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COMMISSION DECISION of 20 August 2001 laying down special rules applicable to movements of bovine animals when put out to summer grazing in mountain areas (notified under document number C(2001) 2551) (Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/672/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 2 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1. Each pasture mentioned in Article 1 must be given a Community, specific registration code which must be registered in the national database for bovine animals. Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the Euro- pean Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 estab- 2. The person responsible for the pasture establishes a list of lishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine the bovine animals subject to the movement mentioned in animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products Article 1. This list must contain at least: and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (1), and in — the registration code of the pasture, particular Article 7(1) thereof, and for each bovine animal: Whereas: — the individual identification number, (1) It is necessary to specify to which movements the — the number of identification of the holding of origin, special rules will be applicable. — the date of arrival at pasture, (2) In view of the similarity of the situation concerned it is — the estimated date of departure from the pasture. justified to foresee the same rules for Member States or 3. The list mentioned in paragraph 2 is validated by the part of Member States that want to apply these special veterinarian in charge of the control of movement of bovine rules. animals. (3) The special rules must be laid down in such a way that it is possible to know the location of any bovine animal at 4. The information contained in the list mentioned in para- any time. graph 2 is introduced in the national database for bovine animals at the latest seven days after the date when the animals (4) The special rules must result in a real simplification and are moved to the pasture. foresee only what is absolutely necessary to guarantee the fully operational character of the national database. 5. If any events occur during the time when the animals are on the pasture such as births, deaths or other movements, the (5) The special rules concern only movements within event must be notified to the national database for bovine Member States. Possible special rules for movements animals in conformity with the general rules. The person between Member States will be laid down later if neces- responsible for the pasture must inform the person responsible sary. for the holding of origin as soon as possible. The actual date of departure, and the destination of each animal, must also be The measures provided for in this Decision are in (6) notified in conformity with the general rules. accordance with the opinion of the European Agricul- tural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Committee, Article 3

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 1 Done at Brussels, 20 August 2001. This Decision is applicable to the movements of bovine animals within the Member States or part of Member States For the Commission mentioned in the Annex from different holdings to pastures located in mountain areas for grazing during the period from 1 David BYRNE May to 15 October. Member of the Commission

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ANEXO — BILAG — ANHANG — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE — ANEXO — LIITE — BILAGA

FRANCE PICARDIE Aisne CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE Ardennes, Aube LORRAINE Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Vosges ALSACE Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin FRANCHE-COMTÉ Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône, Territoire de Belfort RHÔNE-ALPES Ain, Ardèche, Drôme, Isère, Loire, Rhône, Savoie, Haute-Savoie PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZUR Alpes de Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du- Rhône, Var, Vaucluse BOURGOGNE Côte-d'Or, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire AUVERGNE Allier, Cantal, Haute-Loire, Puy-de Dôme LIMOUSIN Corrèze, Creuse MIDI-PYRÉNÉES Ariège, Aveyron, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Hautes-Pyrénées, Lot, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne AQUITAINE Pyrénées-Atlantiques LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON Aude, Gard, Hérault, Lozère, Pyrénées-Orientales CORSE Haute-Corse, Corse-du-Sud

ITALIA LOMBARDIA Sondrio, Como, Lecco, Varese, Milano, Pavia, Lodi, Cremona, Mantova, Brescia, Bergamo PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI TRENTO Trento MOLISE Campobasso, Isernia FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA Udine, Pordenone ABRUZZO L'Aquila, Chieti, Pescara, Teramo PUGLIA Foggia, Bari, Taranto PIEMONTE Torino, Alessandria, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Verbania, Vercelli VENETO Treviso, Vicenza, Verona, Belluno SICILIA Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Siracusa, Ragusa, Trapani VALLE D'AOSTA Aosta UMBRIA Perugia, Terni LIGURIA Imperia, Savona, Genova, La Spezia EMILIA ROMAGNA Piacenza, Parma, Ravenna, Bologna MARCHE Ascoli Piceno, Macerata, Ancona, Pesaro-Urbino LAZIO Roma, Rieti, Frosinone, Viterbo, Latina TOSCANA Lucca PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI BOLZANO Bolzano CAMPANIA Avellino, Benevento, Caserta CALABRIA Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia BASILICATA Matera, Potenza

ÖSTERREICH KÄRNTEN Klagenfurt Stadt, Villach, Hermagor, Klagenfurt Land, Sankt Veit an der Glan, Spittal an der Drau, Villach Land, Völkermarkt, Wolfsberg, Feld- kirchen NIEDERÖSTERREICH Waidhofen an der Ybbs Stadt, Amstetten, Baden, Gmünd, Hörn, Krems an der Donau Land, Lilienfeld, Melk, Neunkirchen, Sankt Pölten Land, Scheibbs, Waidhofen an der Thaya, Wiener Neustadt Land, Zwettl OBERÖSTERREICH Eferding, Freistadt, Gmunden, Grieskirchen, Kirchdorf an der Krems, Perg, Ried im Innkreis, Rohrbach, Steyr Land, Urfahr Umgebung, Vöcklabruck SALZBURG Salzburg Stadt, Hallein, Salzburg Umgebung, Sankt Johann im Pongau, Tamsweg, Zell am See 4.9.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 235/25

STEIERMARK Graz Stadt, Bruck an der Mur, Deutschlandsberg, Graz Umgebung, Hartberg, Judenburg, Knittelfeld, Leibnitz, Leoben, Liezen, Mürzzu- schlag, Murau, Voitsberg, Weiz TIROL Innsbruck Stadt, Imst, Innsbruck Land, Kitzbühel, Kufstein, Landeck, Reutte, Lienz VORARLBERG Bludenz, Bregenz, Dornbirn, Feldkirch

PORTUGAL VIANA DO CASTELO Ponte de Lima, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Valença, Paredes de Coura, Monção, Melgaço, Arcos de Valdevez, Ponte da Barca, Viana do Castelo , , , Terras de Bouro, PORTO Amarante, Arouca, Vale de Cambra, Cinfães, Resende, Baião VILA REAL Montalegre, Boticas, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Vila Real, Valpaços, Chaves BRAGANÇA Vinhais, Bragança VISEU Castro Daire, S. Pedro do Sul, Vouzela SABUGAL Sabugal CASTELO BRANCO Vila Velha de Rοdão