19.3.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 76/58 |
COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 March 2008
amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic bovine leucosis
(notified under document number C(2008) 974)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/234/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 Annex D(I)(E) thereto,
Whereas:
(1) |
Annex D to Directive 64/432/EEC provides that a Member State or part of a Member State may, as regards bovine herds, be considered officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free subject to compliance with certain conditions set out in that Directive. |
(2) |
The lists of regions of Member States declared free of enzootic bovine leukosis are set out in 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). |
(3) |
Poland has now submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards 14 administrative regions (powiaty) within the superior administrative units (Voivodships) of Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Łódzkie and Małopolskie, in order that those regions be considered officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Poland. |
(4) |
Following the evaluation of that documentation, those regions (powiaty) in Poland should be recognised as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of that Member State. |
(5) |
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 III 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, 18 March 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 2007/729/EC (OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 26).
(2) OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74. Decision as last amended by Decision 2008/97/EC (OJ L 32, 6.2.2008, p. 25).
ANNEX
In Chapter 2 of Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC, the second part, concerning Poland, is replaced by the following:
‘In Poland:
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Voivodship Dolnośląskie,
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Voivodship Lubelskie,
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Voivodship Kujawsko-Pomorskie,
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Voivodship Łódzkie,
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Voivodship Małopolskie,
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Voivodship Opolskie,
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Voivodship Podkarpackie,
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Voivodship Śląskie,
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Voivodship Świętokrzyskie,
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Voivodship Wielkopolskie,
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