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Council Directive of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (64/432/EEC)

EU Directive 1964/432 · Adopted 26 June 1964 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Directive

of 26 June 1964

on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine

(64/432/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof;

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliamentf1;

Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committeef2;

Whereas Council Regulation No 20 on the progressive establishment of a common organisation of the market in pigmeatf3 is already in force and a similar regulation is to be adopted for beef and veal and whereas these regulations also concern trade in live animals;

Whereas Regulation No 20 substitutes for the numerous traditional means of protection at the frontier a single system designed in particular to facilitate intra-Community trade; whereas the regulation to be adopted for beef and veal is also designed to eliminate obstacles to such trade;

Whereas, so long as intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine is hindered by differences between the health requirements of Member States, the implementation of the above-mentioned regulations will not have the desired effect;

Whereas, to eliminate those differences, measures must be taken within the framework of the common agricultural policy and in line with regulations already adopted or in preparation on the progressive establishment of a common organisation of markets; whereas the animal health provisions of Member States must therefore be approximated;

Whereas the right of Member States under Article 36 of the Treaty to continue to apply prohibitions or restrictions on imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of the protection of health and life of humans and animals nevertheless does not exempt them from the obligation to approximate the provisions on which those prohibitions and restrictions are based, in so far as the differences between those provisions hinder the implementation and functioning of the common agricultural policy;

Whereas, in the context of such approximation, the exporting country must be required to ensure that bovine animals and swine for breeding, production or slaughter intended for intra-Community trade, the places from which those animals come and are shipped and the means of transport used satisfy certain animal health requirements so as to ensure that the animals are not a source of contagious or infectious disease;

Whereas, so that Member States may be sure that these requirements are satisfied, provision must be made for the issue by an official veterinarian of a health certificate which will accompany the animals to their destination;

Whereas Member States must have the right to prohibit the introduction into their territory of bovine animals and swine if they are found to be suffering or are suspected of suffering from a contagious or infectious disease, if they may spread such disease without actually suffering from it or if they do not comply with Community animal health provisions;

Whereas there is no reason to allow Member States to prohibit the introduction of bovine animals and swine into their territory for reasons other than those of animal health and whereas, therefore, the consignor should at his own request or upon request of his representative be allowed to return the animals to the country of export unless there are reasons to the contrary;

Whereas, in case of prohibition or restriction, the reasons therefor should be made known to the consignor of the animals or his representative and to the competent central authority of the country of export so that they be aware of the reasons why such measures were imposed;

Whereas in the event of dispute between himself and the authority of the Member State of destination as to the justification for prohibition or restriction, the consignor should be enabled to obtain the opinion of a veterinary expert whom he may select from a panel drawn up by the Commission;

Whereas in some cases and for certain categories of animals it appears that the general provisions of this Directive may be relaxed without involving any health risk, by allowing consignee Member States to grant general or special derogations;

Whereas, in certain fields presenting special problems, the provisions in Member States cannot be approximated until a more thorough study has been made;

Whereas a simplified amendement procedure may be provided for Annexes B to D since the rules contained in those Annexes are of a technical nature and liable to change; whereas the Commission should therefore be entrusted with making such amendments after consulting the Member States;

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ No 61, 19.4.1963, p. 1254/63.

f2

OJ No 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2009/64.

