Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 of 26 October 2007 on implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongue (Text with EEA relevance)
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  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 289/2008of 31 March 2008amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 on implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongue(Text with EEA relevance), 32008R0289, April 1, 2008
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/2008of 29 April 2008amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the conditions for exempting pregnant animals from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32008R0384, April 30, 2008
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 394/2008of 30 April 2008amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the conditions for exempting certain animals of susceptible species from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32008R0394, May 1, 2008
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 708/2008of 24 July 2008amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the conditions for exempting certain animals of susceptible species from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32008R0708, July 25, 2008
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1108/2008of 7 November 2008amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the minimum requirements for bluetongue monitoring and surveillance programmes and the conditions for exempting semen from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32008R1108, November 8, 2008
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1304/2008of 19 December 2008amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the conditions for exempting certain animals of susceptible species from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32008R1304, December 20, 2008
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 123/2009of 10 February 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards conditions for movements of animals within the same restricted zone and the conditions for exempting animals from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32009R0123, February 11, 2009
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 789/2009of 28 August 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards protection against attacks by vectors and minimum requirements for bluetongue monitoring and surveillance programmes(Text with EEA relevance), 32009R0789, August 29, 2009
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1156/2009of 27 November 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the conditions for exempting certain animals of susceptible species from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32009R1156, November 28, 2009
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 1142/2010of 7 December 2010amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the period of application of the transitional measures concerning the conditions for exempting certain animals from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32010R1142, December 8, 2010
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2011of 4 July 2011amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the period of application of the transitional measures concerning the conditions for exempting certain animals from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0648, July 5, 2011
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 456/2012of 30 May 2012amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 on implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongue(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R0456, May 31, 2012
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689of 17 December 2019supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for surveillance, eradication programmes, and disease-free status for certain listed and emerging diseases(Text with EEA relevance), 32020R0689, June 3, 2020
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007of 26 October 2007on implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongue(Text with EEA relevance) CHAPTER 1SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1Subject matterThis Regulation lays down rules for the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of animals with the meaning of Article 2(c) of Directive 2000/75/EC, in relation to bluetongue, in and from the restricted zones.
Article 2DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 2 of Directive 2000/75/EC shall apply.In addition, the following definitions shall apply:(a)"case of bluetongue" means an animal that meets one of the following requirements:(i)it presents clinical signs consistent with the presence of bluetongue;(ii)it is a sentinel animal that had showed negative serological results in a previous test and has seroconverted from negative to positive for antibodies to at least one bluetongue serotype since that test;(iii)it is an animal from which the bluetongue virus has been isolated and identified as such;(iv)it is an animal which has tested positive to bluetongue serological tests or from which viral antigen or viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) specific to one or more of the bluetongue serotypes has been identified.In addition, a set of epidemiological data must indicate that the clinical signs or results of laboratory tests suggesting bluetongue infection are the consequence of virus circulation in the holding in which the animal is kept and not the result of the introduction of vaccinated or seropositive animals from restricted zones;(b)"outbreak of bluetongue" means an outbreak of that disease as defined in Article 2(c) of Directive 82/894/EEC;(c)"primary outbreak of bluetongue" means an outbreak as defined in Article 2(d) of Directive 82/894/EEC, taking into account that, for the purposes of the application of the first indent of Article 3(1) of that Directive, a case of bluetongue is a primary outbreak in the following cases:(i)if it is not epidemiologically linked with a previous outbreak; or(ii)it implies the demarcation of a restricted zone or a change in an existing restricted zone as referred to in Article 6;(d)"restricted zone" means a zone consisting of both protection and surveillance zones established pursuant to Article 8(1) of Directive 2000/75/EC;(e)"bluetongue seasonally-free zone" means an epidemiological relevant geographical area of a Member State for which, for a part of the year, surveillance demonstrates no evidence of bluetongue virus transmission or of adult Culicoides likely to be competent bluetongue vectors;(f)"transit" means the movement of animals:(i)from or through a restricted zone;(ii)from a restricted zone through a non-restricted zone back to the same restricted zone; or(iii)from a restricted zone through a non-restricted zone to another restricted zone.
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