2001/693/EC: Commission Decision of 14 September 2001 amending for the third time Decision 2001/532/EC concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2683)
Date: 2001-09-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, animal breeding, animal plague, health certificate, swine, veterinary legislation

L 246/34

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Official Journal of the European Communities

15.9.2001

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 September 2001

amending for the third time Decision 2001/532/EC concerning certain protection measures relating
to classical swine fever in Spain

(notified under document number C(2001) 2683)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/693/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 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 Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular
Article 10(3) thereof,

2001/630/EC (5). This Decision was amended two times
to take into account the evolution of the epidemiological
situation.

(6)

Due to the persistence of classical swine fever in certain
areas of Catalonia in Spain, it is necessary to prolong the
measures already adopted in this area and, forthwith, to
amend Decision 2001/532/EC.

(7)

This Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the
Standing Veterinary Committee,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Outbreaks of classical swine fever have occurred in
Spain.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

In view of the trade in live pigs, these outbreaks are
liable to endanger the herds of other Member States.

Article 1

Spain has taken measures within the framework of
Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980 intro-
ducing Community measures for the control of classical
swine fever (3), as last amended by the Act of Accession
of Austria, Finland and Sweden.

Spain has taken additional measures for the serosurveil-
lance of classical swine fever in its territory.

The Commission adopted certain protection measures
relating to classical swine fever in Spain by means of
Decision 2001/532/EC (4), as last amended by Decision

(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 192, 14.7.2001, p. 24.

Annex I to Decision 2001/532/EC is replaced by the

1.
Annex to this Decision.

In Article 7 of Decision 2001/532/EC the date ‘15

2.
September 2001’

is replaced by ‘15 October 2001’.

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 Commission thereof.

(5) OJ L 220, 15.8.2001, p. 22.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 14 September 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

In the autonomous region of Catalonia: the comarcas of Pla d'Urgell, Urgell, Noguera, Segrià, Garrigues and Segarra in the
Province of Lérida.’