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ARTICLE 1

FROM 1 JANUARY 1973 UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1973 THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IS AUTHORIZED TO REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE HEALTH GUARANTEES , LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 2 ON ENTRY INTO ITS TERRITORY OF BOVINE ANIMALS FOR BREEDING OR PRODUCTION , ORIGINATING FROM THE TERRITORY OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE AND INTENDED FOR COMBINING WITH BOVINE STOCK NOT UNDER SUSPICION OF LEUCOSIS .

ARTICLE 2

THE HEALTH GUARANTEES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 SHALL CONSIST OF THE PRODUCTION OF A CERTIFICATE ISSUED ON THE DAY OF EMBARCATION BY AN OFFICIAL VETERINARIAN , DRAWN UP , AS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT , IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND CERTIFYING :

1 . THAT THE VETERINARIAN HAS NO OFFICIAL KNOWLEDGE OF FACTS WHICH WOULD LEAD HIM TO CONCLUDE THAT A CASE OF LEUCOSIS HAS OCCURRED WITHIN THE THREE PRECEDING YEARS IN THE BOVINE HERD STOCK OF ORIGIN , AND THAT THE OWNER OF THIS HERD HAD DECLARED THAT HE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH FACTS ;

2 . THAT DURING THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS EVERY ANIMAL OVER TWO YEARS OF AGE FORMING PART OF THE BOVINE HERD STOCK OF ORIGIN HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A BLOOD TEST FOR LEUCOSIS , WHICH HAS GIVEN NO INDICATION OF AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LYMPHOCYTES .

ARTICLE 3

THE BLOOD TEST REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) , SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS :

A ) ACCOUNT SHALL BE TAKEN OF THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER OF LEUCOCYTES AND THE PROPORTION OF LYMPHOCYTES . THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LYMPHOCYTES PER CUBIC MILLIMETRE SHALL BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR AND SHALL BE CALCULATED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING FORMULA :

B ) THE PRESENCE OF AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LYMPHOCYTES SHALL BE CONCLUDED IN THE LIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING DATA :

FOR BOVINE ANIMALS :

OF MORE THAN TWO YEARS AND NOT MORE THAN THREE YEARS :

MORE THAN 10 000 LYMPHOCYTES PER CUBIC MILLIMETRE

OF MORE THAN THREE YEARS AND NOT MORE THAN SIX YEARS :

MORE THAN 9 000 LYMPHOCYTES PER CUBIC MILLIMETRE

OF MORE THAN SIX YEARS :

MORE THAN 7 500 LYMPHOCYTES PER CUBIC MILLIMETRE

ARTICLE 4

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 23 JANUARY 1973 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

FRANCOIS-XAVIER ORTOLI