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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1499/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/1499",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1499 of 8 October 2018 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/954 laying down certain protective measures in order to prevent the spread of peste des petits ruminants in Bulgaria (notified under document C(2018) 6662) (Only the Bulgarian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1499",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1499\nof 8 October 2018\namending Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/954 laying down certain protective measures in order to prevent the spread of peste des petits ruminants in Bulgaria\n(notified under document C(2018) 6662)\n(Only the Bulgarian text is authentic)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market, and in particular Article 9(4)thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market, and in particular Article 10(4)thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nPeste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a severe viral disease of small ruminants, namely sheep and goats, which is transmitted primarily via direct contact. Morbidity and mortality due to PPR can be very high, especially in areas where PPR occurs for the first time, and it can have a serious economic impact on the agricultural sector. PPR is not transmissible to humans. PPR is endemic in many countries of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and it is of great concern for animal health and welfare.\n(2)\nCouncil Directive 92/119/EEC lays down general measures to be taken for the control of certain animal diseases, including PPR. These include control measures to be taken in the event of the suspicion and the confirmation of PPR in a holding. These control measures also include the establishment of protection and surveillance zones around outbreaks and other additional measures to control the spread of that disease.\n(3)\nOn 23 June 2018, Bulgaria notified the Commission and the other Member States of one outbreak of PPR, in 3 small ruminant holdings, where animals from those holdings graze together in the municipality of Bolyarovo, in the region of Yambol in Bulgaria. A second outbreak was notified on 28 June 2018, in the region of Burgas.\n(4)\nBulgaria took the control measures provided for in Directive 92/119/EEC, and in particular the ‘stamping out’ of infected herds, and the establishment of protection and surveillance zones around the outbreaks as provided for in that Directive. Surveillance has also been intensified in the municipalities neighbouring the affected zones, as well as in the municipalities located along the border of the Union with third countries not free of PPR.\n(5)\nIn order to prevent the spread of the disease to other parts of Bulgaria, to other Member States and third countries, the Commission subsequently took additional measures through the adoption of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/954 providing for additional protective measures and prohibiting the dispatch of consignments of small ruminants and the placing on the market of certain products derived from small ruminants from the municipalities of Bolyarovo and Elhovo in the region of Yambol and the municipalities of Sredets, Sozopol, Primorsko, Malko Tarnovo and Tsarevo in the region of Burgas.\n(6)\nSince the adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/954 Bulgaria notified the Commission of another five new outbreaks of PPR, all within the restricted areas of the region of Yambol of that Member State.\n(7)\nOn 18 September 2018, Bulgaria notified the Commission and the other Member States of the results of a serological surveillance conducted around the previously confirmed PPR outbreaks. According to the results of this surveillance, animals with antibodies against the PPR virus have been detected in holdings located within the already restricted areas, without reported clinical manifestations of the disease. A number of these holdings are located very close to the border between these resticted areas and the rest of the Bulgarian territory, where no outbreaks of PPR have been reported to date.\n(8)\nAs a result of the location of the seropositive animals and the absence of clinical manifestations it is necessary to expand the area where additional protective measures for PPR apply and implement additional protective measures within this new area prohibiting the dispatch of consignments of small ruminants and certain products derived from small ruminants, in order to prevent any possible spread of PPR. Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/954 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(9)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992 introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease (OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 69)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/954 of 4 July 2018 laying down certain protective measures in order to prevent the spread of peste des petits ruminants in Bulgaria (OJ L 168, 5.7.2018, p. 7)."
    }
  ],
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