2005/226/EC: Commission Decision of 14 March 2005 amending Decision 2005/59/EC as regards areas where the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever are to be implemented in Slovakia (notified under document number C(2005) 601) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, animal plague, swine, vaccination, veterinary legislation, wild mammal

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 March 2005

amending Decision 2005/59/EC as regards areas where the plans for the eradication of classical
swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever are
to be implemented in Slovakia

(notified under document number C(2005) 601)

(Only the Slovak text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/226/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 Article 16(1) and Article 20(2)
thereof,

(3)

(4)

swine fever in the districts of Ilava, Žiar nad Hronom,
Žarnovica and Banská Štiavnica.

Decision 2005/59/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Commission adopted Decision 2005/59/EC 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 (2), as one of a
number of measures to combat classical swine fever.

The Slovak authorities have informed the Commission
about the recent evolution of the disease in feral pigs.
This information indicates that classical swine fever in
feral pigs has been successfully eradicated in the terri-
the District Veterinary and Food Adminis-
tories of
trations of Levice, Nitra, Topoľčany, Nové Mesto nad
Váhom and the district Púchov and that the approved
eradication plan no longer needs be applied in these
areas.
information,
the vaccination plan should be extended with the intro-
duction of the vaccination of feral pigs against classical

In the light of the epidemiological

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2005/59/EC is replaced by the Annex to
this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Slovak Republic.

Done at Brussels, 14 March 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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

Accession.

(2) OJ L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 46.

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ANNEX

‘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), Trenčín (comprising Trenčín and Bánovce nad Bebravou districts), Prievidza (comprising
Prievidza and Partizánske districts), Púchov (comprising Ilava district only), Žiar nad Hronom (comprising Žiar nad
Hronom, Žarnovica and Banská Štiavnica districts), Zvolen (comprising Zvolen, Krupina and Detva districts), Banská
Bystrica (comprising Banská Bystrica and Brezno districts), Lučenec (comprising Lučenec and Poltár districts) 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, Poltár, Ilava, Žiar nad Hronom, Žarnovica and Banská Štiavnica.’.