2004/625/EC: Commission Decision of 26 August 2004 amending Decision 2003/526/EC as regards the termination of the classical swine fever control measures applied in Saarland, Germany and the enlargement of the area of Slovakia where the classical swine fever control measures apply (Notified under document number C(2004) 3241)(Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-08-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, animal plague, health control, swine, veterinary inspection

L 280/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.8.2004

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 August 2004

amending Decision 2003/526/EC as regards the termination of the classical swine fever control
measures applied in Saarland, Germany and the enlargement of the area of Slovakia where the
classical swine fever control measures apply

(Notified under document number C(2004) 3241)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/625/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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) and in
particular Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

In response to classical swine fever in certain Member
States, the Commission has adopted, inter alia, Decision
2003/526/EC of 18 July 2003 concerning protection
measures relating to classical swine fever
in certain
Member States (2) which established certain additional
disease control measures.

The classical swine fever situation in Saarland, Germany,
has largely improved. Therefore the measures adopted by
Decision 2003/526/EC in relation with Saarland should
no longer apply.

In Slovakia, a case of classical swine fever has been
recently detected in feral pigs
in the District of
Lučenec, which previously was not concerned by the
disease.

Article 1

Annex to Decision 2003/526/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in part I, point 1. Germany, the paragraph C. Saarland is
deleted;

2. the text of part II is replaced by the following text:

‘Areas of Slovakia referred to in Articles 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8:

districts); Topoľčany

The District Veterinary and Food Administrations (DVFA) of
Trnava (comprising Piešťany, Hlohovec and Trnava districts);
Levice (comprising Levice district); Nitra (comprising Nitra
and Zlaté Moravce
(comprising
Topoľčany district); Nové Mesto nad Váhom (comprising
Nové Mesto nad Váhom district); Trenčín (comprising
Trenčín and Bánovce nad Bebravou districts); Prievidza
(comprising Prievidza and Partizánske districts); Púchov
(comprising Púchov and Ilava districts); Žiar nad Hronom
(comprising Žiar nad Hronom, Žarnovica and Banská
Štiavnica districts); Zvolen (comprising Zvolen and Detva
districts); Banská Bystrica (comprising Banská Bystrica and
Brezno districts); Lučenec (comprising Lučenec and Poltár
districts).’

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Decision 2003/526/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

Done at Brussels, 26 August 2004.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

For the Commission

David BYRNE
Member of the Commission

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive
2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).

(2) OJ L 183, 22.7.2003, p. 46. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/375/EC (OJ L 118, 23.4.2004, p. 72).