2005/422/EC: Commission Decision of 3 June 2005 authorising France to make use of the system established by Title I of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 to replace the May survey of bovine livestock (notified under document number C(2005) 1626) Text with EEA relevance

France is authorised to replace the survey of May of bovine animals provided for by Council Directive 93/24/EEC by using the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals as referred to in Title I of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 to obtain all the statistical data required to comply with the obligations arising out of the said Directive.

When the system referred to in Article 1 ceases to be operational or its contents no longer makes it possible to obtain reliable statistical information regarding all or certain categories of bovine animals, France shall return to a statistical survey system for the purpose of estimating the cattle population or the categories concerned.

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.