1999/384/EC: Commission Decision of 31 May 1999 amending Decision 95/108/EC concerning health protection measures against African swine fever in Sardinia, Italy (notified under document number C(1999) 1438) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-05-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, action programme, vocational training

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Official Journal of the European Communities

11. 6. 1999

COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 May 1999

amending Decision 95/108/EC concerning health protection measures against
African swine fever in Sardinia, Italy

(notified under document number C(1999) 1438)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/384/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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
in intra-Community trade 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 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-
Community trade with a view to the completion of the
internal market (3), as last amended by Directive 92/
118/EEC, and in particular Article 9 thereof,

(1) Whereas, as a result of the African swine fever
situation in Italy,
the Commission adopted
Decision 95/108/EC of 28 March 1995 concerning
certain health protection measures against African
swine fever in Sardinia, Italy (4);

(2) Whereas African swine fever must be considered as
an endemic disease in the province of Nuoro, the
Sardinia region, Italy;

(3) Whereas the disease situation is liable to endanger
the herds in other regions of Italy and of other
Member States, in view of trade in live pigs, fresh
pigmeat and certain meat-based products;

(4) Whereas Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June
1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (5), as
last amended by Council Decision 94/370/EC (6),
provides for the possibility of financial participa-
tion by the Community in the eradication and
surveillance of animal diseases;

(5) Whereas it is the objective within the eradication
programme adopted by Commission Decision 98/
703/EC of 26 November 1998 approving the
programmes for the eradication of animal diseases
presented for 1999 by the Member States and
financial
fixing the level of

the Community’s

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 79, 7.4.1995, p. 29.
(5) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(6) OJ L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 31.

contribution (7)
from the remaining infected areas of Sardinia;

to eliminate African swine fever

(6) Whereas in the light of the animal health situation
in the province of Sassari, the province of Oristano
and the province of Cagliari and the established
movement controls in the region of Sardinia the
testing procedures applicable to certain slaughter-
pigs can be amended;

(7) Whereas the Italian authorities have taken legal
measures to prohibit the movement of live pigs,
fresh pigmeat and certain meat-based pork prod-
ucts from the territory of the region of Sardinia and
the adoption of these legal measures guarantees the
efficacity of the implementation of this Decision;

(8) Whereas

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 95/108/EC is amended as follows:

1. In Article 2(2)(b),

the fifth and sixth indents are

replaced by:
‘ have been included in a pig population on a
holding which is covered by the serological testing
programme required under the African swine fever
eradication programme adopted by the Commis-
sion within the context of
the provisions of
Council Decision 90/424/EC and no antibodies to
African swine fever virus have been detected
within the last six months,

 have been included in a pre-movement serological
testing programme carried out within ten days
prior to transport for slaughter where no antibodies
to the African swine fever virus have been detected;

(7) OJ L 333, 9.12.1998, p. 29.

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testing programme for

the pre-movement
the
consignment in question must be designed to give
approximately 95 % confidence of detecting sero-
positive animals at a 5 % prevalence level.'

2. Article 6 is replaced by:

Article 2

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

‘Article 6

Italy shall present
Commission:

to all Member States and the

Article 3

(a) a list containing name(s) and location of designated
slaughterhouse(s)
referred to in Article 2 and
name(s) and location of designated establishment(s)
referred to in Article 4 paragraph 2(b) and approved
by the Central Veterinary Authority;

(b) a report every six months which contains informa-
tion on number of pigs which have been subject to
the measures given in Article 2(2)(b) and the results
from serological testing carried out.'

The Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission