2005/59/EC: Commission Decision of 26 January 2005 approving the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of such pigs in Slovakia (notified under document number C(2005) 127)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, animal plague, swine, vaccination, veterinary legislation, wild mammal

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.1.2005

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 January 2005

approving the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency
vaccination of such pigs in Slovakia

(notified under document number C(2005) 127)

(Only the slovak text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/59/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In 2004 classical swine fever was present in the feral pig
population in certain areas of Slovakia. In response to the
outbreaks of classical swine fever the Commission has
adopted Decisions 2004/375/EC (2), 2004/625/EC (3)
and 2004/831/EC (4) amending Commission Decision
2003/526/EC of 18 July 2003 concerning protection
measures relating to classical swine fever
in certain
Member States (5) which established certain additional
disease control measures.

Slovakia put in place an intensive programme to survey
classical swine fever in feral pigs in the whole country
and especially in the infected area. That programme is
still ongoing.

Accordingly, Slovakia has now submitted for approval a
plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral
pigs in the District Veterinary and Food Administrations
(DVFA) of Trnava (comprising Piešťany, Hlohovec and

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

Accession.

(2) OJ L 118, 23.4.2004, p. 72.
(3) OJ L 280, 31.8.2004, p. 36.
(4) OJ L 359, 4.12.2004, p. 61.
(5) OJ L 183, 22.7.2003, p. 46. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/831/EC.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

and

Bánovce

Trenčín

Trnava districts), Levice (comprising Levice district), Nitra
(comprising Nitra and Zlaté Moravce districts), Topoľčany
(comprising Topoľčany district), Nové Mesto nad Váhom
(comprising Nové Mesto nad Váhom district), Trenčín
(comprising
Bebravou
districts) Prievidza (comprising Prievidza and Partizánske
districts), Púchov (comprising Púchov and Ilava districts),
Žiar nad Hronom (comprising Žiar nad Hronom,
Žarnovica
districts), Zvolen
(comprising Zvolen and Detva districts), Banská Bystrica
and Brezno districts),
(comprising Banská Bystrica
Lučenec
Lučenec
and Poltár districts),
(comprising
Krupina and Veľký Krtíš.

and Banská

Štiavnica

nad

In addition, as Slovakia intends to introduce vaccination
feral pigs in the districts of Trenčín, Bánovce nad
of
Partizánske, Zvolen, Krupina,
Bebravou,
Detva, Veľký Krtíš, Lučenec and Poltár
it has also
submitted a plan of emergency vaccination for approval.

Prievidza,

The Slovakian 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 bait.

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

found

and

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

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3

Article 1

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

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

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Slovak Republic.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

1. Areas where the eradication plan is to be implemented

The territory of 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 districts), 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 Bystrica (comprising Banská Bystrica and
Brezno districts), Lučenec (comprising Lučenec and Poltár districts), Krupina and Veľký Krtíš.

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

The territory of the districts of Trenčín, Bánovce nad Bebravou, Prievidza, Partizánske, Zvolen, Krupina, Detva, Veľký
Krtíš, Lučenec and Poltár.