2004/831/EC: Commission Decision of 3 December 2004 amending Decision 2003/526/EC as regards classical swine fever control measures in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and Slovakia (notified under document number C(2004) 4506)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-12-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, Slovakia, animal plague, swine, veterinary inspection

4.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 359/61

COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 December 2004

amending Decision 2003/526/EC as regards classical swine fever control measures in North Rhine-
Westphalia, Germany, and Slovakia

(notified under document number C(2004) 4506)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/831/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2003/526/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 11,
2005’;

‘31 October 2004’

is replaced by ‘30 April

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

— in Part I, point 1.A is deleted,

— Part II is replaced by the following:

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

Levice

Zlaté Moravce

(comprising
and

The District Veterinary and Food Administrations (DVFA)
of Trnava (comprising Piešťany, Hlohovec and Trnava
Levice district); Nitra
districts);
districts);
(comprising Nitra
Topoľčany (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
and Brezno
Bystrica
districts); Lučenec
and Poltár
districts); Veľký Krtíš.’

(comprising Banská Bystrica

(comprising Lučenec

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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:

States,

Member

Commission

In response to outbreaks of classical swine fever in
certain
Decision
2003/526/EC of 18 July 2003 concerning protection
measures relating to classical swine fever
in certain
Member States (2) was adopted. That Decision established
certain additional disease control measures concerning
that disease.

The classical swine fever situation in North Rhine-West-
phalia, Germany, has significantly improved. Therefore,
the measures adopted by Decision 2003/526/EC in
relation with North Rhine-Westphalia should no longer
apply.

In Slovakia, a case of classical swine fever has recently
been detected in feral pigs in the district of Veľký Krtíš,
which previously was not concerned by the disease.
Therefore, Decision 2003/526/EC should be amended
to take account of the epidemiology situation in that
Member State.

In the light of the overall disease situation in France,
Germany and Luxembourg by classical swine fever, it is
appropriate
of Decision
the
2003/526/EC.

validity

extend

to

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(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

2004/625/EC (OJ L 280, 31.8.2004, p. 36).

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

Done at Brussels, 3 December 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

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission