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Official Journal of the European Union
5.7.2011
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 648/2011
of 4 July 2011
amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the period of application of the transitional
measures concerning the conditions for exempting certain animals from the exit ban provided for
in Council Directive 2000/75/EC
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Article 8(1) thereof, be subjected to additional conditions,
on the basis of a risk assessment taking into account the
entomological and epidemiological conditions in which
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
animals are being introduced. Those additional
Union,
conditions specify that the animals must be less than
90 days old, they must have been kept since birth in
vector protected confinement and they must have been
subject to certain tests referred to in Annex III to that
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of
Regulation.
20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the
control and eradication of bluetongue ( 1 ), and in particular
Article 9(1)(c), Articles 11 and 12 and the third paragraph of
Article 19 thereof,
(4) Regulation
(EC)
No
1266/2007,
as
amended
by
Regu
lation (EU) No 1142/2010 ( 3 ), prolonged the period of
application of the transitional measures provided for in
Article 9(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 for
Whereas:
another 6 months, until 30 June 2011. At the time of
adoption of Regulation (EU) No 1142/2010, it was
expected that new rules on criteria for vector protected
(1) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
1266/2007 of
establishments would have been laid down in Annex III
26 October 2007 on implementing rules for Council
to Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 and that those transi
Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring,
tional measures would therefore no longer be necessary.
surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain
However, those planned amendments to Annex III to
animals of susceptible species in relation to blue
that Regulation have not yet been made.
tongue ( 2 ) lays down rules for the control, monitoring,
surveillance and restrictions on movements of animals, in
relation to bluetongue, in and from the restricted zones.
(5) Accordingly,
it
is
necessary
to
prolong
the
period
of
application of the transitional measures provided for in
Article 9(a)(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 for
(2) Article
8
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
1266/2007
lays
down
another year, pending the adoption of the amendments
conditions for exemption from the exit ban provided for
to Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 on vector
in Directive 2000/75/EC. Article 8(1) of that Regulation
protected establishments.
provides that movements of animals, their semen, ova
and embryos, from a holding or semen collection or
storage centre located in a restricted zone to another
holding or semen collection or storage centre are to be
(6) Regulation
(EC)
No
1266/2007
should
therefore
be
exempted from that exit ban provided that they comply
amended accordingly.
with the conditions set out in Annex III to that Regu
lation or with any other appropriate animal health guar
antees based on a positive outcome of a risk assessment
of measures against the spread of the bluetongue virus
(7) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
and protection against attacks by vectors, required by the
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
competent authority of the place of origin and approved
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
by the competent authority of the place of destination,
prior to the movement of such animals.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(3) Article
9(a)(1)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
1266/2007
provides that, as a transitional measure and by way of
derogation from the conditions set out in Annex III to
Article 1
that Regulation, Member States of destination may
require that the movement of certain animals which
In the introductory phrase of Article 9a(1) of Regulation (EC)
are covered by the exemption, provided for in
No 1266/2007, the date ‘30 June 2011’ is replaced by ‘30 June
2012’.
( 1 ) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.
( 2 ) OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 37.
( 3 ) OJ L 322, 8.12.2010, p. 20.

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EN
5.7.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
176/19
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its 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, 4 July 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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