Commission Decision of 15 July 2004 implementing Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards additional guarantees for intra-Community trade in bovine animals relating to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and the approval of the eradication programmes presented by certain Member States (notified under document number C(2004) 2104) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/558/EC)

Article 1 U.K.

The programmes presented by the Member States listed in the first column of the table in Annex I for the control and eradication of the infection with the bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BHV1), hereinafter referred to as ‘infectious bovine rhinotracheitis’ or ‘IBR’, in regions of these Member States specified in the second column of the table in Annex I are approved.

Article 2 U.K.

1. Bovine animals for breeding and production coming from Member States or regions thereof other than those listed in Annex II and destined for Member States or regions thereof listed in Annex I, shall meet at least the following additional guarantees:

(a) they must come from a holding on which, according to official information, no clinical or pathological evidence of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis has been recorded for the past 12 months;

(b) they must have been isolated in a facility approved by the competent authority for 30 days immediately prior to movement and all bovine animals in the same isolation facility must have remained free of clinical signs of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis during that period;

(c) they and all other bovine animals in the same isolation facility must have been subjected with negative results to a serological test carried out on blood samples, taken not earlier than 21 days after their arrival at the isolation facility, for the detection of the following antibodies:

(i)

in the case of vaccinated bovine animals, antibodies against the gE-glycoprotein of the BHV1; or

(ii)

in the case of unvaccinated bovine animals, antibodies against the entire BHV1.

2. By way of derogation to paragraph 1, the competent authorities of the Member State of origin may authorise the dispatch to holdings situated in regions listed in Annex I of bovine animals complying with at least one of the following alternative conditions:

(a) the animals originate in a Member State listed in Annex I and come from BHV1-free holdings meeting at least the requirements set down in Annex III;

(b) the animals are intended for meat production and comply with the following conditions:

(i)

the animals either

• originate in BHV1-free holdings as defined in Annex III, or

• descend from vaccinated and regularly re-vaccinated dams, or

• have been regularly vaccinated and re-vaccinated according to the instructions of the manufacturer with a gE-deleted vaccine, or

• have been subjected in the Member State of origin with negative result to a serological test for antibodies as referred to in paragraph 1(c) carried out on a sample of blood taken within 14 days of dispatch, and

(ii)

[F1 they are transported without coming into contact with animals of lesser health status to a holding of unknown BHV1 status in the Member State of destination listed in Annex I, where according to the approved national eradication programme all animals are fattened indoors, and from which they can only be transported to the slaughterhouse;]

(c) the animals originate from holdings on which all bovine animals on the holding older than 15 months of age have been vaccinated and regularly revaccinated and all animals on the holding older than nine months have been subjected with negative result to a serological test for antibodies against the gE-glycoprotein of the BHV1 at intervals of not more than 12 months and the animals have been tested with negative results for antibodies as referred to in paragraph 1(c)(i) on blood samples taken during the past 14 days prior to dispatch;

(d) the animals originate from BHV1-free holdings as defined in Annex III which are situated in a Member State in which infectious bovine rhinotracheitis is a compulsorily notifiable disease and in which within an area of 5 km radius around the holdings there was no clinical or pathological evidence of BHV1-infection during the past 30 days and the animals have been tested with negative results for antibodies as referred to in paragraph 1(c) on a sample of blood taken during the past 14 days prior to dispatch.

3. Bovine animals for slaughter coming from Member States or regions thereof other than those listed in Annex II and destined for Member States or regions thereof listed in Annex I shall be transported directly to the slaughterhouse of destination or to an approved assembly centre from where they shall be removed in accordance with Article 7, second indent, of Directive 64/432/EEC to the slaughterhouse to be slaughtered.

[F2 4. In point II.3.3 of Section C of the health certificate set out in model 1 of Annex F to Directive 64/432/EEC accompanying bovine animals as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the appropiate Article, paragraph and point numbers of this Decision shall be indicated in the corresponding spaces to be filled in in that point.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Decision of 5 August 2010 amending Decision 2004/558/EC implementing Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards additional guarantees for intra-Union trade in bovine animals relating to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (notified under document C(2010) 5352) (Text with EEA relevance) (2010/433/EU).

F2 Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2278 of 4 December 2015 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2004/558/EC as regards the infectious bovine rhinotracheitis-free status of the Federal States of Bremen, Hesse and Lower Saxony of Germany (notified under document C(2015) 8462) (Text with EEA relevance).

Article 3 U.K.

