Commission Implementing Decision of 7 July 2014 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Estonia as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member State (notified under document C(2014) 4547) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/441/EU)
EU Decision 2014/441 · Adopted 7 July 2014 · Extends to United Kingdom
Commission Implementing Decision
of 7 July 2014
amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Estonia as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member State
(notified under document C(2014) 4547)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/441/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swinef1, and in particular point E in Chapter I of Annex D thereto,
Whereas:
(1)
Directive 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.
(2)
Annex III to Commission Decision 2003/467/ECf2 lists the Member States and regions thereof which are declared officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis -free.
(3)
Estonia 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.
(4)
Following the evaluation of the documentation submitted by Estonia, that Member-State should be declared officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free.
(5)
Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6)
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:
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Footnotes
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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 (OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74).
Contents
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Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Signature
Done at Brussels, 7 July 2014.
For the Commission
Tonio Borg
Member of the Commission
In Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC, Chapter 1 is replaced by the following:
‘CHAPTER 1
Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member States
ISO code Member State BE Belgium CZ Czech Republic DK Denmark DE Germany EE Estonia IE Ireland ES Spain FR France CY Cyprus LV Latvia LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg NL Netherlands AT Austria SI Slovenia SK Slovakia FI Finland SE Sweden UK United Kingdom ’