Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine(1), and in particular point II.7 of Annex A thereto,

29.3.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 95/45 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 27 March 2014 amending Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Lithuania as officially brucellosis-free (notified under document C(2014) 1940) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/177/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 swine (1), and in particular point II.7 of Annex A 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 brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds. ---|--- (2) | Annex II to Commission Decision 2003/467/EC (2) lists the Member States and regions thereof which are declared officially brucellosis-free. ---|--- (3) | Lithuania has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the officially brucellosis-free status laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for its whole territory. ---|--- (4) | Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Lithuania, that Member-State should be declared officially brucellosis-free. ---|--- (5) | Annex II 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: Article 1 Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 March 2014. For the Commission Tonio BORG Member of the Commission * * * (1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. (2) 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). * * * ANNEX In Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC, Chapter 1 is replaced by the following: ‘ CHAPTER 1 Officially brucellosis-free Member States ISO code | Member State ---|--- BE | Belgium CZ | Czech Republic DK | Denmark DE | Germany EE | Estonia IE | Ireland FR | France LV | Latvia LT | Lithuania LU | Luxembourg NL | Netherlands AT | Austria PL | Poland RO | Romania SI | Slovenia SK | Slovakia FI | Finland SE | Sweden’ * * *