L 30324 Official Journal of the European Union 21.11.2007 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 19 November 2007 amending Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (notified under document number C(2007) 5533) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/746[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra- Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (!), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (3), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC, and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (}), and in particular Article 60(2) and Article 62(1) and (3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Following recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Great Britain, Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth  disease in the United Kingdom (*) was adopted to reinforce the control (") OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13. Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33; corrected version O] L 195, 2.6.2004, p. 12). (3 OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive 2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14). () OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC (O] L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352). () OJ L 210, 10.8.2007, p. 36. Decision as last amended by Decision 2007/709(EC (O] L 287, 1.11.2007, p. 29). measures against foot-and-mouth disease taken by that Member State in the framework of Council Directive 2003/85/EC. Decision 2007/554/EC lays down rules applicable to the dispatch from the high risk areas, listed in Annex I, and the low risk areas listed in Annex II, to that Decision (restricted areas), in Great Britain of products considered safe that either were produced before the restrictions were put in place in the United Kingdom, from raw material sourced from outside those restricted areas, or that have undergone a treatment proven effective in inac- tivating possible foot-and-mouth disease virus. In Decision 2007/554[EC, as amended by Decision 2007/664/EC, the Commission laid down rules for the dispatch of certain categories of meat from certain areas listed in Annex III to Decision 2007/554[EC, as thus amended, that have not recorded any outbreak of foot- and-mouth disease for a period of at least 90 days prior to slaughter and which comply with certain specified conditions. On the basis of the evolution of the animal health situation in  the United Kingdom, Decision 2007/554/EC was amended by Decision 2007/709/EC, and Annex IIT to Decision 2007/554/EC was replaced, in order to enlarge the area from which exports of fresh meat are allowed, and the date of application of that Decision was prolonged until 15 December 2007. The United Kingdom has now defined a foot-and-mouth disease risk area of about 150 km around the first outbreak that is subject to intensified surveillance to verify the absence of infection with the foot-and-mouth disease virus in that Member State. It does not include areas currently listed in Annex II to Decision 2007/554/EC. That 150 km area should be listed as a high risk area in Annex I to that Decision following the implementation of regionalisation by defining the areas listed in Annex II as different form ‘Great Britain’.