No C 272/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 12.10.84 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 64/432/EEC as regards certain 
measures relating to classical swine fever and African swine fever 
COM(84) 500 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 26 September 1984) 
(84/C 272/06) 
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, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Council Directive 64/432/EEC (1), as last 
amended by Directive 84/336/EEC (2), lays down the 
health requirements to be fulfilled by live cattle and 
pigs intended for intra-Community trade; 
Whereas, in view of the development of classical 
swine fever in certain parts of the territory of the 
Community, the measures relating to trade should be 
strengthened and the circumstances in which the 
status of the officially swine fever-free regions should 
be altered in the event of an outbreak of the disease 
should be more clearly defined; 
Whereas, even if it occurs only exceptionally in 
certain parts of the territory of the Community, 
African swine fever constitutes a danger of contami­
nation to the pig herds of the Member States; 
whereas rules should therefore be established laying 
down protective measures to be applied in intra-
Community trade in live pigs, 
(') OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64. 
(*) OJ No L 177, 4. 7. 1984, p. 22. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Directive 64/432/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 
1. In Article 3 (2) (b) (ii), the words 'a protective 
area with a radius of two kilometres shall be 
established around the holding for a period of 15 
days' shall be replaced by the words 'a protection 
zone with a radius of three kilometres shall be 
established around the holding for a period of 30 
days where the disease is swine fever and with a 
radius of two kilometres for 15 days where other 
diseases are involved.' 
2. Article 4c (1) (c) shall be replaced by the 
following: 
'(c) or a part of territory made up of a region or 
several adjacent regions recognized as 
officially swine fever-free for the purpose of 
intra-Community trade by the Council acting 
unanimously on a proposal from the 
Commission within three months following 
the date on which the proposal was referred 
to it. 
Without prejudice to the possibility of 
recourse to Article 9, the Member States in 
question shall suspend this status upon the 
occurrence of an outbreak of swine fever and 
shall forthwith inform the Commission and 
the other Member States thereof. The 
Member State concerned shall lift the 
suspension either 30 days after the eradiction 
of the last outbreak of the disease if there has 
been no vaccination or 30 days after the 
eradication of the last outbreak of the disease 
and the elimination of the vaccinated pigs if 
there has been a vaccination. It shall inform 
the Commission and the other Member States 
of the lifting of the suspension. When two 
months have elapsed between the dates on 
which the first and last outbreaks were 
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detected, the Member State concerned shall 
forthwith inform the Commission thereof. In 
this case, the status may be withdrawn in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 13. 
In the event of withdrawal, the status may be 
granted afresh to the part of territory in 
question in accordance with the same 
procedure only after a period of: 
— not less than three months after the 
eradication of the last outbreak of the 
disease if there has been no vaccination, 
— not less than six months after the 
eradication of the last outbreak of the 
disease and after the elimination of the 
vaccinated pigs if there has been vac­
cination.' 
3. The following subparagraph shall be added to 
Article 9(1): 
'However, where the disease in question is African 
swine fever, the provisions of Article 9a shall 
apply/ 
4. The following Article shall be inserted: 
'Article 9a 
1. A Member State in whose territory African 
swine fever has been detected within the previous 
12 months shall not export live pigs to the territory 
of the other Member States. 
2. It may be decided, in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 12, that the 
provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to one or 
more parts of territory of the Member State 
concerned. 
3. Where there is an outbreak of African swine 
fever in the territory of a Member State where the 
disease has not been detected for at least 12 
procedure laid down in Article 13, that the 
provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply exclusively to 
the part of territory concerned. 4. Decisions to lift measures applied under this 
Article shall be taken in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 13.' 
5. The following Article shall be inserted: 
'Article 9b 
1. For the purposes of defining the parts of 
territory referred to in Article 9a (2), particular 
account shall be taken of: 
— the methods used to control and eradicate 
African swine fever, 
— the absence of the disease for at least 12 
months, 
— the area of the parts of territory and their 
administrative and geographical boundaries, 
— the protective measures taken to prevent the 
contamination or recontamination of pig herds, 
— the measures taken to control the movement of 
pigs. 
2. For the purposes of defining the parts of 
territory referred to in Article 9a (3), particular 
account shall be taken of: 
— the methods used to combat the disease, in 
particular the elimination of pigs from farms 
which are infected, contaminated or suspected 
of contamination, 
— the area of the part of territory and its 
administrative and geographical boundaries, 
— the incidence of the disease and its tendency to 
spread, 
— the measures taken to prevent the disease from 
spreading, 
— the measures taken to restrict and control the 
movement of pigs both inside and out of the 
part of territory concerned.' 
Article 2 
The Member States shall bring into force the laws, 
regulations and administrative provisions necessary to 
comply with this Directive not later than 1 January 
1985. They shall forthwith inform the Commission 
thereof. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.