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23.2.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
50/49
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 10 February 2012
amending Decision 2007/453/EC as regards the BSE status of Denmark and Panama
(notified under document C(2012) 678)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/111/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Risk Status of Members – adopted by the OIE in May
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
2010 regarding the BSE status of Member States and
Union,
third countries ( 3 ).
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European
(4) In
May
2011,
the
OIE
adopted
Resolution
No
17
–
Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down
Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain
Risk Status of Members. That Resolution recognised
Denmark and Panama as having a negligible BSE risk.
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ( 1 ), and in particular
The list in the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC should
the third subparagraph of Article 5(2) thereof,
therefore be amended to be brought into line with that
Resolution as regards those countries ( 4 ).
Whereas:
(5) Decision
2007/453/EC
should
therefore
be
amended
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
999/2001
lays
down
rules
for
the
accordingly.
prevention, control and eradication of transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in animals. For that
(6) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
purpose, the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
status of Member States or third countries or regions
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
thereof (‘countries or regions’) is according to
Article 5(1) and Annex II to Regulation (EC)
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
No 999/2001 to be determined by classification into
one of three categories depending on the BSE risk
involved, namely a negligible BSE risk, a controlled BSE
Article 1
risk and an undetermined BSE risk.
The Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.
(2) The
Annex
to
Commission
Decision
2007/453/EC
of
29 June 2007 establishing the BSE status of Member
Article 2
States or third countries or regions thereof according
to their BSE risk (
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

2 ) lists countries or regions according
to their BSE risk status.
(3) The
World
Organisation
for
Animal
Health
(OIE)
plays
a Done at Brussels, 10 February 2012.
leading role in the categorisation of countries or regions
according to their BSE risk and employs criteria
For the Commission
equivalent to those established in Annex II to Regulation
(EC) No 999/2001. The list in the Annex to Decision
John DALLI
2007/453/EC takes account of Resolution No 18 –
Member of the Commission
( 3 ) See pp. 40 and 158 of Report of the General Session 23-28 May
2010 at http://www.oie.int/eng/session2011/A_FR_2010PUB.pdf
( 4 ) See pp. 49 and 149 of Report of the General Session 22-27 May
( 1 ) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1.
2011 at http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/About_us/docs/pdf/
( 2 ) OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 84.
A_FR_2011_PUB.pdf

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ANNEX
‘ANNEX
LIST OF COUNTRIES OR REGIONS
A. Countries or regions with a negligible BSE risk
Member States
— Denmark
— Finland
— Sweden
EFTA countries
— Iceland
— Norway
Third countries
— Argentina
— Australia
— Chile
— India
— New Zealand
— Panama
— Paraguay
— Peru
— Singapore
— Uruguay
B. Countries or regions with a controlled BSE risk
Member States
— Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia,
the United Kingdom
EFTA countries
— Liechtenstein
— Switzerland
Third countries
— Brazil
— Canada
— Colombia
— Japan
— Mexico
— South Korea
— Taiwan
— United States
C. Countries or regions with an undetermined BSE risk
— Countries or regions not listed in point A or B of this Annex.’

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