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from classical swine fever but which, as a result of an 
outbreak of the disease and the latter's persistence, lost 
that status during the period for carrying out the 
measures provided for in Article 2(1). 
2. Member States shall inform the Commission as 
soon as possible of the measures taken under Article 3 
(3) should there be an outbreak of swine fever. 
3. The Commission shall examine the plans or 
measures forwarded in accordance with paragraphs 1 
and 2 to determine whether, in terms of their conformity 
with the rules referred to in Article 1 and in the light of 
the objectives of those rules, the conditions for a 
financial contribution by the Community have been met. 
Within two months following receipt of the plans or 
measures, the Commission shall submit a draft Decision 
'to the Standing Veterinary Committee. The Committee 
shall deliver its opinion in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 7. The Fund Committee shall be 
consulted on the financial aspects. 
4. The Commission shall make regular on-the-spot 
checks to verify from a veterinary viewpoint whether the 
plans are being applied. 
Member States shall take the necessary steps to facilitate 
these checks and, in particular, to ensure that the experts 
are supplied at their request with all the information and 
documentation needed for assessing the execution of the 
plans. 
The general provisions for implementing this Article, 
especially as regards the frequency and method of 
carrying out the checks referred to in the first subpara­
graph, the rules governing the appointment of the 
veterinary experts and the procedure which the latter must 
follow when drawing up their report, shall be laid down in 
accordance with the prodecure set out in Article 7. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Article 6 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 129/78 of 24 January 
1978 on the exchange rates to be applied for the 
purposes of the common agricultural structures polity (x) 
and Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 
shall apply mutatis mutandis. 
Article 7 
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to 
be followed, matters shall be referred without delay by 
its chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request 
of a Member State, to the Standing Veterinary 
Committee (hereinafter called 'the Committee') set up by 
Decision 68/361/EEC. 
2. Within the Committe the votes of the represen­
tatives of the Member States shall be weighted in the 
manner set out in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty. The 
chairman shall not vote. 
3. The Commission representative shall submit a draft 
of the measures to be adopted. The Committee shall 
deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which 
the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of 
the matter. The opinion shall be adopted by the majority 
laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty. 
4. The Commission shall adopt the measures 
envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of 
the Committee. Where they are not in accordance with 
the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is 
delivered, the Commission shall without delay submit to 
the Council a proposal on the measures to be adopted. 
The Council shall act by a qualified majority. 
If the Council has acted within three months of the date 
on which the proposal was referred to it, the 
Commission shall adopt the proposed measures. 
Article 8 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
O OJ No L 20, 25. 1. 1978, p. 16. 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 80/1095/EEC laying down conditions 
designed to render and keep the territory of the Community free from classical swine fever 
COM(86) 555 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 5 November 1986) 
(86/C 295/05) 
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Whereas Council Directive 80/1095/EEC (') as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), lays 
down that Member States which are not officially swine-
fever-free must carry out national programmes with a 
view to eradicating the disease during a five-year period; 
Whereas, because of a serious outbreak of classical swine 
fever in their territory during that period, certain 
Member States have experienced difficulties in 
completing their eradication programme; 
Whereas the disease has, thanks to the measures adopted 
to combat it, in particular the setting-up of vaccination 
areas, been brought under control; whereas, therefore, 
the Member States concerned could continue to 
implement the control operations with a view to making 
the territories in question free from classical swine fever 
and whereas an additional five-year period is therefore 
required; whereas these measures may prove necessary in 
those Member States from which the disease has already 
been eradicated; 
Whereas in the light of those developments provision 
should be made for coordinating the arrangements for 
discontinuing systematic vaccination where that type of 
vaccination is performed; 
Whereas the establishment and maintenance of officially 
swine-fever-free Member States or parts of Member 
States will contribute to free movement of live pigs and 
pigmeat as well as to improvements in the productivity of 
breeding herds and, as a result, to the income of those 
working in this sector, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Directive 80/1095/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 
1. The following Article 3a is inserted: 
'Article 3a 
1. Any Member State which is not officially swine-
fever-free upon completion of the measure specified 
in Article 3 shall prepare a new plan for completing 
the eradication of the disease. 
