EUR-Lex - 31978D0118 - EN

ARTICLE 1

IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM 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 LEUCOSIS .

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 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 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 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 LEUKOCYTES 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 :

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 IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 23 DECEMBER 1977 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT