2003/575/EC: Commission Decision of 1 August 2003 amending Decision 2001/618/EC to include certain departments of France and a Province in Italy in the lists of Member States and regions free of Aujeszky's disease and regions where approved Aujeszky's disease eradication programmes are in place (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2786)
Date: 2003-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, health certificate, intra-EU trade, swine, veterinary inspection

2.8.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 August 2003

amending Decision 2001/618/EC to include certain departments of France and a Province in Italy
in the lists of Member States and regions free of Aujeszky's disease and regions where approved
Aujeszky's disease eradication programmes are in place

(notified under document number C(2003) 2786)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/575/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:

(6)

(7)

(8)

Pursuant to Article 9 of Directive 64/432/EC, Italy has
submitted documentation as regards
the eradication
programme in place in the Province of Bolzano and
requested the approval of this programme.

Decision 2002/618/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,

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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 2003/
130/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 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-
Maritimes, Ardèche, Haute-Savoie,
Isère, Manche,
Mayenne, Seine-et-Marne and Yvelines.

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 Ain, Côtes-
d'Armor, Finistère,
Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan and Nord
and requested the approval of this programme.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 August 2003.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 August 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(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 52, 27.2.2003, p. 9.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Member States or regions therof free of Aujeszky's disease and where vaccination is prohibited

Denmark:

Germany:

France:

All regions.

All regions.

The Departments of Aisne, Allier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Ardèche, 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-Savoie, Haute-Vienne, Hérault, Indre, Indre-
et-Loire, Isère, Jura, Landes, Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Lozère,
Maine-et-Loire, Manche, Marne, Mayenne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Nièvre, Oise, Orne,
Paris, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pyrénées-Orientales, Puy-de-Dôme, Réunion, Rhône, Sarthe, Saône-et-
Loire, Savoie, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Maritime, Seine-Saint-Denis, Somme, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne,
Territoire de Belfort, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise, Var, Vaucluse, Vendée, Vienne, Vosges, Yonne,
Yvelines.

Luxembourg:

Whole territory.

Austria:

Finland:

Sweden:

All regions.

All regions.

All regions.

United Kingdom: All regions in England, Scotland and Wales.

ANNEX II

Member States or regions thereof where approved Aujeszky's disease control programmes are in place

Belgium:

France:

Italy

Whole territory.

The departments of Ain, Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan, Nord, Pas-de-Calais.

The Province of Bolzano.

The Netherlands: Whole territory.’