2002/382/EC: Commission Decision of 23 May 2002 amending Decisions 2001/925/EC, 2002/33/EC and 2002/209/EC to prolong certain protection measures and detailed conditions in relation to the evolution of classical swine fever in Spain in April 2002 (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 1918)
Date: 2002-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, animal plague, health certificate, health control, meat processing industry, swine, veterinary inspection

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 May 2002

amending Decisions 2001/925/EC, 2002/33/EC and 2002/209/EC to prolong certain protection
measures and detailed conditions in relation to the evolution of classical swine fever in Spain in
April 2002

(notified under document number C(2002) 1918)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/382/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(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 10(1)(b), Article
11(1)(f), Article 25(3) and Article 29(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Outbreaks of classical swine fever have occurred in Cata-
luña in Spain.

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

In relation to these outbreaks of disease, the Commis-
sion adopted: (i) Decision 2001/925/EC of 20 December
2001 concerning certain protection measures relating to
classical swine fever in Spain (4), as last amended by
Decision 2002/313/EC (5); (ii) Decision 2002/33/EC of
14 January 2002 on the use of two slaughterhouses, in
accordance with Article 10(1)(b) of Council Directive
2001/89/EC, by Spain (6), as last amended by Decision
2002/313/EC, and (iii) Decision 2002/209/EC of 11
March 2002, updating the conditions for the granting of

(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 339, 21.12.2001, p. 56.
(5) OJ L 112, 27.4.2002, p. 45.
(6) OJ L 13, 16.1.2002, p. 13.

authorisation for the removal of pigs from holdings
located within the protection and surveillance zones
established in Spain in relation to classical swine fever
and establishing conditions for the marking and use of
pigmeat in application of Article 11 of Council Directive
2001/89/EC (7), as last amended by Decision 2002/
313/EC.

(4)

(5)

(6)

the evolution of

In the light of
the epidemiological
situation in the concerned area of Spain, where further
outbreaks of classical swine fever have been recorded in
April 2002,
it is appropriate to prolong the adopted
measures until 30 June 2002 and to amend the condi-
tions on the use of the two slaughterhouses referred to
in Decision 2002/33/EC.

Decisions 2001/925/EC, 2002/33/EC and 2002/209/EC
should therefore be amended accordingly.

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

In Article 8 of Decision 2001/925/EC:

(a) the words ‘20 May’ are replaced by the words ‘20 June

2002’;

(b) the words ‘31 May 2002’ are replaced by the words ‘30

June 2002’.

(7) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 40.

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Article 2

In Article 9 of Decision 2002/209/EC the words ‘31 May 2002’
are replaced by the words ‘30 June 2002’.

In Article 1(1), first indent of Decision 2002/33/EC the words
‘the areas described in the Annex of Decision 2001/925/EC’ are
replaced by the word ‘Spain’.

In Article 2 of Decision 2002/33/EC the words ‘31 May 2002’
are replaced by the words ‘30 June 2002’.

Article 3

In Article 1 of Decision 2002/209/EC the words ‘10 April’ are
replaced by the words ‘8 May 2002’.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 23 May 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission