2001/749/EC: Commission Decision of 23 October 2001 amending for the fourth 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) 3221)
Date: 2001-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, animal plague, health control, swine, veterinary inspection

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Official Journal of the European Communities

24.10.2001

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 October 2001

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

(notified under document number C(2001) 3221)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/749/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 Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article
10, paragraph 3 thereof,

Whereas:

the comarcas of Segrià, Garrigues and Segarra, whilst
prolonging the measures applied in the comarcas of Pla
d'Urgell, Urgell and Noguera.

(7)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Outbreaks of classical swine fever have occurred in
Spain.

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

1.
Annex to this Decision.

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

2.
October 2001’

In Article 7 of Decision 2001/532/EC the date ‘15
is replaced by ‘15 November 2001’.

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), which was amended three
times to take into account the evolution of the epide-
miological situation, as amended by Decision 2001/693/
EC (5).

In relation to the favourable evolution of the situation in
the province of Lérida in Spain, it is necessary to amend
Decision 2001/532/EC to lift the measures adopted in

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.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 October 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(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.
(5) OJ L 246, 15.9.2001, p. 34.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

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