NoL123/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.5.77
COMMISSION DECISION
of11May1977
amendingDecision77/268/EEConcertainmeasurestopreventthespreadof
classicalswinefever
(77/358/EEC)
(a)onlyanimalsforbreedingandproduction
whichdonotoriginatefrom:
—eitherthecoastalregionoftheNorthSea
delimitedbythefollowingwaters:Haring­
vliet—HollandschDiep—Amer—
BergscheMaas—Maas—Maas­
Waalkanaal —Waal-Pannerdenkanaal —
IJssel—Ketelmeer—Vossemeer—Dron­
temeer—Veluwemeer —Eemmeer—■■
Gooimeer—IJmeer—IJ—Noordzee­
kanaal,regionenglobingthezonescalled2
and3,or
—regionsubjecttoprohibitionmeasureslaid
downbytheNetherlandsauthorities .
(b)onlyanimalsforslaughterwhichdonotorigi­
natefrom:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective64/432/EECof26
June1964onanimalhealthproblemsaffectingintra-
Communitytradeinbovineanimalsandswine('),as
lastamendedbyDirective77/98/EEC(2),andinparti­
cularArticle9(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective72/461/EECof12
December1972onhealthproblemsaffectingintra-
Communitytradeinfreshmeat(3),aslastamendedby
Directive77/98/EEC,andinparticularArticle8(4)
thereof,
WhereasbyDecision77/268/EECof30March
1977(4),aslastamendedbyDecisionof3May
1977(5)theCommissionadoptedmeasuresrequiring
theMemberStatestoprohibittheintroductioninto
theirterritoryofpigsforrearingandfatteningfrom
theNetherlandsingeneral,andofpigsforslaughter
andmeatfromdelimitedzones;
Whereastheevolutionofthehealthsituationinthe
Netherlandsnowjustifiesaneweasingoftherestric­
tivemeasuresapplicabletofreshmeat;
Whereasregardingliveanimalsandtakingaccountof
themeasurestakenbytheNetherlandsauthorities,it
isequallysuitabletoeasetheprohibitionaffecting
pigs,byreducingtheextentoftheregionsfrom
whichtheirdispatchtotheotherMemberStates
remainsprohibited ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheStanding
VeterinaryCommittee ,—eithertheareaborderedbythehighwayE
35fromHarderwijktoAmersfoort,the
ringwayaroundAmersfoortinasoutherly
directionasfarastheLeusdenexit,the
roadviaLeusden,Woudenberg ,Maars­
bergen,LeersumtoElst,fromElsttothe
Rhineinaneasterlydirectionasfaras
Renkum,fromRenkuminaneasterlydirec­
tiontothetrafficjunctionnearHeelsum,
fromHeelsuminanortherlydirection,via
Schaarsbergen ,OtterloandHarskampto
thehighwayE8,thehighwayE8inan
easterlydirectiontoNieuw-Milligen ,from
Nieuw-Milligen theroadinanortherly
directiontoHarderwijk,theregioncalled
zone3,or
—fromregionswhicharesubjecttoprohibi­
tionmeasureslaiddownbytheNether­
landsauthorities .HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
ThetextofArticle 1ofDecision77/268/EECis
replacedbythefollowingtext:
'1.From11May1977until31May1977the
NetherlandsmaysendtootherMemberStates
(')OJNo121,29.7.1964,p.1977/64.2.TheNetherlands onlysendstoother
MemberStatesfreshmeatofpigsadmittedto
intra-Community tradeinapplicationofthe
presentDecisionasmodifiedsuccessivelybyDeci­
sions77/293/EECof18April1977and
77/345/EECof3May1977,thatistosayinparti­
cularmeatofpigsslaughtered :(')OJNoL26,31.1.1977,p.81.
(3)OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.24.
(<)OJNoL87du5.4.1977,p.34.
(5)OJNoL121,14.5.1977,p.20.

17.5.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL123/29
pigsdispatchedfromtheNetherlands must
containthefollowingentry:
"AnimalscomplyingwiththeCommissionDeci­
sionof18April1977".'—after30March1977andoriginatinginregions
ofzone1oftheNetherlands ,thatistosay
otherthanzones2and3,
—after3May1977andoriginatinginzone2,
—after10May1977,andoriginatinginzone3.
Article3Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,11May1977.ThetextofArticle2isreplacedbythefollowingtext:
Thehealthcertificateasrequiredunderthe
CouncilDirectiveof26June1964,accompanying
freshpigmeatdispatchedfromtheNetherlands ,
mustcontainthefollowingentry:
"MeatcomplyingwiththeCommissionDecision
of30March1977"
Thehealthcertificateasrequiredunderthe
CouncilDirectiveof26June1964accompanyingFortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President