f3

OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p. 945/62.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. 4Article 4
  5. 5Article 5
  6. 6Article 6
  7. 6aArticle 6a
  8. 7Article 7
  9. 8Article 8
  10. 9Article 9
  11. 10Article 10
  12. 11Article 11
  13. 12Article 12
  14. 13Article 13
  15. 14Article 14
  16. 15Article 15
  17. 16Article 16
  18. 17Article 17
  19. 17aArticle 17a
  20. 18Article 18
  21. 19Article 19
  22. 20Article 20
  23. Annex A
  24. IOfficially tuberculosis-free bovine herd
  25. 1A bovine herd is officially tuberculosis-free if:
  26. 2A bovine herd will retain officially tuberculosis-free status if:
  27. 3AThe officially tuberculosis-free status of a herd is to be suspended if:
  28. 3BThe officially tuberculosis-free status of the herd is to be withdrawn if the presence of tuberculosis is confirmed by the isolation of M. bovis on laboratory examination.
  29. 4On the basis of information supplied in accordance with Article 8, a Member State or part of a Member State may be declared officially tuberculosis-free according to the procedure laid down in Article 17 if it meets the following conditions:
  30. 5Division 5
  31. IIOfficially brucellosis-free and brucellosis-free bovine herds
  32. 1A bovine herd is officially brucellosis-free if:
  33. 2A bovine herd will retain officially brucellosis-free status if:
  34. 3AThe officially brucellosis-free status of a herd is to be suspended if:
  35. 3BThe officially brucellosis-free status of the herd is to be withdrawn if, as a result of laboratory tests or epidemiological investigations, brucella infection has been confirmed in the herd.
  36. 4A bovine herd is brucellosis-free if it complies with the conditions in 1(b) and (c) and when vaccination has been carried out as follows:
  37. 5A bovine herd will retain brucellosis-free status if:
  38. 6AThe brucellosis-free status of a herd is to be suspended if:
  39. 6BThe brucellosis-free status of the herd is to be withdrawn if, as a result of laboratory tests of epidemiological investigations, brucella infection has been confirmed in a herd. The status of the herd is not to be restored until either all the bovine animals present in the herd at the time of the outbreak have been slaughtered or the herd has been subject to check testing and all unvaccinated animals over 12 months of age have given negative results to two consecutive tests at 60 day intervals, the first being carried out not less than 30 days after removal of the positive animal(s).
  40. 7A Member State or a region of a Member State may be declared officially brucellosis-free according to the procedure laid down in Article 17 if it meets the following conditions:
  41. 8Subject to paragraph 9, a Member State or a region of a Member State declared officially brucellosis-free is to retain this status if:
  42. 9Division 9
  43. 10Division 10
  44. Annex B: TUBERCULOSIS
  45. 1IDENTIFICATION OF THE AGENT
  46. 2THE TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST
  47. Standards for tuberculin (bovine and avian)
  48. 2.1.1Definition
  49. 2.1.2Production
  50. 2.1.3Identification of the product
  51. Tests
  52. 2.1.4.1Division 2.1.4.1
  53. 2.1.4.2Division 2.1.4.2
  54. 2.1.4.3Division 2.1.4.3
  55. 2.1.4.4Division 2.1.4.4
  56. 2.1.4.5Division 2.1.4.5
  57. 2.1.5Potency
  58. 2.1.6Storage
  59. 2.1.7Labelling
  60. Test procedures
  61. 2.2.1The following shall be recognised as official intradermal tuberculin tests:
  62. 2.2.2The dose of tuberculin injected shall be:
  63. 2.2.3Division 2.2.3
  64. 2.2.4Division 2.2.4
  65. 2.2.5Division 2.2.5
  66. 2.2.5.1Technique:
  67. 2.2.5.2Interpretation of reactions
  68. 2.2.5.3Division 2.2.5.3
  69. 2.2.5.3.1Single intradermal test:
  70. 2.2.5.3.2Intradermal comparative test for the establishment and maintenance of officially tuberculosis-free herd status:
  71. 2.2.5.3.3Officially tuberculosis-free herd status may be suspended and animals from the herd shall not be allowed to enter intra-Community trade until such time as the status of the following animals is resolved:
  72. 2.2.5.3.4Division 2.2.5.3.4
  73. 2.2.5.3.5Division 2.2.5.3.5
  74. 3SUPPLEMENTARY TESTING
  75. STATE INSTITUTES AND NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES
  76. 4.1Tasks and responsibilities
  77. Division Repealed
  78. Annex C: BRUCELLOSIS
  79. 1IDENTIFICATION OF THE AGENT
  80. IMMUNOLOGICAL TESTS
  81. Standards
  82. 2.1.1Division 2.1.1
  83. 2.1.2Division 2.1.2
  84. 2.1.3Division 2.1.3
  85. 2.1.4Division 2.1.4
  86. 2.1.5Division 2.1.5
  87. 2.1.6Division 2.1.6
