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Document 32006D0650
2006/650/EC: Commission Decision of 25 September 2006 amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards restricted zones in relation to bluetongue (notified under document number C(2006) 4227) (Text with EEA relevance)
2006/650/EC: Commission Decision of 25 September 2006 amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards restricted zones in relation to bluetongue (notified under document number C(2006) 4227) (Text with EEA relevance)
2006/650/EC: Commission Decision of 25 September 2006 amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards restricted zones in relation to bluetongue (notified under document number C(2006) 4227) (Text with EEA relevance)
OJ L 267, 27.9.2006, pp. 45–47
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV) This document has been published in a special edition(s)
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OJ L 142M, 5.6.2007, pp. 185–187
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No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/10/2007; Implicitly repealed by 32007R1266
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27.9.2006 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 267/45 |
COMMISSION DECISION
of 25 September 2006
amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards restricted zones in relation to bluetongue
(notified under document number C(2006) 4227)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/650/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
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Directive 2000/75/EC lays down control rules and measures to combat bluetongue in the Community, including the establishment of protection and surveillance zones and a ban on animals leaving those zones. |
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Commission Decision 2005/393/EC of 23 May 2005 on protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue and conditions applying to movements from or through these zones (2) provides for the demarcation of the global geographic areas where protection and surveillance zones (‘the restricted zones’) are to be established by the Member States in relation to bluetongue. |
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Following the notification of outbreaks of bluetongue in mid-August and early September 2006 by Belgium, Germany, France and the Netherlands, the Commission has amended several times Decision 2005/393/EC as regards the demarcation of the restricted zones concerned. |
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On 8 September 2006, the Netherlands informed the Commission of a new confirmed case of bluetongue in cattle in the north part of the country. In view of those findings, the restricted zone should be extended to the whole of the Netherlands. |
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Following a substantiated request submitted by Germany, it is appropriate to amend the demarcation of the restricted zone in Germany. |
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Decision 2005/393/EC should be amended accordingly. |
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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 I to Decision 2005/393/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 September 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.
(2) OJ L 130, 24.5.2005, p. 22. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/633/EC (OJ L 258, 21.9.2006, p. 7).
ANNEX
Annex I to Decision 2005/393/EC is amended as follows:
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The list of restricted zones in Zone F (serotype 8) which relates to the Netherlands is replaced by the following:
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The list of restricted zones in Zone F (serotype 8) which relates to Germany is replaced by the following: ‘Germany: Hessen
Niedersachsen
Nordrhein-Westfalen Gesamtes Landesgebiet Rheinland-Pfalz
Saarland Gesamtes Landesgebiet.’ |