98/226/EC: Commission Decision of 19 March 1998 amending Decision 97/216/EC concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in the Netherlands (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, animal plague, health certificate, health control, swine

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 March 1998

amending Decision 97/216/EC concerning certain protection measures relating
to classical swine fever in the Netherlands

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/226/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

their territory to the rest of the Netherlands in order to
avoid further spread of classical swine fever;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26
June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks
applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live
animals and products with a view to the completion of
the internal market (1), as last amended by Directive 92/
118/EEC (2), and, in particular, Article 10, paragraph 4
thereof,

Whereas outbreaks of classical swine fever have ocurred
in the Netherlands;

Whereas in view of the trade in live pigs, semen, embryos
and ova, these outbreaks are liable to endanger the herds
of other Member States;

Whereas the Netherlands have taken measures within the
framework of Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22
January 1980, introducing Community measures for the
control of classical swine fever (3), as last amended by the
Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden;

Whereas, as a result of the disease situation the Commis-
sion adopted Decision 97/216/EC of 26 March 1997 (4),
concerning protection measures relating to classical swine
fever
in the Netherlands and repealing Commission
Decision 97/122/EC;

Whereas in the light of the evolution of the disease it is
necessary to amend the measures adopted by Decision
97/216/EC;

Whereas, since it is possible to identify geographically
areas which present a particular risk, the restrictions on
trade can apply on a regional basis;

Whereas Dutch authorities have already adopted specific
provisions for the trade of live pigs from some areas of

(1) OJ L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 87, 2. 4. 1997, p. 24.

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Netherlands

to other
shall not
1.
Member States unless the pigs come from an area outside
the area described in the Annex.

send pigs

2.
Pigs sent from the area outside the area described in
the Annex to other Member States shall be directly sent
from the holding of origin to the place, holding or
slaughterhouse of destination.

Pigs for breeding and production sent from the area
3.
outside the area described in the Annex to other Member
States shall come from holdings where no live pigs have
been introduced during the 30-day period immediately
prior to the dispatch of the pigs in question.

4. Movements of pigs coming from areas outside the
area described in the Annex to other Member States shall
only be allowed following three days advance notification
to the central and local veterinary authorities in the
Member State of destination and dispatched by the local
competent veterinary authority.

5.
The Netherlands shall not send pigs from the area
described in the Annex to other parts of its territory.

Article 2

The Netherlands shall not send to other Member States
porcine semen unless the semen originates from boars
kept at a collection centre referred to in Article 3(a) of
Council Directive 90/429/EEC (5) and situated outside the
area described in the Annex.

(5) OJ L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 62.

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Article 3

1.
The Health certificate provided for in Council Dir-
ective 64/432/EEC (1) accompanying pigs sent from the
Netherlands must be completed by the following:

‘Animals in accordance with Commission Decision
98/226/EC of 19 March 1998 amending Decision 97/
216/EC concerning
certain protection measures
relating to Classical Swine Fever in the Netherlands'.

The Health certificate provided for

2.
in Council
Directive 90/429/EEC accompanying boar semen sent
from the Netherlands must be completed by the
following:

‘Semen in accordance with Commission Decision 98/
226/EC of 19 March 1998 amending Decision 97/
216/EC concerning
certain protection measures
relating to Classical Swine Fever in the Netherlands'.

The Netherlands shall ensure that vehicles which
2.
have been used for the transport of pigs are cleaned and
disinfected after each operation and the transporter shall
furnish proof of such disinfection.

Article 5

Article 1 of Commission Decision 97/216/EC is hereby
repealed.

Article 6

The Member States shall amend the measures they apply
to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this
Decision. They shall immediately inform the Commis-
sion thereof.

Article 7

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 19 March 1998.

The Netherlands shall ensure that vehicles trans-
1.
porting pigs from areas outside the area described in the
Annex to other Member States shall not transit through
the area described in the Annex.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64.

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ANNEX

The territory of the Netherlands situated inside:

(cid:190) the Dutch-German border between the crosspoint of the B¶land Kanaal with the border at the

municipality of Millingen aan de R¶n and the Drielandenpunt at the village of Vaals;

(cid:190) the Dutch-Belgian border between Vaals and the Schelde-R¶nkanaal;

(cid:190) the Schelde-R¶nkanaal in direction North, crossing the motorway A 58, until it joins the river

Volkerrak;

(cid:190) the river Volkerak, until it crosses the crosspoint Hellegatsplein and joins the river Hollands Diep,
until it crosses the motorway A 16 and joins the river Nieuwe Merwede which passes into the river
Waal;

(cid:190) the river Waal, crossing the motorway A 27 at Gorinchem, the motorway A 2 at Zaltbommel and
the motorway A 325 at N¶megen until the Dutch-German border at the municipality of Millingen
aan de R¶n.