COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2021/596

of 8 April 2021

amending Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the officially brucellosis-free status of Croatia in relation to bovine herds

(notified under document C(2021) 2260)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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 paragraph 7 of Annex A.II thereto,

Whereas:

(1)	Directive 64/432/EEC applies to trade within the Union in bovine animals. It lays down the conditions whereby a Member State or regions thereof may be recognised as officially brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds.

(2)	Article 2(1) of Commission Decision 2003/467/EC (2) provides that the Member States listed in Chapter 1 of Annex II thereto are declared officially brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds.

(3)	Croatia has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance for the whole territory of that Member State with the conditions laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC in order to be recognised as officially brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds.

(4)	Following the evaluation of that supporting documentation, Croatia should be recognised as officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds and duly listed in Chapter 1 of Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC.

(5)	Annex II to 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 Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II 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, 8 April 2021.

For the Commission

Stella KYRIAKIDES

Member of the Commission

(2) 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 (OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74).