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17.3.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
78/13
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 233/2012
of 16 March 2012
implementing Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as
regards the approval of the amended national scrapie control programme for Denmark
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
animals over the age of 18 months have been tested for
scrapie in Denmark and no case of classical scrapie has
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
been detected. The objective of the amendment to
Union,
Denmark’s national scrapie control programme is
therefore to reduce the number of tests performed
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European
annually, from the present extensive testing of all fallen
Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down
stock of ovine and caprine animals over the age of 18
rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain
months to the minimum required in accordance with
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.

1 ), and in particular
point (b)(iii) of Section 1 of Chapter A of Annex VIII thereto,
(4) Given
the
current
favourable
epidemiological
situation
in
Whereas:
Denmark, the amended national scrapie control
programme for that Member State should be approved.
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
999/2001
lays
down
rules
for
the
prevention, control and eradication of transmissible
(5) The
amended
national
scrapie
control
programme
will
spongiform encephalopathies in animals. It provides for
have no impact on trade since the additional guarantees
the approval of the national scrapie control programmes
and official movement restrictions laid down in Regu
of the Member States if they comply with certain criteria
lation (EC) No 546/2006 remain unchanged. This Regu
laid down in that Regulation.
lation should therefore apply without delay.
(2) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
546/2006
of
31
March
2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the
(6) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
European Parliament and of the Council as regards
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
national scrapie control programmes and additional guar
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
antees and derogating from certain requirements of
Decision 2003/100/EC and repealing Regulation (EC)
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
No 1874/2003
( 2 ) approved, inter alia, Denmark’s
national scrapie control programme and laid down
additional guarantees relating to holdings and official
Article 1
movement restrictions under certain conditions for
The amended national scrapie control programme submitted by
ovine and caprine animals.
Denmark to the Commission on 25 November 2011 is hereby
approved.
(3) On
25
November
2011,
Denmark
submitted
an
amended national scrapie control programme to the
Article 2
Commission for approval, which complies with the
criteria laid down in Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
Since 2003, all fallen stock of ovine and caprine
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 March 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 94, 1.4.2006, p. 28.

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