{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-303/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/303",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 11 June 2012 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Lithuania as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member State (notified under document C(2012) 3729) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/303/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-303",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Decision\nof 11 June 2012\namending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Lithuania as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member State\n(notified under document C(2012) 3729)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2012/303/EU)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine, and in particular Annex D(I)(E) thereto,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nDirective 64/432/EEC applies to trade within the Union in bovine animals and swine. It lays down the conditions whereby a Member State or region of a Member State may be declared officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free as regards bovine herds.\n(2)\nAnnex III to Commission Decision 2003/467/EC 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 lists the Member States and regions thereof which are declared officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free.\n(3)\nLithuania has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for its whole territory.\n(4)\nFollowing the evaluation of the documentation submitted by Lithuania, that Member State should be declared as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free.\n(5)\nDecision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(6)\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 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74."
    }
  ],
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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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