21.2.80 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 47/25 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 22 January 1980 amending Directive 64/432/EEC as regards tuberculosis and brucellosis (80/219/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in partcular Articles 43 and 100 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commis- sion ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Par- liament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas bovine tuberculosis has virtually disappeared from certain regions of the Community; whereas it is necessary to reduce the cost of routine testing for tuberculosis in those regions; Whereas, in order to reduce the time taken to restore officially tuberculosis-free status to herds in which tuberculosis has been found, the necessary methods of control must be adopted; Whereas under Article 104 (3) of the Act of Accession, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom were authorized to retain, unul 31 December 1977, their national provisions for declaring a herd of catte officially free of tuber- culosis or free of brucellosis; whereas these authori- zations were extended on three occasions (*) (°) () in the case of tuberculosis and, in the case of Ireland and the United Kingdom, on two occasions (*) (°) as regards brucellosis-free status within the meaning of Article 2 of Directive 64/432/EEC (), as last amended by Directive 77/98/EEC (%); (') OJ No C 268, 23. 10. 1979, p. 2. () O] No C 34, 11. 2. 1980, p. 109. (*) Opinion delivered on 21 November 1979 (not yet published in the Official Journal) (*) O] No L 15, 19. 1. 1978, p. 32. (*) OJ No L 29, 3. 2. 1979, p. 27. (*) OJ No L 158, 26. 6. 1979, p. 17. ('y O] No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64. (*y O] No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 81. Whereas these derogations were instituted and extended because of the time required to provide solutions to basic technical problems; Whereas, for the same reasons, these derogations apart from that affecting traditional trade in live animals between Ireland and the United Kingdom should be extended for a further period of one year; Whereas, in order to facilitate trade in certain bovine animals and until such time as the Community accelerated  disease-eradication  programme s completed, it is necessary to amend and to prolong certain derogations relating to brucellosis which were provided for in Article 7 (1) (C) of Directive 64/432/ EEC, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 64/432/EEC is hereby amended as follows: t. The following paragraph shall be added to Article 3: ‘14. By way of derogation from Annex A (I) (b), a decision may be taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 that in a Member State or part of a Member State composed of several adjacent regions where at least 99-9 % of the bovine herds have been declared officially tuberculosis-free within the meaning of Article 2 (d) for at least 10 years, and where every year for at least six years bovine tuber- culosis has not been found to be present in more than one herd per 10000 herds in that Member State or part thereof, it being understood that all cattle which have reacted positively to a tuberculin test, and all cattle slaughtered within the territory of that Member State, must have been submitted to a post mortem examination by an official veteri- narian and if necessary a bacteriological exami- nation, the inspections for determining whether the status is to be retained may be carried out in a manner and in parts of the Member State 1o be decided in accordance with the same procedure.