The present Decision demarcates the global geographic areas where protection and surveillance zones ("restricted zones") shall be established by the Member states as provided for in aticle 8(1) of Directive 2000/75/EC. Its purpose is also to set out the conditions for exempting from the exit ban laid down in article 9(1)(c) and article 10(1) of Directive 2000/75/EC (the exit ban) certain movements of animals, their sperm, ova and embryos, from those zones and through those zones (transit). Article 6 deals with transit of animals through a restricted zone.
2003-11-25