# Commission Decision of 31 October 2008 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards surveillance and eradication programmes and disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments (notified under document number C(2008) 6264) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/177/EC), Article 5: Savings for declarations of disease-free status made before IP completion day

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1.) Subject to paragraph 2, declarations of disease-free status made before IP completion day which are listed in Part C of Annex 1 are to be treated as if—
(a) references to Great Britain were to the relevant constituent GB territory; and
(b) they had been made in accordance with Article 2a or 2b (as the case may be).
(2.) Paragraph 1 does not apply where, following IP completion day, disease-free status has been withdrawn in relation to any of the areas listed in Part C of Annex 1 in accordance with Article 2d.
(3.) The Internet-based information pages required by Article 10 are to be considered to be the definitive list of constituent GB territories, zones and compartments which are declared to be disease-free..

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/177/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-177/article-5
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