Commission Implementing Decision of 9 August 2013 amending Decision 2007/453/EC as regards the BSE status of Costa Rica, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Slovenia and the United States (notified under document C(2013) 5160) (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/429/EU)
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 provides that Member States, third countries or regions thereof (countries or regions) are to be classified according to their bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) status into one of three categories: negligible BSE risk, controlled BSE risk and undetermined BSE risk.
(2) The Annex to Commission Decision 2007/453/EC lists countries or regions according to their BSE status.
(3) The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) plays a leading role in the categorisation of countries or regions according to their BSE risk. The list in the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC takes account of Resolution No 16 — Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Status of Members — adopted by the OIE in May 2012.
(4) In May 2013, the OIE adopted Resolution No 20 — Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Status of Member Countries. That Resolution recognised Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Slovenia and the United States as having a negligible BSE risk, and Costa Rica as having a controlled BSE risk. The list in the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC should therefore be amended to be brought into line with that Resolution as regards those countries.
(5) Decision 2007/453/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
The Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 August 2013. For the Commission Tonio Borg Member of the Commission
ANNEX
ANNEX
ANNEX LIST OF COUNTRIES OR REGIONS
A.
Countries or regions with a negligible BSE risk
Belgium
Denmark
Italy
Netherlands
Austria
Slovenia
Finland
Sweden
Iceland
Norway
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
India
Israel
Japan
New Zealand
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Singapore
United States
Uruguay
B.
Countries or regions with a controlled BSE risk
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, United Kingdom
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
Canada
Costa Rica
Mexico
Nicaragua
South Korea
Taiwan
C.
Countries or regions with an undetermined BSE risk
Countries or regions not listed in point A or B.