Regulation 14 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 on implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongueI1

for subparagraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

‘outbreak of bluetongue’ means the holding or place where animals are assembled and where one or more cases has or have been officially confirmed and Culicoides are believed to be actively transmitting the bluetongue virus;”;

for subparagraph (c) substitute—

“(c)

‘primary outbreak of bluetongue’ means an outbreak of bluetongue—

(i)

that is not epidemiologically linked with a previous outbreak in F2Great Britain; or

(ii)

that implies the demarcation of a restricted zone or a change in an existing restricted zone where an outbreak of bluetongue may not have been confirmed;”;

in subparagraph (e), for “a member State” substitute “ F3Great Britain”;

at the end of subparagraph (f) insert—

“(g)

“the competent authority” means the appropriate Minister for the relevant constituent part of F4Great Britain;

(h)

“the appropriate Minister” means—

(i)

in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

F5(ii)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ii)

in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(iii)

in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(i)

‘exit point’ means any place situated in close proximity to the external frontier of a member State offering customs supervision facilities;

(j)

‘third country’ means any country other than the United Kingdom or a Member State.”.

for paragraph 1, substitute—

“

1

Each authority who in relation to any constituent part of the United Kingdom is the appropriate Minister must—

(a)

draw up and keep updated a list of the restricted zones in that constituent part of F7Great Britain;

(b)

make that information available to the public, together with details of the bluetongue virus serotypes circulating in each zone;

(c)

share that information with each other authority who in relation to any constituent part of Great Britain is the appropriate Minister and notify them of any change in the situation of those zones within 24 hours.”;

for paragraph 2 substitute—

“

2

Before taking any decision to remove an epidemiologically relevant geographical area from a restricted zone, the appropriate Minister must demonstrate the absence of bluetongue virus circulation in that area during a period of two years, including at least two vector activity seasons, following the implementation of the bluetongue monitoring and surveillance programme in accordance with paragraph 3 of Annex 1.”;

omit paragraphs 3, 4 and 5.

in paragraph 2a—

omit paragraphs 3 and 4.

in paragraph 2, for “The Member State” to “States” substitute “Each authority who in relation to any constituent part of F8Great Britain is the appropriate Minister must inform each other such authority;

in paragraph 3, for “ Member State” substitute “ part of F9Great Britain mentioned in Article 2(h) ”;

in paragraph 5, in the last unnumbered subparagraph, omit “other Member States and to the”;

in paragraph 5a omit—

in paragraph 6, omit the words from “laid down” to “Decision 93/444/EEC”.

in paragraph 1, for the words in the last unnumbered paragraph, from “If appropriate” to the end substitute—

“The appropriate Minister in relation to F11England and Wales must use counties, and the appropriate Minister in relation to Scotland must use districts or islands, as the geographical units of reference for monitoring and surveillance purposes.”;

in paragraph 3—

in Section A (Animals)—

in Section B (Semen of animals)—

in Section C (Ova and embryos of animals), in paragraph 3, for the words from “intra-Community” to “93/444/EEC” substitute “ F17trade, the following additional wording must be added to the relevant corresponding health certificates ”.