  88. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) or other binding assays for the detection of bovine brucellosis in serum or milk
  89. 2.2.1Material and reagents
  90. Standardisation of the test
  91. 2.2.2.1Division 2.2.2.1
  92. 2.2.2.2Division 2.2.2.2
  93. 2.2.2.3Division 2.2.2.3
  94. Conditions for use of the ELISAs for diagnosis of bovine brucellosis:
  95. 2.2.3.1Division 2.2.3.1
  96. 2.2.3.2Division 2.2.3.2
  97. 2.2.3.3Division 2.2.3.3
  98. 2.2.3.4Division 2.2.3.4
  99. Complement fixation test (CFT)
  100. 2.3.1Division 2.3.1
  101. 2.3.2Division 2.3.2
  102. 2.3.3Division 2.3.3
  103. 2.3.4Division 2.3.4
  104. 2.3.5Calculation of results
  105. 2.3.6Interpretation of results
  106. Milk ring test (MRT)
  107. 2.4.1Division 2.4.1
  108. 2.4.2Division 2.4.2
  109. 2.4.3Division 2.4.3
  110. 2.4.4Division 2.4.4
  111. 2.4.5Division 2.4.5
  112. 2.4.6Division 2.4.6
  113. 2.4.7Division 2.4.7
  114. Buffered Brucella antigen test (Rose Bengal test (RBT))
  115. 2.5.1Division 2.5.1
  116. 2.5.2Division 2.5.2
  117. 2.5.3Division 2.5.3
  118. 2.5.4Interpretation of results
  119. Serum agglutination test (SAT)
  120. 2.6.1Division 2.6.1
  121. 2.6.2Division 2.6.2
  122. 2.6.3Division 2.6.3
  123. 2.6.4Division 2.6.4
  124. 2.6.5Interpretation of results:
  125. Fluorescence polarisation assay (FPA)
  126. 2.7.1Division 2.7.1
  127. 2.7.2Standardisation of the test
  128. COMPLEMENTARY TESTS
  129. Brucellosis skin test (BST)
  130. Conditions for the use of BST
  131. (a)Division (a)
  132. (b)Division (b)
  133. (c)Division (c)
  134. (d)Division (d)
  135. 3.1.2Division 3.1.2
  136. Test procedure
  137. 3.1.3.1Division 3.1.3.1
  138. 3.1.3.2Division 3.1.3.2
  139. 3.1.3.3Division 3.1.3.3
  140. 3.1.3.4Division 3.1.3.4
  141. Competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA)
  142. 3.2.1Conditions for the use of cELISA
  143. 3.2.2Test procedure
  144. NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES
  145. 4.1Tasks and responsibilities
  146. Division Repealed
  147. Annex D
  148. Chapter I: OFFICIALLY ENZOOTIC-BOVINE-LEUKOSIS-FREE HERDS, MEMBER STATES AND REGIONS
  149. AOfficially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free herd means a herd in which:
  150. BA herd shall retain officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status provided:
  151. CDivision C
  152. DThe status is to remain suspended until the following requirements are complied with:
  153. EIn accordance with the procedure in Article 17 and on the basis of information supplied in accordance with Article 8, a Member State or part of a Member State may be considered officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free if:
  154. FA Member State or a region of a Member State is to retain officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status if:
  155. GThe officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of a Member State or part of a Member State is to be suspended, in accordance with the procedure in Article 17 if, as a result of investigations carried out in accordance with paragraph F above, there is evidence of a significant change in the situation as regards enzootic bovine leukosis in a Member State or part of a Member State which has been recognised as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free.
  156. IITESTS FOR ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS
  157. Agar gel immuno-diffusion test for enzootic bovine leukosis
  158. 1Division 1
  159. 2Division 2
  160. 3Division 3
  161. 4The reagents of the tests shall consist of:
  162. 5A test pattern of seven moisture-free wells shall be cut in the agar to the bottom of the plate; the pattern shall consist of one central well and six wells in a circle around it.
  163. 6Division 6
  164. 7This results in the following quantities being obtained:
  165. 8Division 8
  166. 9The test may be read at 24 and 48 hours but a final result shall not be obtained before 72 hours:
  167. 10Division 10
  168. Method for antigen standardisation
  169. 1Solutions and materials required:
  170. 2Procedure:
  171. 3Addition of antigen:
  172. 4Additional instructions:
  173. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting enzootic bovine leukosis
  174. 1The material and reagents to be used shall be as follows:
  175. 2Standardisation and sensitivity of test
  176. 3Conditions for use of the ELISA for enzootic bovine leukosis
  177. Annex E (I)
  178. (a)Bovine diseases
  179. (b)Swine diseases
  180. Annex E (II)Annex E (II)
  181. Annex F
  182. MODEL 1Animal health certificate for animals of the bovine species for breeding/production/slaughter