Animal diseases and public health: scrapie (amend. direct. 91/68/EEC)

PURPOSE : to lay down provisions on scrapie. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Directive 2001/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/68/EEC as regards scrapie. CONTENT : Rules on scrapie are laid down in directive 91/68/EC. The Commission has since received scientific opinions which indicate that those rules need to be reviewed. This directive accordingly lays down provisions for all matters concerning TSEs to apply, in particular, to the production and placing on the market of live animals and products of animal origin referred to in Regulation 99/2001/EC. DATE OF APPLICATION : 1 July 2001 