2. 3. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 63/23 COMMISSION DECISION of 6 February 1985 on certain protective measures against foot-and-mouth disease in Italy (85/163/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra- Community trade in bovine animals and swine ('), as last amended by Directive 84/644/EEC (3, and in particular Article 9 thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 72/461/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra- Community trade in fresh meat (%), as last amended by Directive 84/643/EEC (), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 80/215/EEC of 22 January 1980 on health. problems affecting intra- Community trade in meat products (°), as last amended by Directive 81/476/EEC (), and in particular Article 7 thereof, ‘ Whereas an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has occurred in Italy ; whereas that outbreak is such as to constitute a danger to the livestock of the other Member States owing to the large volume of trade both in animals and fresh meat and in certain meat-based products ; Whereas on 14 December 1984, following that outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the Commission adopted Decision 85/40/EEC on certain protective measures against foot-and-mouth disease in Italy (") ; Whereas on 14 January 1985, in view of the way in which the outbreak had developed, the Commission adopted Decision 85/108/EEC (}), as last amended by Decision 85/116/EEC (%) ; Whereas the outbreaks have, as a result of the measures introduced and the action taken by the Italian authorities, in particular as regards vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease, been confined to certain parts of Italy’s territory; () OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64. () O] No L 339, 27. 12. 1984, p. 30. ) OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 24. () OJ No L 339, 27. 12. 1984, p. 27. () OJ No L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 4. (9 O] No L 186, 8. 7. 1981, p. 20. OJ No L 16, 19. 1. 1985, p. 46. () O] No L 44, 14. 2. 1985, p. 34. () OJ No L 46, 15. 2. 1985, p. 4. Whereas in certain parts of Italy’s territory no further cases of the disease have been recorded; whereas, therefore, and in view of the measures introduced by the Italian authorities, some of the restrictions on trade should be lifted in the case of meat from animals slaughtered after 1 February 1985 and products processed therefrom ; ~ Whereas a time limit should be laid down for intro- ducing measures designed to restore trade and provide additional safeguards ; Whereas meat obtained from animals slaughtered before 1 November 1984 is not likely to cause the disease to spread; Whereas the vehicles used for transporting live animals can in some cases constitute a major factor in spreading the disease ; - Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 1. Member States ‘shall prohibit the introduction onto their territory of live animals of the bovine and porcine species from the parts of the territory of Italy which are listed in the Annex to this Decision. 2.  The accompanying certificate laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC shall, in the case of animals from Italy, bear the following: ‘Animals complying with the Commission Decision of 6 February 1985’ Article 2 1.  Member States shall prohibit the introduction onto their territory of fresh meat obtained from animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species from the parts of the territory of Italy which are listed in the Annex to this Decision, including meat obtained from animals from those parts of Italy’s territory which were slaughtered elsewhere. 2.  However, the prohibitions provided for in para- graph 1 shall not apply to meat obtained from animals slaughtered before 1 November 1984.