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ARTICLE 1

DENMARK FROM 1 JANUARY 1978 AND THE NETHERLANDS FROM 1 MAY 1977 ARE AUTHORIZED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1978 TO REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE HEALTH GUARANTEES LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 2 ON ENTRY INTO THEIR 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 LEUKOSIS .

ARTICLE 2

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

1 . THAT THE VETERINARIAN HAS NO OFFICIAL KNOWLEDGE OF FACTS WHICH WOULD LEAD HIM TO CONCLUDE THAT A CASE OF LEUKOSIS 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 12 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 LEUKOSIS , 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 LEUKOCYTES AND THE PROPORTION OF LUMPHOCYTES . THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LYMPHOCYTES PER CUBIC MILLIMETRE SHALL BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR AND SHALL BE CALCULATED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING FORMULA :

TOTAL NUMBER OF LEUKOCYTES PER CUBIC MILLIMETRE BY PERCENTAGE OF LYMPHOCYTES/100

( 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 10 500 LYMPHOCYTES PER CUBIC MILLIMETRE ;

OF MORE THAN THREE YEARS AND NOT MORE THAN FOUR YEARS - MORE THAN 9 500 LYMPHOCYTES PER CUBIC MILLIMETRE ;

OF MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AND NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS - MORE THAN 8 500 LYMPHOCYTES PER CUBIC MILLIMETRE ;

OF MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AND NOT MORE THAN SIX YEARS - MORE THAN 8 000 LYMPHOCYTES PER CUBIC MILLIMETRE ;

OF MORE THAN SIX YEARS - MORE THAN 7 500 LYMPHOCYTES PER CUBIC MILLIMETRE ;

( C ) IF THE RESULT OF THE BLOOD TEST REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) INDICATES A RELATIVELY HIGH LYMPHOCYTE COUNT I.E . A NUMBER OF LYMPHOCYTES LESS THAN 2 000 BELOW THE FIGURES MENTIONED IN ( B ) , THE SAME SAMPLE MUST BE IMMEDIATELY GIVEN A FRESH TEST , THE RESULT OF WHICH SHALL FORM THE BASIS OF THE FINAL EVALUATION .

ARTICLE 4

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 APRIL 1977 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT

( 1 ) OJ NO 121 , 29 . 7 . 1964 , P . 1977/64 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 26 , 31 . 1 . 1977 , P . 81 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 77 , 26 . 3 . 1973 , P . 40 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 11 , 14 . 1 . 1977 , P . 30 .