Commission Decision

of 18 March 2008

amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic bovine leucosis

(notified under document number C(2008) 974)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/234/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine [1], and in particular Annex D(I)(E) thereto,

Whereas:

(1) Annex D to Directive 64/432/EEC provides that a Member State or part of a Member State may, as regards bovine herds, be considered officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free subject to compliance with certain conditions set out in that Directive.

(2) The lists of regions of Member States declared free of enzootic bovine leukosis are set out in Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds [2].

(3) Poland has now submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards 14 administrative regions (powiaty) within the superior administrative units (Voivodships) of Kujawsko-Pomorskie, 艁贸dzkie and Ma艂opolskie, in order that those regions be considered officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Poland.

(4) Following the evaluation of that documentation, those regions (powiaty) in Poland should be recognised as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of that Member State.

(5) Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 March 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla Vassiliou

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 2007/729/EC (OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 26).

[2] OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74. Decision as last amended by Decision 2008/97/EC (OJ L 32, 6.2.2008, p. 25).

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ANNEX

In Chapter 2 of Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC, the second part, concerning Poland, is replaced by the following:

"In Poland:

- Voivodship Dolno艣l膮skie,

Powiaty: | Boles艂awiecki, Dzier偶oniowski, G艂ogowski, G贸rowski, Jaworski, Jeleniog贸rski, Jelenia G贸ra, Kamiennog贸rski, K艂odzki, Legnicki, Legnica, Luba艅ski, Lubi艅ski, Lw贸wecki, Milicki, Ole艣nicki, O艂awski, Polkowicki, Strzeli艅ski, 艢redzki, 艢widnicki, Trzebnicki, Wa艂brzyski, Wa艂brzych, Wo艂owski, Wroc艂awski, Wroc艂aw, Z膮bkowicki, Zgorzelecki, Z艂otoryjski. |

- Voivodship Lubelskie,

Powiaty: | Bialski, Bia艂a Podlaska, Bi艂gorajski, Che艂mski, Che艂m, Hrubieszowski, Janowski, Krasnostawski, Kra艣nicki, Lubartowski, Lubelski, Lublin, 艁臋czy艅ski, 艁ukowski, Opolski, Parczewski, Pu艂awski, Radzy艅ski, Rycki, 艢widnicki, Tomaszowski, W艂odawski, Zamojski, Zamo艣膰. |

- Voivodship Kujawsko-Pomorskie,

Powiaty: | Aleksandrowski, Che艂mi艅ski, Golubsko-Dobrzy艅ski, Grudzi膮dzki, Grudzi膮dz, Toru艅ski, Toru艅, W膮brzeski. |

- Voivodship 艁贸dzkie,

Powiaty: | Be艂chatowski, Brzezi艅ski, Kutnowski, 艁aski, 艁臋czycki, 艁owicki, 艁贸dzki, 艁贸d藕, Opoczy艅ski, Pabianicki, Paj臋cza艅ski, Piotrkowski, Piotrk贸w Trybunalski, Podd臋bicki, Radomszcza艅ski, Rawski, Sieradzki, Skierniewicki, Skierniewice, Tomaszowski, Wielu艅ski, Wieruszowski, Zdu艅skowolski, Zgierski. |

- Voivodship Ma艂opolskie,

Powiaty: | Brzeski, Boche艅ski, Chrzanowski, D膮browski, Gorlicki, Krakowski, Krak贸w, Limanowski, Miechowski, My艣lenicki, Nowos膮decki, Nowotarski, Nowy S膮cz, O艣wi臋cimski, Olkuski, Proszowicki, Tarnowski, Tarn贸w, Tatrza艅ski, Wielicki. |

- Voivodship Opolskie,

Powiaty: | Brzeski, G艂ubczycki, K臋dzierzy艅sko-Kozielski, Kluczborski, Krapkowicki, Namys艂owski, Nyski, Olecki, Opolski, Opole, Prudnicki, Strzelecki. |

- Voivodship Podkarpackie,

Powiaty: | Bieszczadzki, Brzozowski, Jasielski, Kro艣nie艅ski, Krosno, Leski, Le偶ajski, 艁a艅cucki, Rzeszowski, Rzesz贸w, Sanocki, Strzy偶owski. |

- Voivodship 艢l膮skie,

Powiaty: | B臋dzi艅ski, Bielski, Bielsko Bia艂a, Bytom, Chorz贸w, Cieszy艅ski, Cz臋stochowski, Cz臋stochowa, D膮browa, Gliwicki, Gliwice, Jastrz臋bie Zdr贸j, Jaworzno, Katowice, K艂obucki, Lubliniecki, Miko艂owski, Mys艂owice, Myszkowski, Piekary 艢l膮skie, Pszczy艅ski, Raciborski, Ruda 艢l膮ska, Rybnicki, Rybnik, Siemianowice, Sosnowiec, 艢wi臋toch艂owice, Tarnog贸rski, Tychy, Tyski, Wodzis艂awski, Zabrze, Zawiercia艅ski, 呕ory, 呕ywiecki. |

- Voivodship 艢wi臋tokrzyskie,

Powiaty: | Buski, J臋drzejowski, Kazimierski, Kielecki, Kielce, Konecki, Opatowski, Ostrowiecki, Pi艅czowski, Sandomierski, Skar偶yski, Starachowicki, Staszowski, W艂oszczowski. |

- Voivodship Wielkopolskie,

Powiaty: | Jaroci艅ski, Kaliski, Kalisz, K臋pi艅ski, Kolski, Koni艅ski, Konin, Krotoszy艅ski, Ostrzeszowski, S艂upecki, Turecki, Wrzesi艅ski." |

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