Division 6.6 Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents

As regards Directive 2003/99/EC, the Commission should be empowered to establish coordinated monitoring programmes concerning zoonoses and zoonotic agents. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2003/99/EC, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

On grounds of urgency, it is necessary to apply the urgency procedure provided for in Article 5a(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC for the adoption of amendments to Annex I to Directive 2003/99/EC in order to add zoonoses and zoonotic agents to, or delete them from, the lists provided for therein.

Accordingly, Directive 2003/99/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   in Article 4, paragraph 4 shall be amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      the introductory phrase shall be replaced by the following:

      ‘Annex I may be amended by the Commission to add zoonoses or zoonotic agents to, or delete them from, the lists therein, taking account in particular of the following criteria:’;

   2. (b)

      the following subparagraph shall be added:

      ‘Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the urgency procedure referred to in Article 12(4).’;

2. 2..

   Article 5(1) shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘1.

   If data collected through routine monitoring in accordance with Article 4 are not sufficient, coordinated monitoring programmes concerning one or more zoonoses and/or zoonotic agents may be established by the Commission, especially when specific needs are identified, to assess risks or to establish baseline values related to zoonoses or zoonotic agents at the level of Member States or at Community level. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 12(3).’;

3. 3..

   Article 11 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Amendments to the Annexes and transitional or implementing measures

   Article 11

   Annexes II, III and IV may be amended by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 12(3).

   Transitional measures of general scope designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, in particular further specifications of the requirements laid down in this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 12(3).

   Other implementing or transitional measures may be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 12(2).’;

4. 4..

   Article 12 shall be amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:

      ‘3.

      Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’;

   2. (b)

      the following paragraph shall be added:

      ‘4.

      Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1), (2), (4) and (6) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’