Brussels, 12/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - Important items of legislation published in Official Journal L007, C007A and C008 of 12 January 2007:
Veterinary Policy (L007)
Commission Decision of 18 December 2006 amending Decision 2005/779/EC concerning animal health protection measures against swine vesicular disease in Italy (beefing up farm surveillance and rules governing transport of pigs)
Commission Decision of 20 December 2006 amending Decision 2005/648/EC concerning protection measures against Newcastle Disease in Bulgaria (restricting export ban to Vratsa, Blagoevgrad, Kardzhali and Burgas districts and the municipalities of Dobrichka and Kubrat)
Commission Decision of 20 December 2006 amending Decision 2005/363/EC concerning animal health protection measures against African swine fever in Sardinia, Italy (reclassification of Sardinia as a high risk region)
Commission Decision of 20 December 2006 amending Commission Decision 2005/362/EC approving African swine fever eradication plan for feral pigs in Sardinia, Italy (relaxing measures to allow more farmers to transport pigs)
Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 approving contingency plans for the control of foot-and-mouth disease
Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 approving contingency plans for the control of classical swine fever
Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 concerning EU financial aid for the implementation of an epidemiological survey and bluetongue surveillance measures regarding emergency measures taken in 2006 and 2007 in Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 amending Decision 2005/760/EC concerning protection measures against highly pathogenic bird flu and imports of birds other than poultry into the European Community
Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 amending Decision 2006/875/EC approving programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases, of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and prevention of animal disease presented by Member States for 2007
Enlargement/Food Safety (L 007)
Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 amending Decision 2002/459/EC as regards additions to be made to the list of units in the Traces computer network as a result of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 approving monitoring plans for the detection of residues or substances in live animals and animal products pursuant to Directive 96/23/EC as submitted by Bulgaria and Romania
Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 laying down transitional measures for intra-EU trade in semen, ova and embryos of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species obtained in Bulgaria and Romania
Administration (C 007 A)
European Commission Directorate-General for External Relations - Publication of a vacancy for a Director (grade AD14)
Joint Research Centre (JRC) - Publication of two vacancies (Director of the Institute for Protection and Security of Citizens, based in Ispra, Italy, grade AD14 and Director of Institute for Energy in Petten, grade AD14)
Budget (C 008)
Court of Auditors - Opinion No. 7/2006 on a draft regulation of the European Parliament and Council amending Regulation 1073/1999 concerning investigations carried out by European Anti-Fraud Office, OLAF
Court of Auditors - Opinion (8/2006) concerning a draft Council Regulation repealing Council Regulation 2040/2000 on budgetary discipline. (lc)