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Official Journal of the European Union
14.10.2011
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 13 October 2011
recognising the fully operational character of the Lithuanian database for bovine animals
(notified under document C(2011) 7164)
(Only the Lithuanian text is authentic)
(2011/685/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
the deadlines for notifications of animal movements set
in the Regulation are respected; (ii) that passports of
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
animals moved outside of Lithuania are subsequently
Union,
surrendered to the competent authority on arrival; (iii)
there is an interface between the national bovine
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the
database and the national Agriculture Payment Scheme
European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 estab
database as well as with the national Veterinary
lishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine
Information Management System to facilitate recon
animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products
ciliation controls and the exchange of useful data; and
and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (
(iv) guidelines are reinforced so that ear tags are issued

1 ), and in
particular Article 10 thereof,
and distributed in a correct manner and this information
is available to the database.
Whereas:
(5) The
Commission
examined
this
information
and
considers it adequate to recognise the operational
(1) Article
6(1)
and
(2)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
1760/2000
character of the database.
(the Regulation) provides that a bovine animal shall be

identified and issued with a passport to accompany them
when they are moved.
(6) In
view
of
the
above,
it
is
appropriate
to
recognise
the
Lithuanian database for bovine animals as fully oper
ational from 1 July 2011,
(2) Article
6(3)
of
the
Regulation
provides
that
Member
States, which have a computerised database which the
Commission deems to be fully operational, may
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
determine that a passport is to be issued only for
animals intended for intra-Union trade and that those
Article 1
animals shall be accompanied by their passports only
when they are moved from the territory of the
The Lithuanian database for bovine animals is recognised as
Member State concerned to the territory of another
fully operational from 1 July 2011.
Member State.
Article 2
(3) Lithuania
has
presented
the
Commission
a
request
for
the This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Lithuania.
recognition of the operational character of its bovine
database. This database forms the basis of the Lithuanian
system for the identification and registration of bovine
animals.
Done at Brussels, 13 October 2011.
(4) Lithuania
submitted
the
necessary
information
which
in
For the Commission
particular confirms that its bovine database is compatible
with Article 5 of the Regulation: (i) the delays in notifi
John DALLI
cation of events are highlighted in the database and thus
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1.

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