NoL87/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.4.77
COMMISSION DECISION
of30March1977
concerningcertainmeasurestopreventthespreadofclassicalswinefever
(77/268/EEC)
aspigmeatisconcerned :whereasliveanimalspresent
agreaterandmoredirectriskthanfreshmeatandthe
prohibitionmeasuresinthisrespectshouldtherefore
beprolongedforacertainperiod,andinrelationto
thewholeoftheNetherlandsterritory;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemaderequiringthatthe
certificateofhealthaccompanying thefreshmeat
includeaspecialentrycertifyingcompliancewiththe
measuresprovidedforinthisDecision;
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,andin
particularArticle8(4)thereof,
Whereas,byitsDecisionof22March1977(4),the
CommissionadoptedmeasuresrequiringtheMember
Statestoprohibittheintroductionintotheirterritory
oflivepigsandoffreshpigmeatoriginatinginthe
Netherlands ,owingtotheoutbreakofanepidemicof
classicalswinefeverinthatcountry;whereasthese
measuresarelimitedtoaperiodwhichexpireson30
March1977;
Whereasthesituationhasdevelopedinsuchaway
thattheaforesaidmeasuresmaybetosomeextent
relaxed;
Whereas,althoughoutbreaksofswinefeverarestill
appearing,theyaresituatedlargelyinawelldeline­
atedzonewhichissubjecttoanimalhealthmeasures
(notablyabanontheexitoflivepigsorofpigmeatto
allotherpartsofNetherlandsterritory);
Whereasforthisreasonthezoneinquestion,whichis
practicallythesolesourceforthespreadofswine
fevervirus,maybeconsideredassufficientlyisolated;
Whereas,moreover,theotherregionsoftheNether­
landsaresubjecttoequallysevereanimalhealth
measurestakenbytheNetherlandsauthorities ,in
particularinrelationtothemovementofanimalsand
theirslaughter;whereasthesemeasuresmaybe
consideredtooffersufficientsafeguards ;
Whereas,thereisaccordinglynoreasontomaintain
theprohibitionaffectingthoseregions,atleastasfarArticle1
TheMemberStatesshallprohibituntil6April1977
theintroductionintotheirterritoryoflivepigsfrom
theNetherlands .
From31March1977theNetherlandsmaydispatch
tootherMemberStatesfreshmeatofpigs,provided
thattheanimalsinquestionwereslaughteredafter30
March1977anddidnotoriginatefrom:
—thecoastalregionoftheNorthSeadelineatedby
thefollowingwaters:Haringvliet—Hollandsch
Diep—Amer—BergscheMaas—Maas—Maas­
Waalkanaal—Waal-Pannerdenkanaal —IJssel—
Ketelmeer—Vossemeer—Drontenmeer —
Veluwemeer—Eemmeer—Gooimeer—IJmeer
—IJ—Noordzeekanaal ,
—regionssubjecttoprohibitionmeasuresprescribed
bytheNetherlandsauthorities.
Article2
ThehealthcertificateasrequiredundertheCouncil
Directiveof26June1964,accompanying fresh
pigmeatdispatchedfromtheNetherlands ,must
containthefollowingentry:
'MeatcomplyingwiththeCommissionDecisionof30
March1977:'(')OJNo121,29.7.1964,p.1977/64.
(')OJNoL26,31.1.1977,p.81.
(>)OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.24.
4OJNoL78,26.3.1977,p.22.

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Article3 DoneatBrussels,30March1977.
TheCommissionshallfollowthedevelopmentofthe
situationandmayamendthisDecisioninthelightof
suchdevelopment .
Article4
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President