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29.11.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
329/19
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 27 November 2012
amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases
within the Community
(notified under document C(2012) 8518)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/737/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(5) Certain
Member
States
and
regions
thereof
have
not
yet
achieved the officially free status for non-exotic diseases
such as bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis, enzootic
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
bovine leukosis or ovine and caprine brucellosis, as
Union,
regulated by Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-
Community trade in bovine animals and swine ( 2 ) and
Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on
Having regard to Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December
animal health conditions governing intra-Community
1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Commu
trade in ovine and caprine animals ( 3 ). To avoid a dispro
nity ( 1 ), and in particular the first and second indent of
portionate quantity of notifications, it should not be
Article 5(2) thereof,
required to notify outbreaks of the abovementioned
diseases in non-free Member States or regions thereof.
Whereas:
(6)
In the future, notifications to the Commission and to the
World Animal Health Information System of the World
(1) Directive
82/894/EEC
on
the
notification
of
animal
Organisation for Animal Health (hereinafter ‘OIE’)
diseases within the Union lays down the criteria for the
concerning animal diseases will be entered in one
notification of those animal diseases, the occurrence of
system (the Animal Disease Information System —
which must be notified by the affected Member State to
ADIS). It is thus appropriate, where possible, to use in
the Commission and to the other Member States.
Annex I to Directive 82/894/EEC the same terminology
as used by the OIE.
(2) Annex
I
to
Directive
82/894/EEC
listing
the
diseases
of
which the occurrence must be notified to the
(7) An
online
reporting
system
is
already
in
place
for
the
Commission and the other Member States, includes
occurrence of low pathogenic avian influenza in wild
equine encephalomyelitis, among the diseases affecting
birds. It is therefore appropriate to explicitly indicate
terrestrial animals, without distinguishing its different
that as regards avian influenza, highly pathogenic avian
types. For the sake of clarity and to provide valuable
influenza outbreaks should be notifiable in poultry,
information of animal or public health importance
captive birds and wild birds, while low pathogenic
about the causal pathogen agent the different types of
avian influenza outbreaks should only be notifiable in
equine encephalomyelitis should be explicitly listed in
poultry and captive birds.
this Annex.
(8)
Epizootic ulcerative syndrome was removed from the list
(3) In
addition,
the
diseases
rabies,
anthrax,
bovine
tubercu
of exotic diseases set out in Part II of Annex IV to
losis, bovine brucellosis, enzootic bovine leukosis and
Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on
ovine and caprine brucellosis have been widely eradicated
animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and
by most Member States. As a result, outbreaks thereof
products thereof, and on the prevention and control of
have become less frequent in large areas of the Union.
certain diseases in aquatic animals ( 4 ) by Commission
From now on, outbreaks should be notified to the
Implementing Directive 2012/31/EU of 25 October
Commission and to the other Member States. It is
2012 amending Annex IV to Council Directive
therefore necessary to add these diseases to Annex I.
2006/88/EC as regards the list of fish species susceptible
to Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia and the deletion of the
entry for Epizootic ulcerative syndrome ( 5 ). Consequently,
the disease should also be removed from Annex I to
(4) To
avoid
administrative
burden,
under
certain
circum
Directive 82/894/EEC.
stances it is appropriate to require weekly notifications
of primary outbreaks and monthly notifications of
secondary outbreaks of the abovementioned diseases.
( 2 ) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
( 3 ) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19.
( 4 ) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14.
( 1 ) OJ L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 58.
( 5 ) OJ L 297, 26.10.2012, p. 26.

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(9) Annexes
I
and
II
to
Directive
82/894/EEC
should
Article 2
therefore be amended accordingly.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2013.
(10) The
measures provided for in this Decision are in
Article 3
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2012.
Article 1
For the Commission
Annexes I and II to Directive 82/894/EEC are amended in
Maro EFOVI
accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Vice-President

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29.11.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
329/21
ANNEX
Annexes I and II to Directive 82/894/EEC are amended as follows:
(1) Annex I is replaced by the following:
‘ANNEX I
Diseases which are subject to notification
A. Diseases of terrestrial animals
List A.1:
— African horse sickness
— African swine fever
— Anthrax
— Avian influenza (HPAI in poultry, captive birds and wild birds and LPAI in poultry and captive birds)
— Bluetongue
— Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
— Classical swine fever
— Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
— Dourine
— Equine encephalomyelitis of the following types:
— Eastern equine encephalomyelitis
— Japanese encephalitis
— Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis
— West Nile fever
— Western equine encephalomyelitis
— Equine infectious anaemia
— Foot-and-mouth disease
— Glanders
— Lumpy skin disease
— Newcastle disease
— Peste des petits ruminants
— Infection with rabies virus
— Rift Valley fever
— Rinderpest
— Sheep pox and goat pox
— Small hive beetle infestation (Aethina tumida)
— Swine vesicular disease
— Tropilaelaps infestation of honey bees
— Vesicular stomatitis
List A.2:
— Bovine brucellosis
— Bovine tuberculosis
— Enzootic bovine leukosis
— Caprine and ovine brucellosis (excluding Brucella ovis)

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B. Diseases of aquaculture animals
— Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis
— Infectious haematopoietic necrosis
— Infectious salmon anaemia
— Infection with Perkinsus marinus
— Infection with Mikrocytos mackini
— Infection with Marteilia refringens
— Infection with Bonamia ostreae
— Infection with Bonamia exitiosa
— Koi herpes virus disease
— Taura syndrome
— Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia
— White spot disease
— Yellowhead disease’.
(2) Annex II is amended as follows:
(a) point C is replaced by the following:
‘C. In the case of diseases of terrestrial animals referred to in list A.2 of Annex I:
— The confirmation of any outbreak, infection or presence of the disease agent in a herd as laid down in
Annexes A and D to Directive 64/432/EEC or in a holding as laid down in Annex A to Council Directive
91/68/EEC (*), or the withdrawal of the officially free status to any such herd or holding due to the
laboratory or epidemiological investigation as laid down in Annexes A and D to Directive 64/432/EEC or
in Annex A to Directive 91/68/EEC in a Member State or region thereof officially free from the diseases in
accordance with those Directives and not epidemiologically linked with a previous outbreak shall be
notified as a primary outbreak as defined in Article 2(d) and shall be notified to the Commission and
Member States within one week.
— Any other confirmation of an outbreak, infection or presence of the disease agent or withdrawal of the
officially free status to any herd or holding due to the laboratory or epidemiological investigation as laid
down in Annexes A and D to Directive 64/432/EEC or in Annex A to Directive 91/68/EEC in a Member
State or region thereof officially free from the diseases in accordance with those Directives shall be notified
as secondary outbreaks, in accordance with Article 4(1) of this Directive.
— Secondary outbreaks shall be notified to the Commission and the Member States on a monthly basis.
— In the case of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and ovine and caprine brucellosis the name of the
pathogen species shall also be included in the notification when known.
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(*) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19.’;
(b) the following point is added:
‘D. In the case of diseases of aquaculture animals referred to in point B of Annex I:
— The confirmation of any outbreak of an exotic disease and of outbreaks of non-exotic diseases in
previously disease-free Member States, zones or compartments as defined in Council Directive
2006/88/EC (*) shall be notified as primary outbreaks.
— Other outbreaks than those mentioned in the first indent shall be notified as secondary outbreaks in
accordance with Article 4(1) of this Directive.
— Secondary outbreaks shall be notified to the Commission and the Member States on monthly basis. The
name and description of the zone or compartment shall also be included in the notification.
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(*) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14.’.

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