Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents, amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC and repealing Council Directive 92/117/EEC.
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Abstract
The purpose of this Directive is to ensure that zoonoses, zoonotic agents and related antimicrobial resistance are properly monitored, and that food-borne outbreaks receive proper epidemiological investigation, to enable the collection in the Community of the information necessary to evaluate relevant trends and sources. The Directive covers: (a) the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents; (b) the monitoring of related anitimicrobial resistance; (c) the epidemiological investigation of food-borne outbreaks; and (d) the exchange of information related to zoonoses and zoonotic agents. The Directive consists of the following Chapters: (I) Introductory provisions; (II) Monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents; (III) Antimicrobial resistance; (IV) Food-borne outbreaks; (V) Exchange of information; (VI) Laboratories; (VII) Implementation; (VIII) Final provisions. Four Annexes are attached.
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A consolidated version, as last amended by the Council Directive 2013/20, is attached.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Official Journal L 325, 12 December 2003, pp. 31-40.
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English
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in force
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