2003/22/EC: Commission Decision of 30 December 2002 for the purchase by the Community of classical swine fever vaccine and the establishment of a Community stock of that vaccine (notified under document number C(2002) 5490)
Date: 2002-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU stock, animal plague, purchase, swine

L 8/40

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

14.1.2003

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 December 2002

for the purchase by the Community of classical swine fever vaccine and the establishment of a
Community stock of that vaccine

(notified under document number C(2002) 5490)

(2003/22/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Community shall purchase as soon as possible
swine fever

live attenuated classical

1.
1 000 000 doses of
vaccine.

The Community shall make arrangements for the storage

2.
and distribution of the vaccine referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 2

The maximum cost of the measures referred to in Article 1
shall not exceed EUR 300 000.

Article 3

The measures provided for in Article 1(2) shall be carried out
by the Commission in cooperation with the supplier designated
by call for tender.

Article 4

The Commission shall

1.
measures provided for in Articles 1 and 3 without delay.

contracts

conclude

for

the

The Director General of

for
2.
Health and Consumer Protection shall be authorised to sign the
contracts provided for
the
European Commission.

in paragraph 1 on behalf of

the Directorate General

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 December 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June
1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended
by Decision 2001/572/EC (2), and in particular Article 6(2) and
Article 8(2) 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 18(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Classical swine fever is a threat for domestic and feral
pigs in the Community.

can lead to very serious

Outbreaks of classical swine fever in domestic pig hold-
ings
and
economic losses in the Community, in particular if they
occur in areas with a high density of pigs.

consequences

The rules for applying emergency vaccination in pig
holdings are laid down in Directive 2001/89/EC.

Pursuant to Decision 2002/106/EC of 1 February 2002
approving a Diagnostic Manual establishing diagnostic
procedures, sampling methods and criteria for evaluation
of the laboratory tests for the confirmation of classical
swine fever (4), no suitable discriminatory tests are avail-
able to distinguish vaccinated pigs from pigs naturally
infected with classical swine fever virus. Therefore, at
present the successful use of marker vaccines against
that disease cannot be envisaged in case of emergency
vaccination.

It is appropriate to purchase an adequate number of
doses of live attenuated classical swine fever vaccine and
to make arrangements for keeping it
in stock and
making it rapidly available in case of an emergency
vaccination of domestic pigs.

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

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 39, 9.2.2002, p. 71.