Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/718 of 14 May 2018 on the suspension of the officially tuberculosis-free status of Malta as regards bovine herds and amending Annex I to Decision 2003/467/EC (notified under document C(2018) 2762) (Text with EEA relevance. )

1 The officially tuberculosis-free status of Malta regarding bovine herds shall be suspended.

2 In order to regain officially tuberculosis-free status regarding bovine herds, Malta shall comply with the following conditions: (a) the conditions set out in paragraph 4(b), (c) and (d) of Annex A.I to Directive 64/432/EEC continue to be met; (b) all bovine herds have been subjected to testing for bovine tuberculosis following the procedures set out in paragraph 1 of Annex A.I to Directive 64/432/EEC; (c) the percentage of bovine herds confirmed as infected with tuberculosis has not exceeded 0,1 % of all herds during a continuous 12-month period; (d) at the end of the 12-month period referred to in point (c), at least 99,9 % of bovine herds have achieved officially tuberculosis-free status.

Annex I to Decision 2003/467/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.