1999/746/EC: Commission Decision of 8 November 1999 amending for the third time Decision 1999/293/EC concerning certain protective measures against bluetongue in parts of Greece (notified under document number C(1999) 3604) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the Greek text is authentic)
L 298/36 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 11. 1999 COMMISSION DECISION of 8 November 1999 amending for the third time Decision 1999/293/EC concerning certain protective measures against bluetongue in parts of Greece (notified under document number C(1999) 3604) (Only the Greek text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/746/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (5) the measures provided for in this Decision are in accord- ance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 In the first and second paragraphs of Article 1 of Decision the phrase ‘the prefectures of Dodekanisa, 1999/293/EC, Samos, Evros, Rodopi, Xanthi, Serres, Drama and Kavala’ is replaced by ‘the prefectures of Dodekanisa, Samos, Evros, Rodopi, Xanthi, Serres, Drama, Kavala, Chalkidiki and Lesvos’. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic. Done at Brussels, 8 November 1999. For the Commission David BYRNE Member of the Commission Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 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 (1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) (2) (3) (4) following outbreaks of bluetongue on certain islands in south-eastern Greece, the Commission adopted protec- tive measures by Decision 1999/293/EC (3), as last amended by Decision 1999/683/EC (4); considering the extension of the outbreak, those meas- ures were extended to the prefectures of Evros, Rodopi, Xanthi, Serres, Drama and Kavala by Decision 1999/ 623/EC (5) and Decision 1999/683/EC; new data indicate that the bluetongue virus is circulating in the prefectures of Chalkidiki and Lesvos; Decision 1999/293/EC should therefore be amended to include the prefectures of Chalkidiki and Lesvos; (1) OJ L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 29. (2) OJ L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49. (3) OJ L 114, 1. 5. 1999, p. 55. (4) OJ L 270, 20. 10. 1999, p. 31. (5) OJ L 245, 17. 9. 1999, p. 52