2002/530/EC: Commission Decision of 28 June 2002 amending Decision 2001/925/EC to prolong certain protection measures in relation to the evolution of classical swine fever in Spain in May 2002 (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2376)
Date: 2002-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Catalonia, animal plague, health certificate, health control, swine, transport of animals, veterinary inspection

2.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 172/61

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 June 2002

amending Decision 2001/925/EC to prolong certain protection measures in relation to the
evolution of classical swine fever in Spain in May 2002

(notified under document number C(2002) 2376)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/530/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

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, paragraph 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)

Outbreaks of classical swine fever have occurred in the
comarca of Osona in Catalonia in Spain.

Spain has taken measures within the framework of Di-
rective 2001/89/EC. In relation to these outbreaks of dis-
ease, the Commission 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 2002/382/EC (5); Decision
2002/33/EC on the use of two slaughterhouses, in accor-
dance with Article 10(1)(b) of Council Directive 2001/
89/EC, by Spain (6), as last amended by Decision 2002/
382/EC, and (iii) Decision 2002/209/EC updating the
conditions for the granting of authorisation for the re-
moval of pigs from holdings located within the protec-
tion and surveillance zones established in Spain in rela-
tion to classical swine fever and establishing conditions
for the marking and use of pigmeat in application of Ar-
ticle 11 of Council Directive 2001/89/EC (7), as last
amended by Decision 2002/382/EC.

(3)

In the light of the evolution of the epidemiological situa-
tion in the concerned area of Spain, where an outbreak

of classical swine fever has been recorded in May 2002,
it is appropriate to prolong the measures adopted with
Decision 2001/925/EC until 31 July 2002, as regards the
only comarca of Osona.

(4)

(5)

Decision 2001/925/EC should therefore be amended ac-
cordingly.

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

In Article 8 of Decision 2001/925/EC:

Article 1

(a) the words ‘20 June 2002’ are replaced by the words ‘20 July

2002’;

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

2002’.

Article 2

The Annex to Decision 2001/925/EC is replaced by the Annex
to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 28 June 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(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 136, 24.5.2002, p. 20.
(6) OJ L 13, 16.1.2002, p. 35.
(7) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 40.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

2.7.2002

ANNEX

The comarca of Osona in Catalonia.