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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-138/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2005/138",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 16 February 2005 amending Decision 2003/828/EC as regards movements of animals from and inside a restricted zone in Portugal, in relation to an outbreak of bluetongue in that Member State (notified under document number C(2005) 335) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/138/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-138",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 16 February 2005\namending Decision 2003/828/EC as regards movements of animals from and inside a restricted zone in Portugal, in relation to an outbreak of bluetongue in that Member State\n(notified under document number C(2005) 335)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2005/138/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue, and in particular Articles 8(2)(d), and 9(1)(c) and Article 12 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Decision 2003/828/EC of 25 November 2003 on protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue was adopted in the light of the bluetongue situation prevailing in the affected regions of the Community. That Decision demarcates protection and surveillance zones (the restricted zones) corresponding to specific epidemiological situations and lays down the conditions for providing exemptions from the exit ban laid down in Directive 2000/75/EC for certain movements of animals, their sperm, ova and embryos from and through those zones.\n(2)\nDecision 2003/828/EC, as last amended by Decision 2004/898/EC, has established a restricted zone (Zone F) corresponding to the bluetongue situation prevailing in Spain and Portugal at the time of adoption of Decision 2004/898/EC.\n(3)\nPortugal has now informed the Commission of an outbreak of bluetongue in the concelho of Idanha-a-Nova.\n(4)\nExemptions to the exit ban from restricted zones as provided for in Decision 2003/828/EC should apply to the affected regions of Portugal.\n(5)\nIn addition, Zone F should be extended and defined to take account of the geographical, ecological and epizootiological factors connected with bluetongue in the affected regions of Portugal.\n(6)\nDecision 2003/828/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(7)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74. Directive as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 311, 27.11.2003, p. 41. Decision as last amended by Decision 2004/898/EC (OJ L 379, 24.12.2004, p. 105)."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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