
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, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/2002, 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, as last amended by Decision 2001/26/EC, 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, as last amended by Decision 2003/164/EEC, 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, as last amended by Decision 2003/177/EEC, 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:

Officially tuberculosis-free Member States and Regions of Member States
Article 1 

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

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

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.
Repeals
Article 4 
Decisions 1999/465/EC, 1999/466/EC and 1999/467/EC are repealed.
Addressees
Article 5 
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ANNEX I
CHAPTER 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

CHAPTER 2
                     

                        Officially tuberculosis-free regions of Member States
                     

 In 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.
 In Spain:
— Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands,
— Autonomous Community of Galicia: Province of Pontevedra.
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ANNEX II
CHAPTER 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


                        CHAPTER 2
                     

                        Officially brucellosis-free regions of Member States
                     

 In 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.
 In 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.
 In 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.
 ...

ANNEX III
CHAPTER 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
                                 
. . . . . .

CHAPTER 2
                     

                        Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Member States
                     

 In 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.
 ...
 ...
 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.
 ...