2. The period for implementing the new plan shall 
be such that the total period for implementing the 
measures specified in Article 3 and in this Article is 10 years. The new plan must meet the requirements laid 
down in Article 4a and be approved in accordance 
with Article 5 of Decision ...' 
2. The following Article 4a is inserted: 
O OJ No L 325, 1. 12. 1980, p. 5. 
(2) OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8. Article 4a 
1. The new plan referred to in Article 3a must be 
designed to ensure that, upon expiry of the period 
specified, the territory of the Member State 
concerned will be officially free from classical swine 
fever. 
2. The new plan must specify as appropriate: 
(a) in the case of regions where vaccination has been 
performed for upwards of one year: 
— the number of holdings selected for the 
purpose of obtaining samples which are 
representative of the region concerned, and 
the number of pigs in each holding, 
— the number of piglets which have been 
produced by vaccinated sows on those 
holdings and which will not be vaccinated, 
— the number and description of the tests which 
those piglets will undergo over a six-month 
period with a view to detecting whether or not 
the classical swine fever virus is present, 
— that vaccination must be discontinued if the 
tests referred to in the third indent reveal that 
the classical swine fever virus is not present, 
and the date on which the prohibitions is 
likely to take effect; 
(b) in the case of regions where vaccination has been 
performed for less than 12 months: 
— the date of commencement of vaccination, 
— the likely date on which the measures referred 
to in (a) will be implemented; 
(c) in the case of Member States or parts of 
territories in which vaccination has been 
suspended but which are not yet officially swine-
fever-free : 
— the number of herds (breeding, multiplier, 
mixed and fattening herds) in which spot 
checks will be carried out, 
— the total number and description of the tests 
carried out on those herds each year, 
— the number of spot serological tests which will 
be carried out each year on slaughter pigs at 
the time of slaughter. 
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3. The Member States concerned shall notify the 
Commission of the forecast annual expenditure on the 
new plan in respect of the period from 1 January 
1987.' 
3. Article 6 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'Member States shall, in accordance with Article 5 (1) 
of Decision 80/1096/EEC, forward to the 
Commission the plans provided for in Article 3 or the 
new plans provided for in Article 3a.' 
4. The following is added to Article 6 (2): 
'The new plans shall be approved in accordance with 
the procedure set out in Article 5 (3) of Decision ...' 
5. Article 8 (1) is supplemented by the following: 'Similarly, any Member State which, during the 
period laid down in Article 2 (1) of Decision ..., 
loses its status as officially swine-fever-free, may avail 
itself of Article 3a (1) provided its plan does not 
extend beyond that period.' 
6. The following Article 12a is inserted: 
'Article 12a 
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu­
lations and administrative provisions necessary for the 
implementation of the new eradication plans referred 
to in Article 3a approved in accordance with Article 5 
(3) of Decision ... on the date laid down by the 
Commission in its Decision approving the said plans.' 
Article 2 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 80/217/EEC introducing Community 
measures for the control of classical swine fever 
COM(86) 555 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 5 November 1986) 
(86/C 295/06) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, Whereas pigs vaccinated in such an event and the meat 
obtained therefrom threaten to give rise to the propa­
gation of the disease in areas where such vaccination is 
not carried out, with consequent reduced productivity in 
pig herds and a fall in the income of those working in 
this sector; whereas restrictive national measures should 
therefore be applied in this respect. 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Council Directive 80/217/EEC ('), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), laid 
down the measures to be applied in the event of an 
outbreak of swine fever and more particularly the 
arrangements for emergency preventive vaccination 
where recourse to such vaccination is decided on; 
(*) OJ No L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 11. 
(2) OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECIWE: 
Article 1 
Directive 80/217/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 
1. In Article 14 (3), point (iv) is replaced by the 
following: 
'(iv) No live pigs or fresh pigmeat shall be permitted 
to leave the vaccination area except where they 
are destined for another area in the same 
Member State where vaccination against classical 
swine fever is also practised in accordance with 
this paragraph. This prohibition shall apply for 
the duration of the vaccination operations and 
for a period of six months following the 
completion of such operations in the area 
concerned. It shall, however, not apply to live