Prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs): extension of the period for transitional measures

PURPOSE: extension of the period for transitional measures for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Regulation 932/2005/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation 999/2001/EC laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies as regards the extension of the period for transitional measures.

CONTENT: to recall, Regulation 999/2001/EC is intended to provide a single legal framework for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in the Community. Regulation 1128/2003/EC amending Regulation 999/2001/EC as regards the extension of the period for transitional measures prolonged the period of application of the transitional measures provided for in Regulation 999/2001/EC until 1 July 2005 at the latest.

In order to ensure legal certainty beyond the expiry of the transitional measures provided for in Regulation 999/2001/EC and pending the revision of permanent measures as well as the creation of an overall strategy on TSEs, it is appropriate to extend those transitional measures further until 1 July 2007.

More specifically, the second paragraph of Art 23 of Regulation 999/2001/EC is amended to provide that transitional measures shall be adopted for a period ending on 1 July 2007 at the latest, to permit the change-over from the current arrangements to the arrangements established in that Regulation.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 01/07/2005.