NoL98/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.4.77
COMMISSION DECISION
of18April1977
amendingtheCommissionDecisionof30March1977oncertainmeasuresto
preventthespreadofclassicalswinefever
(77/293/EEC)
forpigsforslaughter;whereasincontrastitisprema­
turetoliftthesemeasuresasfarasanimalsforrearing
andfatteningareconcerned ;
WhereasitissuitabletopermitMemberStatesto
haveanecessarydelaytoproceedwiththenecessary
adaptationoftheirregulationstoconformtothe
presentDecisionasfarasanimalsforslaughterare
concerned ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheStanding
VeterinaryCommittee ,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheCouncilDirectiveof26June
1964onanimalhealthproblemsaffectingintra­
Communitytradeinbovineanimalsandswine('),as
lastamendedbytheCouncilDirectiveof21
December 1976(2),andinparticularArticle9(4)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheCouncilDirectiveof12
December1972onhealthproblemsaffectingintra­
Communitytradeinfreshmeat(3),aslastamendedby
theCouncilDirectiveof21December1976(2),andin
particularArticle8(4)thereof,
Whereas,byitsDecisionof30March1977(4),the
CommissionadoptedmeasuresrequiringtheMember
Statestoprohibittheintroductionintotheirterritory
oflivepigsoriginatingintheNetherlands ,owingto
theoutbreakofanepidemicofclassicalswinefeverin
thatcountry;andthatthismeasurehasbeen
prolongeduntil18April1977bytheCommission
Decisionof6April1977(5);
Whereas,althoughoutbreaksofswinefeverarestill
appearing,theyaresituatedlargelyinawelldelimited
zonewhichissubjecttoanimalhealthmeasuresprohi­
bitingtheexitoflivepigstoallotherpartsofNether­
landsterritory;whereas,moreover,thesemeasures
includetheprohibitionontheintroductionintointra­
Communitytradeoffreshmeatobtainedfrompigs
originatinginthiszone,which,byreasonofthe
severeofficialdispositionsappliedbytheNetherlands
authorities,mustnotbeconsideredasexcludingthe
commercialization inintra-Community tradeoffresh
meatobtainedincertainabattoirsintheaforesaid
zone,butfromlivepigsoriginatinginfreezones;
whereasinconsequenceeasingofconditionsforintra­
Communitytradeinfreshmeat,aswasprovidedfor
bythepreviousCommissionDecisions,mustbe
fundamentally confirmed ;
Whereastheevolutionofthehealthsituationinthe
Netherlandsalsopermitsunderanalogousconditions
toprovidefortheliftingoftheprohibitionmeasuresArticle1
Thedateof18April1977,indicatedinthefirst
ArticleoftheCommissionDecisionof6April1977,
modifyingtheDecisionof30March1977inrelation
tocertainprotectivemeasuresagainstclassicalswine
fever,isreplacedby19April1977.
Article2
ThetextofthefirstArticleoftheDecisionof30
March1977isreplacedbythefollowing :
'1.MemberStatesprohibituntil3May1977the
introductionintotheirterritoryofpigsforrearing
andfatteningfromtheNetherlands .
2.From31March1977theNetherlandsmay
onlysendtotheotherMemberStatesfreshmeat
ofpigsnotoriginating :
(a)—fromthecoastalregionoftheNorthSea
delimitedbythefollowingwaters:Haring­
vliet—HollandschDiep—Amer—
BergscheMaas—Maas—Maas/Waal­
kanaal—Waal-Pannerdenkanaal —IJssel
—Ketelmeer—Vossemeer—Dronten­
meer—Veluwemeer —Eemmeer—Gooi­
meer—IJmeer—IJ—Noordzeekanaal ,(')OJNo121,29.7.1964,p.1977/64.
(:)OJNoL26,31.1.1977,p.81.
(3)OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.24.—fromregionswhicharesubjecttoprohibi­
tionmeasureslaiddownbytheNether­
landsauthorities ;(4)OJNoL87,5.4.1977,p.34.
(5)OJNoL93,15.4.1977,p.17.

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(b)slaughteredafter30March1977inabattoirs
situatedoutsidetheaforementioned regions,
or,asanexceptionandfrom7April1977,in
abattoirssituatedintheinterioroftheafore­
saidregionsontheconditionthattheNether­
landsauthoritiesensureinparticularthata
periodofatleast24hourselapsesafter
cleaninganddisinfectionbeforetheexclusive
slaughterofthesepigs.
3.TheNetherlandsmayonlysendtoother
MemberStatesfrom20April1977pigsfor
slaughterwhichdonotoriginatefromtheregions
indicatedinthepreviousparagraph.'
Article3
ThefollowingisaddedtoArticle2oftheDecisionof
30March1977:ThehealthcertificateprovidedforbytheCouncil
Directiveof26June1964,accompanying pigsfor
slaughterdispatchedfromtheNetherlandsmust
becompletedbythefollowing:
—animalsinconformitywiththeCommission
Decisionof18April1977.'
Article4
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,18April1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President