98/339/EC: Commission Decision of 14 May 1998 concerning protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain and repealing Decision 97/285/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, animal plague, export restriction, health certificate, swine, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 May 1998

concerning protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain and
repealing Decision 97/285/EC

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/339/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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(4) thereof,

Whereas a number of outbreaks of classical swine fever
have occurred in Spain;

Whereas Spain has taken measures within the framework
of Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980
introducing Community measures for the control of clas-
sical swine fever (3), as last amended by the act of Acces-
sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden;

Whereas as a result of disease situation it was necessary to
adopt Commission Decision 97/285/EC of 30 April 1997
concerning certain protection measures relating to clas-
sical swine fever in Spain (4) and to amend it by Decisions
97/446/EC (5), 98/93/EC (6) and 98/271/EC (7);

Whereas Spain has adopted the national serosurveillance
programme for classical
swine fever approved with
Commission Decision 98/176/EC (8);

Whereas due to classical swine fever evolution and spread
of disease to pig holdings located in the provinces of
Zaragoza and Seville it is necessary to modify adopted
measures concerning the movement of pigs and the trade
of boar semen from some areas of Spain;

Whereas the protection measures introduced by Commis-
sion Decision 97/285/EC, as amended by Decisions
97/446/EC, 98/93/EC and 98/271/EC, in the interest of
clarity, must be repealed;

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

(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 114, 1. 5. 1997, p. 47.
(5) OJ L 190, 19. 7. 1997, p. 48.
(6) OJ L 18, 23. 1. 1998, p. 35.
(7) OJ L 120, 23. 4. 1998, p. 23.
(8) OJ L 65, 5. 3. 1998, p. 26.

Article 1

Spain shall not send pigs to other Member States

1.
unless:

(a) these pigs come from a holding located in an area

outside the area described in Annex I where:

— no live pigs have been introduced during the
30-day period immediately prior to the dispatch of
the pigs in question,

— serological checks for classical swine fever have
been carried out in accordance with Annex IV of
Council Directive 80/217/EEC with a negative
result within the 30 days prior to dispatch,

— an inspection of all pigs on the holding and a
clinical examination of
the pigs to be moved,
including the taking of temperature of a propor-
tion thereof have been carried out by the official
veterinarian within 24 hours of dispatch;

(b) these pigs are transported directly from the holding of
dispatch to the holding or slaughterhouse of destina-
tion in officially sealed vehicles.

2. Movements of pigs coming from areas outside the
area described in Annex I 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.

Article 2

Spain shall not send pigs from the areas described in
Annex I to other parts of its territory, unless these pigs are
for direct slaughter and are slaughtered at slaughterhouses
in Spain designated by the competent veterinary author-
ities.

Article 3

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2, Spain shall
not send pigs for breeding and production from the areas
described in Annex II to other parts of Spain unless:

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(a) these pigs come from a holding of dispatch where:
— they have been kept during at least 30 days or

since birth if younger than 30 days old,

— serological checks for classical swine fever have
been carried out in accordance with Annex IV of
Council Directive 80/217/EEC with a negative
result within the 30 days prior to dispatch,
— an inspection of all pigs on the holding and a
the pigs to be moved,
clinical examination of
including the taking of temperature of a propor-
tion thereof have been carried out by the official
veterinarian with 24 hours of dispatch;

(b) each of these pigs is marked by an eartag which allows

the identification of the holding of dispatch;

(c) these pigs are transported directly from the holding of
dispatch to the holding of destination in officially
sealed vehicles;

(d) these pigs remain at the holding of destination for at
least 30 days and no pig can leave this holding during
this period unless sent directly for slaughter.

Article 4

Spain 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 (1) and situated outside the area
described in Annex I.

Article 5

The Health certificate provided for

in Council
1.
Directive 64/432/EEC (2) accompanying pigs sent from
Spain must be completed by the following:

‘Animals in accordance with Commission Decision
98/339/EC of 14 May 1998 concerning certain protec-
tion measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain
and repealing Decision 97/285/EC’.

2.
The health certificate provided for in Council Direc-
tive 90/429/EEC accompanying boar semen sent from
Spain must be completed by the following:

‘Semen in accordance with Commission Decision
98/339/EC of 14 May 1998 concerning certain protec-
tion measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain
and repealing Decision 97/285/EC’.

Article 6

Spain shall ensure that vehicles which 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 7

Spain shall at eight days interval present data on the clas-
sical swine fever situation in the format
indicated in
Annex III.

Article 8

Decision 97/285/EC is hereby repealed.

Article 9

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 10

This Decision is addressed to Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 May 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 62.
(2) OJ 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64.

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ANNEX I

Comarcas in the province of Lerida

Pla D’Urgell

Urgell

Noguera

Segri(cid:133)

Garrigues

Segarra

Comarcas veterinarias in the province of Segovia

Cu(cid:130)llar

Carbonero el Mayor

Cantalejo

Santa Mar(cid:146)a la Real de Nieva

Sep ´ulveda

Segovia

Comarcas veterinarias in the region of Madrid

Madrid

Parla

Aranjuez

Navalcarnero

Colmenar Viejo

Buitrago

Comarcas veterinarias in the province of Toledo

Toledo

Yuncos

Torrijos

Comarcas veterinarias in the province of Zaragoza

Alag(cid:155)n

Borja

Tauste

Zaragoza

Illueco

La Almunia de Do ˜na Godina

Comarcas veterinarias in the province of Seville

Los Alcores

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ANNEX II

Comarcas veterinarias in the province of Segovia

Cu(cid:130)llar

Carbonero el Mayor

Cantalejo

Santa Mar(cid:146)a la Real de Nieva

Sep ´ulveda

Segovia

Comarcas veterinarias in the region of Madrid

Madrid

Parla

Aranjuez

Navalcarnero

Colmenar Viejo

Buitrago

Comarcas veterinarias in the province of Toledo

Toledo

Yuncos

Torrijos

Comarcas veterinarias in the province of Lerida

Garrigues

Segarra

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ANNEX III

Classical swine fever report

Province:

Reporting period:

Province (1)

Pigs (2)

Outbreaks

Total (3)

Last (4)

Suspect
herd
(5)

Serology (6)

Positive

Negative

(1) Province: name and animal disease notification system code.
(2) Pigs: total pig population in province.
(3) Total: total number of outbreaks recorded since 1 April 1997.
(4) Last: date of last outbreak recorded.
(5) Suspect herds: number of suspected herds in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Directive 80/217/EEC in

reporting period.

(6) Serology: number of positive and negative samples examined during the reporting period.