25.6.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 166/23 COMMISSION DECISION of 21 June 2002 amending Decision 93/52/EEC recording the compliance by certain Member States or regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B. melitensis) and according them the status of a Member State or region officially free of the disease (notified under document number C(2002) 2213) (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/482[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (5)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor- Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals (), as last amended by Com- mission Decision 2002/261/EC (3, and in particular Annex A, Chapter 1.I1 thereto, Whereas: (1) In the Italian province of Bolzano, brucellosis has been a notifiable disease for at least five years and at least 99,8 % of the ovine or caprine holdings are officially brucellosis-free holdings. ) The province of Bolzano undertakes, furthermore, to comply with Annex A Chapter 1.II(2) to Directive 91/ 68/EEC. (3)  The province of Bolzano should consequently be recog- nised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis). (4)  Commission Decision 93/52/EEC (), as last amended by Decision 2001/292/EC (%), should therefore be amended accordingly. 1 () OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19. () OJL 91, 6.4.2002, p. 31. () OJL13,21.1.1993, p. 14. ( OJL 100, 11.4.2001, p. 28. dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Annex II to Decision 93/52[EEC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 June 2002. For the Commission David BYRNE Member of the Commission