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’ |