PURPOSE: to correct Directive 2008/73/EC simplifying procedures of listing and publishing information in the veterinary and zootechnical fields to ensure that the amendments made to the various Council acts by that Directive, in order to provide for those simplified procedures, are uniformly applied by the Member States from 1 January 2010.
LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2009/436/EC correcting Directive 2008/73/EC simplifying procedures of listing and publishing information in the veterinary and zootechnical fields.
CONTENT: Directive 2008/73/EC amended a total of 23 Council acts to provide, inter alia, for simplified procedures of listing and publishing information in the veterinary and zootechnical fields. The date for transposition of that Directive is 1 January 2010. However, that Directive did not provide that the Member States were to apply those provisions from that date. For the sake of legal certainty, this Directive corrects Directive 2008/73/EC to ensure that the amendments made to the various Council acts by that Directive, in order to provide for those simplified procedures, are uniformly applied by Member States from 1 January 2010.
However, certain other amendments made by Directive 2008/73/EC to Directives 64/432/EEC and 90/426/EEC do not concern the simplified procedures and therefore they do not require the deferred date of application by the Member States of 1 January 2010. Those amendments concern respectively the adoption of specific animal health measures in accordance with 1999/468/EC on the Commission’s implementing powers and correct an outdated reference.
In order to ensure a smooth transition to the new simplified procedures of listing and publishing information in the veterinary and zootechnical fields, this Directive provides that transitional provisions may be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Decision 1999/468/EC. To ensure legal certainty and continuity, this Decision will apply from 3 September 2008, the date of entry into force of Directive 2008/73/EC.
This Directive shall apply from 30/09/2008.