d'Aosta,
- Region Veneto.^F9]
[^F5In Portugal:
- Região Algarve: all distritos,
- Região Autónoma dos Açores: Ilhas de Corvo, Faial, Flores, Graciosa, Pico, Santa Maria,
- Região Centro: distritos Aveiro, Viseu, Guarda, Coimbra, Leiria, Castelo Branco.^F5]
[^F10In Spain:
- Autonomous Community of Andalusia: Provinces of Almeria, Granada and Jaen,
- Autonomous Community of Aragon,
- Autonomous Community of Asturias,
- Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands,
- Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands,
- Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha,
- Autonomous Community of Castilla y León: Provinces of Burgos, León, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora,
- Autonomous Community of Cataluña,
- Autonomous Community of Galicia,
- Autonomous Community of La Rioja,
- Autonomous Community of Madrid,
- Autonomous Community of Murcia,
- Autonomous Community of Navarra,
- Autonomous Community of Pais Vasco,
- Autonomous Community of Valencia.^F10]
^F7...^F4]

ANNEX III

[^F8CHAPTER 1 Officially enzootic-bovine-leucosis-free Member States

ISO code	Member State
BE	Belgium
CZ	Czech Republic
DK	Denmark
DE	Germany
EE	Estonia
IE	Ireland
ES	Spain
IT	Italy
CY	Cyprus
LV	Latvia
LT	Lithuania
LU	Luxembourg
NL	Netherlands
AT	Austria
PL	Poland
SI	Slovenia
SK	Slovakia
FI	Finland
SE	Sweden ^F8]
^F7. . .	^F7. . .

[^F4CHAPTER 2 Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Member States

[^F11In France:
- Région Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne et Lorraine,
- Région Aquitaine, Limousin et Poitou-Charentes,
- Région Auvergne et Rhône-Alpes,
- Région Bourgogne et Franche-Comté,
- Région Bretagne,
- Région Centre,
- Région Corse,
- Région Ile-de-France,
- Région Languedoc-Roussillon et Midi-Pyrénées,
- Région Nord — Pas-de-Calais et Picardie,
- Région Basse-Normandie et Haute-Normandie,
- Région Pays de la Loire,
- Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,
- Région Guadeloupe,
- Région Martinique,
- Région Guyane,
- Région Mayotte.^F11]
^F12...
^F13...
In Portugal:
- Região Algarve: all distritos,
- Região Alentejo: all distritos,
- Região Centro: all distritos,
- Região Lisboa e Vale do Tejo: all distritos,
- Região Norte: districtos: Braga, Bragança, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real,
- Região Autónoma dos Açores.
^F7...^F4]

(1)

OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.

(2)

OJ L 179, 9.7.2002, p. 13.

(3)

OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 36.

(4)

OJ L 6, 11.1.2001, p. 18.

(5)

OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 34.

(6)

OJ L 66, 11.3.2003, p. 49.

(7)

OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 32.

(8)

OJ L 70, 14.3.2003, p. 50.

(1)