2002/535/EC: Commission Decision of 28 June 2002 on the use of three slaughterhouses, in accordance with the provisions of point 7 of Annex II to Council Directive 92/119/EEC, by Italy (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2383)
Date: 2002-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, action programme, animal disease, health control, meat processing industry, swine, veterinary inspection

3.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 173/15

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 June 2002

on the use of three slaughterhouses, in accordance with the provisions of point 7 of Annex II to
Council Directive 92/119/EEC, by Italy

(notified under document number C(2002) 2383)

(Only the Italian text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/535/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17
December 1992 introducing general Community measures for
the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures
relating to swine vesicular disease (1), as last amended by the
Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in parti-
cular point 7(2)(d) of Annex II thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

In May 2002 the competent Italian veterinary authorities
declared outbreaks of swine vesicular disease in the
municipalities of Antignate and Romano di Lombardia,
in the Provinces of L’Aquila and Bergamo in Italy.

In accordance with article 10 of Directive 92/119/EC
protection zones were immediately established around
the outbreak sites.

The transport of pigs on public and private roads within
the protection zones has been prohibited.

Italy has submitted a request for making use of three
slaughterhouses situated in the protection zone for the
slaughtering of pigs coming from outside the said zone,
in accordance with point 7(2)(d) of Annex II to Directive
92/119/EEC.

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

(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 69.

Article 1

Italy is authorised to make use of the slaughterhouses
1.
‘SACA SUD’,
‘Pizzetti Aldo srl’ and ‘M.C. srl Romano di
Lombardia’ located in the protection zones established in May
2002 around the outbreaks of swine vesicular disease which
occurred in the municipalities of Antignate and Romano di
Lombardia, in the Provinces of L’Aquila and Bergamo, under
the following conditions:

— the pigs shall proceed from holdings located outside the
protection and surveillance zones established following the
above outbreaks and shall be directly transported to the
slaughterhouses without unloading or stopping,

— the access to the slaughterhouses shall be via corridors. The
details of these corridors shall be laid down in Italian legisla-
tion,

— when entering a corridor, vehicles carrying pigs

for
slaughter shall be sealed by the competent authorities. At
the time of sealing, the authorities shall record the registra-
tion number of the vehicle and the number of pigs carried
by the vehicle,

— on arrival at the slaughterhouse, the competent authorities

shall:

(i) inspect and remove the seal of the vehicle;

(ii) record the registration number of the vehicle and the

number of pigs on the vehicle.

2.
Any vehicle carrying pigs to the slaughterhouses referred
to in paragraph 1 shall undergo cleaning and disinfection under
official supervision immediately after unloading.

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Article 2

Article 3

This Decision is applicable until 20 July 2002.

This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.

Done at Brussels, 28 June 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission