10.6.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 145/43 COUNCIL DECISION of 5 May 2009 correcting Directive 2008/73/EC simplifying procedures of listing and publishing information in the veterinary and zootechnical fields (2009/436[EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, the procedure laid down in Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (’) and correct an Havi d to the Treat tablishi the E aVll’lg regar o € reay estaplis 1ng (] uropean outdated reference. Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof, (5 In order to ensure a smooth transition to the new simplified procedures of listing and publishing infor- mation in the veterinary and zootechnical fields, it should be provided that transitional provisions may be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Decision 1999/468[EC. Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ('), Whereas: . o . o (6)  To ensure legal certainty and continuity, this Decision should apply from 3 September 2008, the date of entry into force of Directive 2008/73/EC. (1)  Directive 2008/73/EC (%) amended a total of 23 Council acts to provide, inter alia, for simplified procedures of listing and publishing information in the veterinary and 7) Directive 2008/73/EC should therefore be corrected zootechnical fields. accordingly, 2) Directive 2008/73/EC entered into force on 3 September HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 2008. Member States are to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with that Directive by 1 January 2010. However, that Directive did not provide that the Member States were to apply those provisions from that date. Atticle 1 Directive 2008/73/EC is hereby corrected as follows: 1. paragraph 2 of Article 20 shall be deleted; (3)  For the sake of legal certainty, Directive 2008/73/EC should be corrected to ensure that the amendments made to the various Council acts by that Directive, in order to provide for those simplified procedures, are uniformly applied by the Member States from 1 January 2010. Directive 2008/73/EC should therefore be corrected so that it also applies from that date. Accordingly, that Directive should also be corrected in order to provide that the Member States are to apply those provisions from that date. 2. the following Articles shall be inserted: ‘Article 23a Transitional provisions Transitional provisions may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 23b(2). . o Article 23b (4)  However, certain other amendments made by Directive 2008/73/EC  to  Directives  64/432[EEC (®)  and Committee procedure 90/426/EEC (*) do not concern the simplified procedures and therefore they do not require the deferred date of application by the Member States of 1 January 2010. 1.  The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health set up by Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 (). Those amendments concern respectively the adoption of specific animal health measures in accordance with 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply. 1) Opinion of 2 April 2009 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () () O] L 219, 14.8.2008, p. 40. () O] 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. (4 O] L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 42. (OXeXeXe) (°) O] L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.