98/413/EC: Commission Decision of 26 June 1998 amending Decision 98/104/EC concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany (notified under document number C(1998) 1808) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, animal plague, export restriction, health certificate, swine, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 June 1998

amending Decision 98/104/EC concerning certain protection measures relating
to classical swine fever in Germany

(notified under document number C(1998) 1808)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/413/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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 Council Direct-
ive 92/118/EEC (2) and, in particular, Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas outbreaks of classical swine fever have occurred
in Germany;

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

Whereas Germany has taken measures within the frame-
work 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 due to the spread of classical swine fever from
the infected feral pig population to domestic pig holdings
Commission Decision 98/104/EC (4) was adopted;

Whereas the amended plans presented by Germany for
the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in
Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania were examined by the Standing Veterinary
Committee on 9 June 1998;

Whereas, as a result of the favourable evolution of the
disease, it is necessary to amend Commission Decision
98/104/EC;

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 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 98.

Decision 98/104/EC is amended as follows:

1. The following paragraph replaces paragraph 2 of

Article 1:

‘2.
Germany shall not send slaughter pigs from the
areas described in the Annex to other parts of
Germany unless the pigs are for direct slaughter and
are slaughtered at slaughterhouses in Germany desig-
nated by the competent veterinary authorities. The
means of transport shall be officially sealed.’

2. The following paragraphs are inserted in Article 1:

‘3.
Germany shall not send pigs for breeding and
production from the areas described in the Annex to
other parts of Germany unless the pigs:

(a) come from a holding where no live pigs have been
introduced during the 30-day period immediately
prior to the dispatch of the pigs in question;

(b) have been subject to a test for detecting:

— antibodies to classical swine fever virus and

found negative,

— classical swine fever virus and found negative.

The samples for serological and virological exam-
ination shall be collected in accordance with the
provisions of Annex IV, point 1 of Directive
80/217/EEC. The laboratory examinations shall be
carried out in accordance with the provisions of
Annex I to the said Directive. For detection of
virus, however an antigen detection Elisa test
approved by the competent authority of Germany
may be used.

The examination for antibodies and virus/antigen
shall be carried out within ten days of certification;

(c) come from a holding where an inspection of all
pigs and a clinical examination of the pigs to be
moved, including the taking of temperature of a

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proportion thereof have been carried out by the
official veterinarian within 24 hours of dispatch;

(d) are properly identified by eartags at the holding of
origin so that these can be ascertained and traced
back.

The movement of pigs referred to in paragraph 3

4.
shall only be allowed:

— following three days advanced notification to the
competent local veterinary authority responsible for
the holding of destination and dispatched by the
local veterinary authority,

— directly from the holding of dispatch to the

holding of destination,

— to holdings of destination where the pigs are
subject
to official observation during a 30-day
period after arrival and where no pig leaves the
holdings during this period unless directly for
slaughter.

Such pigs must not be dispatched to another Member
State.

5.
The pigs referred to in paragraph 1 shall during
transport be accompanied by a health certificate issued
by an official veterinarian. The means of transport shall
be officially sealed.’

Article 2

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 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 June 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission