2005/236/EC: Commission Decision of 15 March 2005 amending Decision 2003/135/EC as regards the termination of the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever in certain areas of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) (notified under document number C(2005) 596) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, animal plague, swine, veterinary legislation, wild mammal

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 March 2005

amending Decision 2003/135/EC as regards the termination of the plans for the eradication of
classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical
swine fever in certain areas of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)

(notified under document number C(2005) 596)

(Only the German and French texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/236/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 20(2) thereof,

(4)

(5)

approved eradication and vaccination plans do not need
to be applied anymore in these areas.

Decision 2003/135/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)

Commission 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) was adopted as one
of a number of measures to combat classical swine fever.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2003/135/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

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

(2)

The German authorities have informed the Commission
about the recent evolution of the disease in feral pigs in
certain areas of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Done at Brussels, 15 March 2005.

(3)

This information indicates that classical swine fever in
feral pigs has been successfully eradicated and that the

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 53, 28.2.2003, p. 47. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/58/EC (OJ L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 45).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

1. AREAS WHERE ERADICATION PLANS ARE IN PLACE:

Rhineland-Palatinate:

(a) the Kreise:

(b) the Cities of:

(c) in the Kreis Alzey-Worms:

(d) in the Kreis Bad Kreuznach:

Bad Dürkheim, Donnersbergkreis and Südliche Weinstraße;

Speyer, Landau, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Pirmasens and Kaiserslautern;

the localities Stein-Bockenheim, Wonsheim, Siefersheim, Wöllstein, Gumbsheim,
Eckelsheim, Wendelsheim, Nieder-Wiesen, Nack, Erbes-Büdesheim,
Flonheim,
Bornheim, Lonsheim, Bermershein vor der Höhe, Albig, Bechenheim, Offenheim,
Esselborn, Dintesheim,
Mauchenheim,
Gundersheim,
Flomborn,
Bermersheim, Gundheim, Framersheim, Gau-Heppenheim, Monsheim and Alzey;

Freimersheim, Wahlheim, Kettenheim,

Eppelsheim, Ober-Flörsheim,

Hangen-Weisheim,

the localities Becherbach, Reiffelbach, Schmittweiler, Callbach, Meisenheim, Brei-
tenheim, Rehborn, Lettweiler, Abtweiler, Raumbach, Bad Sobernheim, Odernheim
a. Glan, Staudernheim, Oberhausen a. d. Nahe, Duchroth, Hallgarten, Feilbingert,
Hochstätten, Niederhausen, Norheim, Bad Münster a. Stein-Ebernburg, Alten-
bamberg, Traisen, Fürfeld, Tiefenthal, Neu-Bamberg, Frei-Laubersheim, Hackenheim,
Volxheim, Pleitersheim, Pfaffen-Schwabenheim, Biebelsheim, Guldental, Bretzenheim,
Langenlonsheim, Laubenheim, Dorsheim, Rümmelsheim, Windesheim, Stromberg,
Boos,
Waldlaubersheim, Warmsroth,
Hüffelsheim, Schloßböckelheim, Rüdesheim, Weinsheim, Oberstreit, Waldböckel-
heim, Mandel, Hargesheim, Roxheim, Gutenberg and Bad Kreuznach;

Schweppenhausen,

Eckenroth,

Roth,

(e) in the Kreis Germersheim:

the municipalities Lingenfeld, Bellheim and Germersheim;

(f) in the Kreis Kaiserslautern:

the municipalities Weilerbach, Otterbach, Otterberg, Enkenbach-Alsenborn, Hoch-
speyer, Kaiserslautern-Süd, Landstuhl and Bruchmühlbach-Miesau the localities
Ramstein-Miesenbach, Hütschenhausen, Steinwenden and Kottweiler-Schwanden;

(g) in the Kreis Kusel:

the localities Odenbach, Adenbach, Cronenberg, Ginsweiler, Hohenöllen, Lohnweiler,
Heinzenhausen, Nussbach, Reipoltskirchen, Hefersweiler, Relsberg, Einöllen, Ober-
weiler-Tiefenbach, Wolfstein, Kreimbach-Kaulbach, Rutsweiler a.d. Lauter, Roth-
selberg, Jettenbach and Bosenbach;

(h) in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis:

the municipalities Dudenhofen, Waldsee, Böhl-Iggelheim, Schifferstadt, Römerberg
and Altrip;

(i) in the Kreis Südwestpfalz:

the municipalities Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Rodalben, Hauenstein, Dahner-
Felsenland, Pirmasens-Land and Thaleischweiler-Fröschen,
the localities Schmits-
hausen, Herschberg, Schauerberg, Weselberg, Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach, Hetten-
hausen, Saalstadt, Wallhalben and Knopp-Labach.

2. AREAS WHERE THE EMERGENCY VACCINATION IS APPLIED:

Rhineland-Palatinate:

(a) the Kreise:

(b) the Cities:

(c) in the Kreis Alzey-Worms:

Bad Dürkheim, Donnersbergkreis and Südliche Weinstraße;

Speyer, Landau, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Pirmasens and Kaiserslautern;

the localities Stein-Bockenheim, Wonsheim, Siefersheim, Wöllstein, Gumbsheim,
Eckelsheim, Wendelsheim, Nieder-Wiesen, Nack, Erbes-Büdesheim,
Flonheim,
Bornheim, Lonsheim, Bermersheim vor der Höhe, Albig, Bechenheim, Offenheim,
Esselborn, Dintesheim,
Mauchenheim,
Flomborn,
Gundersheim,
Bermersheim, Gundheim, Framersheim, Gau-Heppenheim, Monsheim and Alzey;

Freimersheim, Wahlheim, Kettenheim,

Eppelsheim, Ober-Flörsheim,

Hangen-Weisheim,

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(d) in the Kreis Bad Kreuznach:

the localities Becherbach, Reiffelbach, Schmittweiler, Callbach, Meisenheim, Brei-
tenheim, Rehborn, Lettweiler, Abtweiler, Raumbach, Bad Sobernheim, Odernheim
a. Glan, Staudernheim, Oberhausen a. d. Nahe, Duchroth, Hallgarten, Feilbingert,
Hochstätten, Niederhausen, Norheim, Bad Münster a. Stein-Ebernburg, Alten-
bamberg, Traisen, Fürfeld, Tiefenthal, Neu-Bamberg, Frei-Laubersheim, Hackenheim,
Volxheim, Pleitersheim, Pfaffen-Schwabenheim, Biebelsheim, Guldental, Bretzenheim,
Langenlonsheim, Laubenheim, Dorsheim, Rümmelsheim, Windesheim, Stromberg,
Waldlaubersheim, Warmsroth,
Boos,
Hüffelsheim, Schloßböckelheim, Rüdesheim, Weinsheim, Oberstreit, Waldböckel-
heim, Mandel, Hargesheim, Roxheim, Gutenberg and Bad Kreuznach;

Schweppenhausen,

Eckenroth,

Roth,

(e) in the Kreis Germersheim:

the municipalities Lingenfeld, Bellheim and Germersheim;

(f) in the Kreis Kaiserslautern:

(g) in the Kreis Kusel:

(h) in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis:

(i) in the Kreis Südwestpfalz:

the municipalities Weilerbach, Otterbach, Otterberg, Enkenbach-Alsenborn, Hoch-
speyer, Kaiserslautern-Süd, Landstuhl and Bruchmühlbach-Miesau,
the localities
Ramstein-Miesenbach, Hütschenhausen, Steinwenden and Kottweiler-Schwanden;

the localities Odenbach, Adenbach, Cronenberg, Ginsweiler, Hohenöllen, Lohnweiler,
Heinzenhausen, Nussbach, Reipoltskirchen, Hefersweiler, Relsberg, Einöllen, Ober-
weiler-Tiefenbach, Wolfstein, Kreimbach-Kaulbach, Rutsweiler a.d. Lauter, Roth-
selberg, Jettenbach and Bosenbach;

the municipalities Dudenhofen, Waldsee, Böhl-Iggelheim, Schifferstadt, Römerberg
and Altrip;

the municipalities Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Rodalben, Hauenstein, Dahner-
Felsenland, Pirmasens-Land and Thaleischweiler-Fröschen,
the localities Schmits-
hausen, Herschberg, Schauerberg, Weselberg, Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach, Hetten-
hausen, Saalstadt, Wallhalben and Knopp-Labach.’