Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/431/EC of29 April 2004approving certain contingency plans for the control of classical swine fever (OJ L 154, 30.4.2004)
Date: 2004-05-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to the European Union, animal plague, disease prevention

27.5.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 189/31

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/431/EC of 29 April 2004 approving certain contingency plans for
the control of classical swine fever

(Official Journal of the European Union L 154 of 30 April 2004)

Decision 2004/431/EC should read as follows:

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 April 2004

approving certain contingency plans for the control of classical swine fever

(notified under document number C(2004) 1609)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/431/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of
the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3)
thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 21 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October
2001 on Community measures for the control of classical
swine fever (1), and in particular Article 22(3) and the third sub-
paragraph of Article 29(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 1999/246/EC of 30 March 1999
approving certain contingency plans for the control of
classical swine fever (2), approved those contingency
plans for Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain,
France,
the Netherlands,
Italy, Luxembourg,
Austria, Portugal, Finland, Sweden and the United
Kingdom.

Ireland,

The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia have
submitted contingency plans for the control of classical
swine fever to the Commission for approval.

Those contingency plans fulfil the criteria laid down in
Directive 2001/89/EC and, subject to a regular update
and an effective implementation, permit
the desired
objective to be attained.

(4)

(5)

The contingency plans submitted by the new Member
States should therefore be approved.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The contingency plans for the control of classical swine fever
submitted by the new Member States listed in the Annex are
approved.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply subject to and from the date of the
the Czech
entry into force of
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.

the Treaty of Accession of

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5; Directive as amended by the 2003 Act

of Accession (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 381.

(2) OJ L 93, 8.4.1999, p. 24. Decision as amended by Decision

2000/113/EC (OJ L 33, 8.2.2000, p. 23).

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ANNEX

List of new Member States as referred to in Article 1

Code

Country

CY

CZ

EE

HU

LV

LT

MT

PL

SI

SK

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Estonia

Hungary

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Poland

Slovenia

Slovakia