1. Bovine animals for breeding and production coming from Member States or regions thereof other than those listed in Annex II and destined for Member States or regions thereof free of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and listed in Annex II, shall meet the following additional guarantees:

(a) they shall comply with the additional guarantees provided for in Article 2(1)(a) and (b);

(b) they and all other bovine animals in the same isolation facility referred to in Article 2(1)(b) must have been subjected with negative results to a serological test carried out on blood samples taken not earlier than 21 days after their arrival at the isolation facility, for the detection of antibodies against the entire BHV1;

(c) they must not have been vaccinated against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis.

2. Bovine animals for slaughter coming from Member States or regions thereof other than those listed in Annex II and destined for Member States or regions thereof listed in Annex II shall be transported directly to the slaughterhouse of destination to be slaughtered in accordance with Article 7, first indent, of Directive 64/432/EEC.

[F2 3. In point II.3.3 of Section C of the health certificate set out in model 1 of Annex F to Directive 64/432/EEC accompanying bovine animals as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the appropiate Article, paragraph and point numbers of this Decision shall be indicated in the corresponding spaces to be filled in in that point.]

[F3 4. By way of derogation to paragraph 1(a) and (b), the competent authority in the Member State of destination may authorise the introduction of bovine animals intended for meat production onto a BHV1-free holding as defined in Annex III (BHV1-free holding) situated in a region of that Member State listed in Annex II under the following conditions:

(a) the animals must not have been vaccinated against BHV1 and must originate in and have remained since birth on BHV1-free holdings;

(b) the animals are transported without coming into contact with animals of lesser health status;

(c) for at least 30 days immediately prior to dispatch, or since birth where the animals are less than 30 days old, the animals have remained on the holding of origin, or in an isolation facility approved by the competent authority, which is situated in a Member State in which infectious bovine rhinotracheitis is a compulsorily notifiable disease and in which within an area of 5 km radius around the holding or isolation facility there was no clinical or pathological evidence of BHV1 infection during the past 30 days;

(d) the animals have been subjected with negative result either to a serological test for antibodies against the gE-glycoprotein of the BHV1 in the case the animals originate from a BHV1 vaccinated herd, or in all other cases to a serological test for antibodies against the entire BHV1 carried out on a sample of blood taken within 7 days prior to dispatch from the holding referred to in point (c);

(e) on the BHV1-free holding of destination all animals are fattened indoors and are only removed to be transported to the slaughterhouse;

(f) the animals referred to in point (d) are subjected to a serological test for antibodies against the gE-glycoprotein of the BHV1 or the entire BHV1 carried out on a sample of blood taken within 21 to 28 days after arrival in the holding referred to in point (e):

(i)

either with negative result in each case; or

(ii)

the BHV1-free status of the holding remains suspended until the infected animals have been slaughtered within less than 45 days after arrival on the holding, and

• either the animals in direct contact with the infected animals have reacted with negative results to a test for antibodies against the gE-glycoprotein of the BHV1 or the entire BHV1 carried out on a sample of blood collected not earlier than 28 days following the removal of the infected animals, or

• the animals which shared a common airspace with the infected animals have reacted with negative results to a test for antibodies against the entire BHV1 carried out on a sample of blood collected not earlier than 28 days following the removal of the infected animals, or

• the remaining animals on the holding have reacted with negative results to a test for antibodies against the entire BHV1 carried out on a sample of blood collected not earlier than 28 days following the removal of the infected animals, or

• the BHV1-free status is restored in accordance with point 4 of Annex III.

5. The Member State of destination referred to in paragraph 4 shall notify to the Commission and to the other Member States the regions listed in Annex II in which the provisions of paragraph 4 are going to be implemented and the date of intended application.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2278 of 4 December 2015 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2004/558/EC as regards the infectious bovine rhinotracheitis-free status of the Federal States of Bremen, Hesse and Lower Saxony of Germany (notified under document C(2015) 8462) (Text with EEA relevance).

F3 Inserted by Commission Decision of 5 August 2010 amending Decision 2004/558/EC implementing Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards additional guarantees for intra-Union trade in bovine animals relating to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (notified under document C(2010) 5352) (Text with EEA relevance) (2010/433/EU).

Article 4 U.K.

Bovine animals for breeding and production originating in a Member State or region thereof listed in Annex II and destined for a Member State or region thereof listed in Annexes I or II shall comply with the conditions provided for in Article 2(1)(a).

Article 5 U.K.

Member States shall ensure that the serological test referred to in Article 2(1)(c)(ii) and in Article 3(1)(b) for the detection of antibodies against the entire BHV1 is standardised against the strong positive, weak positive and negative serum adopted as OIE international standards for BHV1 tests.

Article 6 U.K.

Decision 2004/215/EC is repealed.

Article 7 U.K.

This Decision shall apply from 26 July 2004.

Article 8 U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.