2002/302/EC: Commission Decision of 18 April 2002 concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 1450)
Date: 2002-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, animal plague, health certificate, health control, swine, transport of animals

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 April 2002

concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany

(notified under document number C(2002) 1450)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/302/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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

Annex, and

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(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October
2001 on Community measures for the control of classical
swine fever (3), and,

in particular Article 29(4) thereof,

(b) come from a holding where no live pigs proceeding from
the area described in the Annex have been introduced
during the 30 day period immediately prior to the dispatch
of the pigs in question.

2.
Transit of pigs dispatched to other Member States
through the area described in the Annex may only occur via
major roads or railways, without any stopping of the vehicle.

Whereas:

Article 2

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Outbreaks of classical swine fever have occurred in
Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, where this disease
occurs in the feral pigs.

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

Germany has taken measures within the framework of
Directive 2001/89/EC.

The Commission has adopted Decisions 1999/335/EC (4)
and 2002/161/EC (5), approving the plans for the erad-
ication of classical swine fever and for the emergency
vaccination of feral pigs in Rhineland-Palatinate.

In the light of the evolution of the situation, it is neces-
sary to take further measures for the control of classical
swine fever in Rhineland-Palatinate.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Germany shall ensure that no pigs are dispatched unless

1.
the pigs:

(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 126, 20.5.1999, p. 21.
(5) OJ L 53, 23.2.2002, p. 43.

1.
Germany 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 (6)
areas
described in the Annex.

and situated outside

the

Germany shall ensure that no consignments of ova and
2.
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

1.
The health certificate provided for in Council Directive
64/432/EEC (7) accompanying pigs dispatched from Germany
must be completed by the following:

‘Animals in accordance with Commission Decision 2002/
302/EC of 18 April 2002 concerning certain protection
measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany’.

The health certificate provided for

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

‘Semen in accordance with Commission Decision 2002/
302/EC of 18 April 2002 concerning certain protection
measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany’.

(6) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 62.
(7) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.

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The health certificate provided for

in Commission
3.
Decision 95/483/EC (1) accompanying embryos and ova of
swine dispatched from Germany must be completed by the
following:

‘Embryos/ova (2) in accordance with Commission Decision
2002/302/EC of 18 April 2002 concerning certain protec-
tion measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany’.

Article 4

Germany shall ensure that the provisions laid down in
1.
Directive 2001/89/EC, Article 15(b), second, fourth, fifth, sixth
and seventh indents are applied in the pig holdings located
within the area described in the Annex.

Germany shall ensure that vehicles which have been used
2.
for the transport of pigs proceeding from holdings located
within the area described in the Annex are cleaned and disin-
fected after each operation and the transporter shall furnish
proof of such disinfection.

Article 5

Germany shall ensure that movements of pigs proceeding from
holdings located within the areas described in the Annex and
dispatched to other areas of Germany, are only allowed from
holdings where serological tests for classical swine fever have
been carried out with negative results, in accordance with the
detailed instructions laid down by the German authorities.

Germany shall inform the Commission and the Member States
in the framework of the Standing Committee on the Food
Chain and Animal Health on the results of the serosurveillance

for classical swine fever carried out in the areas described in the
Annex.

Article 6

The Member States shall amend the measures they apply to
trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision
and they shall give immediate appropriate publicity to the
measures adopted. They shall immediately inform the Commis-
sion thereof.

Article 7

This Decision shall apply without prejudice to Decisions 1999/
335/EC and 2002/161/EC.

This Decision shall be reviewed before 20 June 2002. It is
applicable until 30 June 2002.

Article 8

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 April 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 275, 18.11.1995, p. 30.
(2) Delete as appropriate.

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The whole territory of Rhineland-Palatinate, except those areas located eastern of the river Rhine.

ANNEX