NoL121/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.5.77
COMMISSION DECISION
of3May1977
amendingDecision77/268/EEConcertainmeasurestopreventthespreadof
classicalswinefever
(77/345/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheStanding
VeterinaryCommittee ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective64/432/EECof26
June1964onanimalhealthproblemsaffectingintra-
Communitytradeinbovineanimalsandswine('),as
lastamendedbyDirective77/98/EEC(2),andinparti­
cularArticle9(4)thereof,Article1
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective72/461/EECof12
December1972onhealthproblemsaffectingintra-
Communitytradeinfreshmeat(3),aslastamendedby
Directive77/98/EEC,andinparticularArticle8(4)
thereof,Article1ofDecision77/268/EECisherebyamended
toreadasfollows:
'1.MemberStatesshallprohibituntil10May
1977theintroductionintotheirterritoryofpigs
forrearingandfatteningfromtheNetherlands .
Whereas,byDecision77/268/EECof30March
1977(4),aslastamendedbyDecision77/293/EEC(5),
theCommission adoptedmeasuresrequiringthe
MemberStatestoprohibittheintroductionintotheir
territoryofpigsforrearingandfatteningfromthe
Netherlandsingeneral,andofpigsforslaughterfrom
awelldelimitedzone,whichissubjecttoanimal
healthmeasuresprohibitingtheexitoflivepigstoall
otherpartsofNetherlandsterritory;whereas,more­
over,thesemeasuresalsoprohibittheintroduction
intointra-Community tradeoffreshmeatobtained
frompigsfromthiszone,which,underthestrictoffi­
cialprovisionsappliedbytheNetherlandsauthorities,
mustnotbeconsideredasexcludingthemarketingin
intra-Community tradeoffreshmeatobtainedin
certainabattoirsinthesaidzone,butfromlivepigs
fromfreezones;2.From4May1977theNetherlandsmayonly
sendtootherMemberStatesfreshmeatofpigs
(a)whichdoesnotoriginatefromthearea
borderedbythehighwayE35fromHarder­
wijktoAmersfoort,theringwayaroundAmers­
foortinasoutherlydirectionasfarasthe
Leusdenexit,theroadviaLeusden,Wouden­
berg,Maarsbergen ,LeersumtoElst,fromElst
totheRhineinaneasterlydirectionasfaras
Renkum,fromRenkuminaneasterlydirec­
tiontothetrafficjunctionnearHeelsum,from
Heelsuminanortherlydirection,viaSchaars­
bergen,OtterloandHarskamptothehighway
E8,thehighwayE8ineasterlydirectionto
Nieuw-Milligen ,fromNieuw-Milligen theroad
inanortherlydirectiontoHarderwijk ;orfrom
regionswhicharesubjecttoprohibition
measureslaiddownbytheNetherlandsauthor­
ities;and
(b)whichwereslaughteredafter3May1977in
abattoirssituatedoutsidethesaidregions,or,
bywayofexceptionfrom7April1977,inabat­
toirssituatedwithinthesaidregionsprovided
thattheNetherlands authoritiesensurethata
periodofatleast24hoursisreservedafter
cleaninganddisinfectionfortheexclusive
slaughterofthesepigs.WhereasthehealthsituationintheNetherlands now
justifiesareductionofthesaidzoneasregardsthe
exportoffreshmeatforintra-Community trade;
whereasontheotherhanditisprematuretoliftthe
measuresinforceregardingliveanimals;
(')OJNo121,29.7.1964,p.1977/64.
(2)OJNoL26,31.1.1977,p.81.
(3)OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.24.
(4)OJNoL87,5.4.1977,p.34.
HOJNoL98,22.4.1977,p.24.

14.5.77 NoL121/21 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
Article2 3.From20April1977theNetherlandsmay
onlysendtootherMemberStatespigsfor
slaughterwhichdonotoriginate ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
—fromthecoastalregionoftheNorthSeadelim­
itedbythefollowingwaters:Haringvliet—
HollandschDiep—Amer—BergscheMaas
—Maas—Maas-Waalkanaal —Waal­
Pannerdenkanaal —IJssel—Ketelmeer—
Vossemeer—Drontermeer —Veluwemeer —
Eemmeer—Gooimeer—IJmeer—IJ—
Noordzeekanaal orDoneatBrussels,3May1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President—fromregionswhicharesubjecttoprohibition
measureslaiddownbytheNetherlandsauthor­
ities.'
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