2001/925/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 2001 concerning certain protection measures relating to Classical Swine Fever in Spain and repealing Decision 2001/863/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 4720)
Date: 2001-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, animal plague, health certificate, health control, swine, transport of animals, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 December 2001

concerning certain protection measures relating to Classical Swine Fever in Spain and repealing
Decision 2001/863/EC

(notified under document number C(2001) 4720)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/925/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 partic-
ular, Article 10, paragraph 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(6)

(7)

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Outbreaks of Classical Swine Fever have occurred in
Cataluña in Spain.

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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

Spain has taken measures within the framework of
Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001, on
Community measures for the control of Classical Swine
Fever (3).

Pending the meeting of
the Standing Veterinary
Committee and in collaboration with the Member State
concerned the Commission took interim protection
measures
2001/863/EC
concerning certain protection measures relating to Class-
ical swine fever in Spain (4).

of Decision

by means

In the light of
the situation and
the evolution of
following results of the epidemiological enquiries, it is
necessary to prolong the measures already adopted and,
for the sake of clarity, to repeal Decision 2001/863/EC.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 321, 6.12.2001, p. 38.

Spain shall ensure that no pigs are dispatched unless the

1.
pigs:

(a) come from an area outside the areas described in the

Annex, and

(b) have been resident on the holding of origin for at least 30
days prior to loading, or since birth if less than 30 days of
age, and

(c) come from a holding where no live pigs have been intro-
duced during the 30 day period immediately prior to the
dispatch of the pigs in question, and

(d) are transported directly to the holding or slaughterhouse of
destination in officially sealed vehicles, without passing
through an assembly centre. Transit
through the area
described in the Annex may only occur via major roads or
railways, without any stopping of the vehicle.

2. Movements of pigs coming from areas outside the areas
described in the Annex shall only be allowed following three
days advance notification provided by the competent veterinary
authority to the central and local veterinary authorities of the
place of destination and of any Member State of transit.

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Article 2

1.
Spain shall ensure that no consignments of porcine
semen are dispatched unless the semen originates from boars
kept at a collection centre referred to in Article 3(a) of Council
Directive 90/429/EEC (1)
areas
described in the Annex.

and situated outside

the

2.
Spain shall ensure that no consignments of ova and
embryos of swine are dispatched unless the ova and embryos
originate from swine kept at a holding situated outside the
areas described in the Annex.

Article 3

The health certificate provided for in Council Directive
1.
64/432/EEC (2) accompanying pigs dispatched from Spain must
be completed by the following:

‘Animals in accordance with Commission Decision 2001/
925/EC of 20 December 2001 concerning certain protec-
tion measures relating to Classical Swine Fever in Spain.’

The health certificate provided for

2.
in Directive 90/
429/EEC accompanying boar semen dispatched from Spain
must be completed by the following:

‘Semen in accordance with Commission Decision 2001/
925/EC of 20 December 2001 concerning certain protec-
tion measures relating to Classical Swine Fever in Spain.’

The health certificate provided for

in Commission
3.
Decision 95/483/EC (3) accompanying embryos and ova of
swine dispatched from Spain must be completed by the
following:

‘Embryos/ova (*) in accordance with Commission Decision
2001/925/EC of 20 December 2001 concerning certain
protection measures relating to Classical Swine Fever in
Spain.

operation and the transporter shall
disinfection.

furnish proof of such

Article 5

Spain shall ensure that within the areas described in the
Annex, pigs are not moved from the holding of origin to
any other destination unless serological
tests for classical
swine fever have been carried out with negative results in
the holding in question during the thirty-days period prior
to the transport, in accordance with the detailed instructions
laid down by the Spanish authorities.

Spain shall
inform the Commission and the Member States
in the framework of the Standing Veterinary Committee on
the serosurveillance for classical swine fever
the results of
carried out in the areas described in the Annex.

Decision 2001/863/EC is hereby repealed.

Article 6

Article 7

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

Article 8

This decision shall be reviewed before 20 January 2002.

It is applicable until 31 January 2002.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 9

(*) Delete as appropriate.’

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2001.

Article 4

Spain shall ensure that vehicles which have been used for
the transport of pigs are cleaned and disinfected after each

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 62.
(2) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(3) OJ L 275, 18.11.1995, p. 30.

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