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 Annexes A(I)(4) and D(I)(E) thereto,

13.10.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 268/19 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 12 October 2011 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Latvia as officially tuberculosis-free Member State and the declaration of certain administrative regions in Portugal as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions (notified under document C(2011) 7186) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/675/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 Annexes A(I)(4) and D(I)(E) 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 a region of a Member State may be declared officially tuberculosis-free and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free as regards bovine herds. ---|--- (2) | Annexes I and III to 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 (2) list the Member States and regions thereof which are declared officially tuberculosis-free and officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free. ---|--- (3) | Latvia has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the officially tuberculosis-free status laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for its whole territory. ---|--- (4) | Following the evaluation of the documentation submitted by Latvia, the whole territory of that Member State should be declared officially tuberculosis-free. ---|--- (5) | Portugal has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for all administrative regions (distritos) within the superior administrative units (regiões) of Algarve and Alentejo. ---|--- (6) | Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Portugal, the regions (distritos) concerned should be declared as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Portugal. ---|--- (7) | Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. ---|--- (8) | 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 Annexes I and III to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 October 2011. For the Commission John DALLI Member of the Commission * * * (1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. (2) OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74. * * * ANNEX Annexes I and III to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended as follows: (a) | in Annex I, Chapter 1 is replaced by the following: ‘ CHAPTER 1 Officially tuberculosis-free Member States | ISO code | Member State ---|--- BE | Belgium CZ | Czech Republic DK | Denmark DE | Germany EE | Estonia FR | France LV | Latvia LU | Luxembourg NL | Netherlands AT | Austria PL | Poland SI | Slovenia SK | Slovakia FI | Finland SE | Sweden’ (b) | in Annex III, Chapter 2, the entry for Portugal is replaced by the following: ‘In Portugal: | — | Região Algarve: all distritos; ---|--- — | Região Alentejo: all distritos; ---|--- — | Região Autónoma dos Açores.’ ---|--- * * *