2001/905/EC: Commission Decision of 18 December 2001 approving the Aujeszky's disease eradication programme presented by Belgium and the Netherlands, concerning additional guarantees for pigs destined for the territory of Belgium and the Netherlands and amending Decisions 93/244/EEC and 2001/618/EC (notified under document number C(2001) 4384)
Date: 2001-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Netherlands, animal disease, cattle, swine, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 December 2001

approving the Aujeszky's disease eradication programme presented by Belgium and the Nether-
lands, concerning additional guarantees for pigs destined for the territory of Belgium and the
Netherlands and amending Decisions 93/244/EEC and 2001/618/EC

(notified under document number C(2001) 4384)

(2001/905/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
9(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The additional guarantees relating to the implementation
of eradication programmes for Aujeszky's disease applic-
able to intra-Community trade of pigs, and the lists of
territories in the Member States where approved disease
control programmes are in place, are laid down in
Commission Decision 93/244/EEC (3), as last amended
by Decision 2001/746/EC (4), which as from 1 July
2002 will be repealed and replaced by the provisions of
Decision 2001/618/EC (5), as amended by Decision
2001/746/EC.

By letters dated 14 September 2001 and 18 October
2001, respectively Belgium and the Netherlands have
submitted to the Commission information on their
control and eradication programme for Aujeszky's
should allow Aujeszky's
disease. The programmes
disease to be eradicated from the territory of Belgium
and the Netherlands in the future.

In accordance with Article 9(2) of Directive 64/432/EEC,
the Commission has examined the programmes. The
programmes meet the criteria laid down in Article 9(1)
of the said Directive and can therefore be approved.

Decisions 93/244/EEC and 2001/618/EC must be
amended to include the territories of Belgium and the
Netherlands in the list of the territories of the Member

regions

States or
thereof, where approved disease
control programmes are in place, so that certain addi-
tional guarantees may be required by Belgium and the
Netherlands in intra-Community trade of pigs.

(5)

(6)

(7)

The authorities of Belgium and the Netherlands apply,
for national movement 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.

The measures provided for in this decision are in accord-
ance with the opinion of
the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The programmes presented by Belgium and the Netherlands for
the eradication of Aujesky's disease are hereby approved.

The additional guarantees that Belgium and the Netherlands
may require in intra-Community trade of pigs shall be those
provided for in Decision 93/244/EEC until 1 July 2002, and in
Decision 2001/618/EC and its subsequent amendments, after
that date.

Article 2

The texts in Annex I to Decision 93/244/EEC and Annex II to
Decision 2001/618/EC are replaced by the text in the Annex to
this Decision.

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(2) OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 35.
(3) OJ L 111, 5.5.1993, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 278, 23.10.2001, p. 41.
(5) OJ L 215, 9.8.2001, p. 48.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2002.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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

ANNEX

Germany:
Belgium:
The Netherlands:

the Länder of Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen and Bayern.
the whole territory.
the whole territory.’