2001/746/EC: Commission Decision of 17 October 2001 concerning additional guarantees relating to Aujeszky's disease for pigs destined for certain parts of the territory of Germany and amending Decisions 93/24/EEC, 93/244/EEC and 2001/618/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 3099)
Date: 2001-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, animal disease, health control, intra-EU trade, swine, veterinary inspection

23.10.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 278/41

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 October 2001

concerning additional guarantees relating to Aujeszky's disease for pigs destined for certain parts of
the territory of Germany and amending Decisions 93/24/EEC, 93/244/EEC and 2001/618/EC

(notified under document number C(2001) 3099)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/746/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community
trade in bovine animals and swine (1), as last amended and
updated by Directive 2000/20/EC (2), and in particular Article
10(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The additional guarantees in intra-Community trade of
pigs relating to Aujeszky's disease, and the lists of terri-
tories in the Member States which are free from this
disease and where approved disease control programmes
are in place, are laid down in Commission Decisions
93/24/EEC (3) and 93/244/EEC (4), both last amended by
Decision 2000/280/EC (5), and which as from 1 July
2002 will be repealed and replaced by Decision 2001/
618/EC (6).

An eradication programme was implemented in some
parts of the territory of Germany for Aujeszky's disease,
that had been approved by Commission Decision 95/
210/EC (7).

In relation to this eradication programme certain addi-
tional guarantees relating to Aujeszky's disease for pigs
destined for those parts of its territory have been granted
to Germany by Commission Decision 95/211/EC (8),
amending Decision 93/244/EEC.

Germany considers that the Länder Hessen, Schleswig-
Holstein, Saarland, Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin are
now free from Aujeszky's disease, and has submitted

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(2) OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 35.
(3) OJ L 16, 25.1.1993, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 111, 5.5.1993, p. 21.
(5) OJ L 92, 13.4.2000, p. 24.
(6) OJ L 215, 9.8.2001, p. 48.
(7) OJ L 132, 16.6.1995, p. 19.
(8) OJ L 132, 16.6.1995, p. 21.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

supporting documentation to the Commission as
required in Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC.

The programme is regarded to have been successful in
eradicating this disease from the Länder concerned.

The authorities of Germany apply, for national move-
ment of pigs, rules at least equivalent to those provided
by the additional guarantees laid down in Community
legislation.

These additional guarantees must not be requested,
however, from Member States or regions of Member
States which are themselves regarded as free from
Aujeszky's disease.

Commission Decisions 93/24/EEC, 93/244/EEC and
2001/618/EC must be amended to include the Länder
Hessen, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Hamburg, Bremen
and Berlin in Germany in the list of the territories of the
Member States or regions thereof free from Aujeszky's
disease, and to remove these Länder from the list of
territories where approved disease control programmes
are in place.

(9)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I
to Decision 93/24/EEC and Annex I
2001/618/EC are replaced by Annex I to this Decision.

to Decision

Annex I to Decision 93/244/EEC and Annex II to Decision
2001/618/EC are replaced by Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 15 October 2001.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 17 October 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

‘Member States or regions thereof free of Aujeszky's disease and where vaccination is prohibited

Denmark:

all regions

United Kingdom:

all regions in England, Scotland and Wales

France:

Finland:

Germany:

Austria:

Sweden:

the Departments of Aisne, Allier, Ardennes, Ariège, Aube, Aude, Aveyron, Bas-Rhin,
Bouches-du-Rhône, Calvados, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Cher, Corrèze, Côte-d'Or,
Creuse, Deux-Sèvres, Dordogne, Doubs, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Gard, Gers, Gironde, Haute
Garonne, Haute-Loire, Haute-Marne, Haute-Pyrénées, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Saône, Indre, Indre-et-
Loire, Jura, Landes, Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Lozère,
Maine-et-Loire, Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Nièvre, Oise, Pyrénées-Atlantiques,
Puy-de-Dôme, Rhône, Sarthe, Saône-et-Loire, Savoie, Seine-Maritime, Somme, Vaucluse, Tarn,
Tarn-et-Garonne, Territoire de Belfort, Vendée, Vienne, Vosges, Yonne

all regions

the Länder of Thuringia, Saxony, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-
Anhalt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Hamburg,
Bremen and Berlin

all regions

all regions

Luxembourg:

whole territory.’

ANNEX II

‘Member States or regions thereof where approved Aujeszky's disease control programmes are in place

Germany:

the Länder of Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria.’