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"en.20040330.4.2-118"2
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This proposal is part of an ongoing review of the legislation to prevent and combat future outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Classical Swine Fever. It updates Directive 90/426/EEC on the import of equidae and Directive 92/65/EEC on animal health requirements governing trade in imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos. It aims to rationalise, strengthen and update the legislation governing the importation into the Community of wild and domestic animals susceptible to either FMD or CSF.
For the purposes of the Directive, ungulates are those animals listed in Annex I. Many of these species are not indigenous and are likely to be passing through the Community as part of circuses or zoo exchanges. To take account of this, I have added a clarification to include transit whenever importation is mentioned in the Directive.
I welcome the flexibility provided for in the derogations. However, derogations should only be made on a case-by-case basis so the risk of importing diseases is not increased. Given the vital importance of proper information sources to facilitate a rapid response to any outbreak of a disease in the crucial early stages, I propose an amendment to Directive 90/426 on equidae which would arm us for such a coherent response by providing for the establishment of a Community Reference Laboratory for equine diseases. Effective coordination requires a reliable and comprehensive store of knowledge on diagnosis and treatment of infectious equine diseases."@en1
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