28.10.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 283/46 |
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 October 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) 5987)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/816/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 29 administrative regions (powiaty) within the superior administrative units (Voivodships) of Mazowieckie, Podlaskie and Warminsko-mazurskie in order that those regions may 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, 20 October 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
In Chapter 2 of Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC, the second part concerning Poland is replaced by the following:
‘In Poland:
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Voivodship Dolnośląskie
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Voivodship Lubelskie
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Voivodship Kujawsko-pomorskie
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Voivodship Łódzkie
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Voivodship Małopolskie
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Voivodship Mazowieckie
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Voivodship Opolskie
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Voivodship Podkarpackie
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Voivodship Podlaskie
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Voivodship Śląskie
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Voivodship Świętokrzyskie
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Voivodship Warmińsko-mazurskie
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Voivodship Wielkopolskie
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