2005/58/EC: Commission Decision of 26 January 2005 amending Decision 2003/135/EC as regards the termination of the eradication and vaccination plans in the federal states of Lower-Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia and the eradication plan in the federal state of Saarland (Germany) (notified under document number C(2005) 119)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, animal plague, swine, vaccination, veterinary legislation, wild mammal

27.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 24/45

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 January 2005

amending Decision 2003/135/EC as regards the termination of the eradication and vaccination plans
in the federal states of Lower-Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia and the eradication plan in the
federal state of Saarland (Germany)

(notified under document number C(2005) 119)

(Only the German and French texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/58/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2003/135/EC is amended as follows:

(a)

in point 1:

— the paragraphs (A), (B) and (D) are deleted,
— the

‘(C) Rhineland-Palatinate’

text

is

‘Rhineland-Palatinate’;

replaced by

(b) in point 2:

— the paragraphs (A) and (B) are deleted,
— the

‘(C) Rhineland-Palatinate’

text

‘Rhineland-Palatinate’.

is

replaced by

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany
and the French Republic.

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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 Article 16(1) and 20(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Commission adopted Decision 2003/135/EC of 27
February 2003 on the approval of the plans for the
eradication of classical swine fever and the emergency
vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever in
Germany, in the Federal States of Lower Saxony, North
Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland (2)
as one of a number of measures to combat classical
swine fever.

On 12 February 2004 the Commission adopted Decision
2004/146/EC amending Decision 2003/135/EC on the
termination of the vaccination plan of feral pigs against
classical swine fever in Saarland and the extension of the
vaccination plan in Rhineland-Palatinate.

The German authorities have informed the Commission
about the recent evolution of the disease in feral pigs in
Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saarland.
This information indicates that classical swine fever in
feral pigs has been successfully eradicated and that the
approved eradication and vaccination plans do not need
to be applied anymore in these Federal States.

(4)

Decision 2003/135/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

Accession of 2003.

(2) OJ L 53, 28.2.2003, p. 47. Decision as amended by Decision

2004/146/EC (OJ L 49, 19.2.2004, p. 42).