2003/130/EC: Commission Decision of 26 February 2003 amending Decision 2001/618/EC to include the whole territory of Germany in the list of Member States and regions free of Aujeszky's disease and certain departments of France in the lists of Member States and regions free of this disease and regions where approved eradication programmes are in place (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 622)
Date: 2003-02-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, animal health, health certificate, intra-EU trade, swine, veterinary inspection

27.2.2003

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 February 2003

amending Decision 2001/618/EC to include the whole territory of Germany in the list of Member
States and regions free of Aujeszky's disease and certain departments of France in the lists of
this disease and regions where approved eradication
Member States and regions free of

programmes are in place

(notified under document number C(2003) 622)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/130/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community
trade in bovine animals and swine (1), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/2002 (2), and in parti-
cular Article 9(2) and Article 10(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The additional guarantees in intra-Community trade of
pigs relating to Aujeszky's disease, and the lists of terri-
tories in the Member States which are free from this
disease and where approved disease control programmes
are in place, are laid down in Commission Decision
2001/618/EC (3), as last amended by Decision 2002/
270/EC (4).

A programme for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease
has been implemented in France for several years.
Several French departments are recognised as disease-free
by Decision 2001/618/EC.

Pursuant to Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC, France
has now submitted supporting documentation to the
Commission as regards the Aujeszky's disease-free status
of the departments of Hautes-Alpes, Drôme, Hérault,

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(2) OJ L 179, 9.7.2002, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 215, 9.8.2001, p. 48.
(4) OJ L 93, 10.4.2002, p. 7.

Orne, Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, Var, Haute-Vienne,
Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine,
Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-
Marne, Val-d'Oise, Réunion.

The eradication programme is regarded to have been
successful in eradicating this disease from those French
departments.

Pursuant to Article 9 of Directive 64/432/EC, France has
also submitted documentation as regards the eradication
programme in place in the department of Pas-de-Calais
and requested the approval of this programme.

A programme for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease
has been implemented in Germany for several years.
Several German Länder are recognised as disease-free by
Decision 2001/618/EC.

to Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC,
Pursuant
Germany has now submitted supporting documentation
to the Commission as regards the Aujeszky's disease-free
status of Lower-Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.
The whole territory of Germany can be now considered
as free from this disease.

Decision 2001/618/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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,

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Annexes I and II to Decision 2001/618/EC are replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 26 February 2003.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 15 March 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

MEMBER STATES OR REGIONS THEROF FREE OF AUJESZKY'S DISEASE AND WHERE VACCINATION IS
PROHIBITED

Denmark:

All regions.

United Kingdom:

All regions in England, Scotland and Wales.

France:

Finland:

Germany:

Austria:

Sweden:

The departments of Aisne, Allier, Ardennes, Ariège, Aube, Aude, Aveyron, Bas-Rhin,
Bouches-du-Rhône, Calvados, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Cher, Corrèze, Côte-
d'Or, Creuse, Deux-Sèvres, Dordogne, Doubs, Drôme, Essonne, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Gard,
Gers, Gironde, Hautes-Alpes, Hauts-de-Seine, Haute-Garonne, Haute-Loire, Haute-Marne,
Hautes-Pyrénées, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Saône, Haute-Vienne, Hérault, Indre, Indre-et-Loire,
Jura, Landes, Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Lozère,
Maine-et-Loire, Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Nièvre, Oise, Orne, Paris,
Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pyrénées-Orientales, Puy-de-Dôme, Réunion, Rhône, Sarthe, Saône-
et-Loire, Savoie, Seine-Maritime, Seine-Saint-Denis, Somme, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Terri-
toire de Belfort, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise, Var, Vaucluse, Vendée, Vienne, Vosges, Yonne.

All regions.

All regions.

All regions.

All regions.

Luxembourg:

Whole territory.

MEMBER STATES OR REGIONS THEREOF WHERE APPROVED AUJESZKY'S DISEASE CONTROL
PROGRAMMES ARE IN PLACE

ANNEX II

Belgium:

The Netherlands:

France:

Whole territory.

Whole territory.

The department of Pas-de-Calais.’