2004/832/EC: Commission Decision of 3 December 2004 approving the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of such pigs in the Northern Vosges, France (notified under document number C(2004) 4538)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-12-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, animal plague, swine, vaccination, wildlife

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 December 2004

approving the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency
vaccination of such pigs in the Northern Vosges, France

(notified under document number C(2004) 4538)

(Only the French version is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/832/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Accordingly, France has now submitted for approval a
plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral
pigs in the area of the Northern Vosges. In addition, as
that Member State intends to introduce vaccination of
the feral pigs in that area, it has also submitted a plan
for emergency vaccination for approval.

The French authorities have authorised the use of a live
attenuated vaccine against classical swine fever (C strain)
to be used for the immunisation of feral pigs by means
of oral baits.

The plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in
feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of such pigs in
the area of the Northern Vosges, as submitted by France,
have been examined and found to comply with Directive
2001/89/EC.

For the sake of transparency it is appropriate to set out
in this Decision the geographical areas where the eradi-
cation and emergency vaccination plans are to be imple-
mented.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 the second subparagraph of Article
16(1) and Article 20(2) thereof,

Whereas:

In 2002, classical swine fever was confirmed in the feral
pig population in the departments of Moselle and
Meurthe-et-Moselle in France. At
time, only the
area of Thionville in the northern part of Moselle was
concerned by the disease. In this area the disease now
appears to be fully under control.

that

By Commission Decision 2002/626/EC (2),
the plan
submitted by France for the eradication of the classical
swine fever in feral pigs in Moselle and Meurthe-et-
Moselle was approved.

France put also in place an intensive programme to
survey classical
in the
fever
departments of Ardennes, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Moselle
and
bordering
and
Luxemburg. That programme is still ongoing.

Belgium, Germany

in feral pigs

Bas-Rhin,

swine

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Classical swine fever was later also confirmed in feral
pigs in Bas-Rhin and it spread to the north-eastern part
of Moselle,
in the area of the Northern Vosges. It was
established that this second epidemic was caused by a
different virus strain and evolved in a distinct manner
from the one confirmed in the area of Thionville.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

Accession.

(2) OJ L 200, 30.7.2002, p. 37.

The plan submitted by France for the eradication of classical
swine fever in feral pigs in the area as set out in point 1 of the
Annex is approved.

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Article 2

Article 4

The plan submitted by France for the emergency vaccination of
feral pigs in the area as set out in point 2 of the Annex is
approved.

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.

Done at Brussels, 3 December 2004.

Article 3

France shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply
with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall
immediately inform the Commission thereof.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

1. Areas where the eradication plan is to be implemented

A. Infected zone

The territory of the Department of Bas-Rhin and Moselle located: west of the road D 264 from the border with
Germany at Wissembourg to Soultz-sous-Forêts; north of the road D 28 from Soultz-sous-Forêts to Reichshoffen
(the whole territory of the Municipality of Reichshoffen is included in in the area); east of the road D 62 from
Reichshoffen to Bitche and then east of the road D 35 from Bitche to the border with Germany (in Ohrenthal);
south of the border with Germany from Ohrenthal to Wissembourg and a strip of 5 to 10 km around this zone
where vaccination is applied.

B. Surveillance zone

The territory of the Departments of Bas-Rhin and Moselle located north of the motorway A 4 from Strasbourg to
Herbitzheim and east of the channel of Houillères and the river Sarre from Herbitzheim to Sarreguemines.

2. Areas where the emergency vaccination plan is to be implemented

The territory of the Department of Bas-Rhin and Moselle located: west of the road D 264 from the border with
Germany at Wissembourg to Soultz-sous-Forêts; north of the road D 28 from Soultz-sous-Forêts to Reichshoffen (the
whole territory of the Municipality of Reichshoffen is included in in the area); east of the road D 62 from Reichshoffen
to Bitche and then east of the road D 35 from Bitche to the border with Germany (in Ohrenthal); south of the border
with Germany from Ohrenthal to Wissembourg and a strip of 5 to 10 km around this zone.