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COMMISSION DECISION

OF 19 DECEMBER 1980

DETERMINING THE REGIONS FROM WHICH GREECE MAY NOT CONSIGN TO OTHER MEMBER STATES ANY BOVINE ANIMAL OR SWINE , OR ANY FRESH MEAT FROM BOVINE ANIMALS , SWINE , SHEEP OR GOATS

( 81/10/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 112 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS , IN A BUFFER ZONE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EVROS , BOVINE ANIMALS , SHEEP AND GOATS ARE VACCINATED REGULARLY AGAINST EXOTIC-VIRUS FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE ;

WHEREAS THE GREEK AUTHORITIES HAVE MADE THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS AND ISSUED THE REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT ALL DOMESTIC ANIMALS OF THE SPECIES SUSCEPTIBLE TO FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EVROS ;

WHEREAS THE GREEK AUTHORITIES PROHIBIT THE FREE MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS LIABLE TO BE INFECTED WITH FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EVROS TO OTHER PARTS OF GREECE ;

WHEREAS THE GREEK AUTHORITIES DO NOT ALLOW SPECIES SUSCEPTIBLE TO FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE , INTENDED FOR INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN FRESH MEAT , TO BE SLAUGHTERED IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EVROS , AND WHEREAS , CONSEQUENTLY , THE COMMUNITY HEALTH MARK IS NOT USED IN THESE SLAUGHTERHOUSES ;

WHEREAS NO SOURCE OF EXOTIC-VIRUS FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EVROS FOR OVER 12 MONTHS ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , SWINE HAVE NEVER BEEN VACCINATED AGAINST THIS TYPE OF VIRUS IN THE DEPARTMENT , PARTICULARLY IN HOLDINGS SITUATED OUTSIDE THE BUFFER ZONE ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES LAID DOWN IN THIS DECISION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE STANDING VETERINARY COMMITTEE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC SHALL NOT CONSIGN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EVROS TO OTHER MEMBER STATES ANY BOVINE ANIMAL OR SWINE OR ANY FRESH MEAT FROM BOVINE ANIMALS , SWINE , SHEEP OR GOATS .

2 . THE COMPETENT GREEK AUTHORITIES MAY , HOWEVER , AUTHORIZE THE SLAUGHTERING , FOR PURPOSES OF INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN FRESH MEAT , OF SWINE BORN AND RAISED ON HOLDINGS IN THAT PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EVROS WHERE SYSTEMATIC VACCINATION AGAINST EXOTIC-VIRUS FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISESASE IS NOT CARRIED OUT , AT APPROVED SLAUGHTERHOUSES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR THE PURPOSE , LOCATED IN NEIGHBOURING DEPARTMENTS , PROVIDED THAT THE ANIMALS ARE TAKEN TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSES UNDER OFFICIAL SUPERVISION .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION SHALL BE APPLICABLE FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1985 .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 19 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT