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Notification of animal diseases
Notification of animal diseases
Notification of animal diseases
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Notification of animal diseases
SUMMARY OF:
Directive 82/894/EEC — notification of animal diseases within the European Union
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE DIRECTIVE?
KEY POINTS
Repeal
The directive will be repealed and replaced by Regulation (EU) 2016/429 from 21 April 2021.
FROM WHEN DOES THE DIRECTIVE APPLY?
It has applied since 23 December 1982. EU countries had to incorporate it into national law by 1 January 1984.
BACKGROUND
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* KEY TERMS
Aquaculture: the farming of fish, shellfish, aquatic plants, seaweed, etc.
Outbreak: the farm or the place, located in EU territory, where animals are kept together and where one or more cases has or have been officially confirmed.
Primary outbreak: any outbreak not linked with a previous outbreak in the same region of an EU country, or the first outbreak in a different region of the same EU country.
Secondary outbreak: an outbreak following a primary outbreak in an already infected region.
MAIN DOCUMENT
Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (OJ L 378, 31.12.1982, pp. 58–62
Subsequent amendments to Directive 82/894/EEC have been incorporated in the basic text. This consolidated version has a purely documentary value.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Commission Decision 2007/142/EC of 28 February 2007 establishing a Community Veterinary Emergency Team to assist the Commission in supporting Member States and third countries in veterinary matters relating to certain animal diseases(OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, pp. 27–29)
Commission Decision 2005/176/EC of 1 March 2005 laying down the codified form and the codes for the notification of animal diseases pursuant to Council Directive 82/894/EEC (OJ L 59, 5.3.2005, pp. 40–41)
last update 06.12.2016