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13.10.2011 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,
down in Directive 64/432/EEC for all administrative
regions (distritos) within the superior administrative
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
units (regies) of Algarve and Alentejo.
Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
(6) Following
evaluation
of
the
documentation
submitted
by
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community
Portugal, the regions (distritos) concerned should be
trade in bovine animals and swine (
declared as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free

1 ), and in particular
Annexes A(I)(4) and D(I)(E) thereto,
regions of Portugal.
Whereas:
(7) Decision
2003/467/EC
should
therefore
be
amended
accordingly.
(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
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
may be declared officially tuberculosis-free and enzootic-
in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
bovine-leukosis-free as regards bovine herds.
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

(2) Annexes
I
and
III
to
Commission
Decision
2003/467/EC HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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
Article 1
regards bovine herds ( 2 ) list the Member States and
Annexes I and III to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended in
regions thereof which are declared officially tuber
accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
culosis-free and officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free.
(3) Latvia
has
submitted
to
the
Commission
documentation
Article 2
demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
officially tuberculosis-free status laid down in Directive
64/432/EEC for its whole territory.
(4)
Following the evaluation of the documentation submitted
Done at Brussels, 12 October 2011.
by Latvia, the whole territory of that Member State
should be declared officially tuberculosis-free.
For the Commission
(5)
Portugal has submitted to the Commission documen
tation demonstrating compliance with the conditions
John DALLI
for the officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status laid
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
( 2 ) OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74.

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Official Journal of the European Union
13.10.2011
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:
— Regio Algarve: all distritos;
— Regio Alentejo: all distritos;
— Regio Autónoma dos Aores.’

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