2005/264/EC: Commission Decision of 23 March 2005 amending Decision 2004/832/EC as regards the eradication and emergency vaccination plan for feral pigs against classical swine fever in Northern Vosges, France (notified under document number C(2005) 917) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-03-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Alsace, Lorraine, animal plague, swine, vaccination, wildlife

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 March 2005

amending Decision 2004/832/EC as regards the eradication and emergency vaccination plan for feral
pigs against classical swine fever in Northern Vosges, France

(notified under document number C(2005) 917)

(Only the French text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/264/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 the fourth subparagraph of Article 20(2) thereof,

(3)

(4)

nation plan for feral pigs against classical swine fever
should be amended to cover that area.

Decision 2004/832/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)

Commission Decision 2004/832/EC of 3 December
2004 approving the plans
eradication of
classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency
in the Northern Vosges,
vaccination of
France (2) was adopted as one of a number of measures
to combat classical swine fever.

such pigs

the

for

France has informed the Commission about the recent
evolution of that disease in feral pigs in the Northern
Vosges area of France. In the light of the epidemiological
information, the eradication plan should be extended to
the area of the Northern Vosges located west of the
Rhine and the channel Rhine Marne, north of
the
motorway A 4, east of the river Sarre and south of the
border with Germany. In addition, the emergency vacci-

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2004/832/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.

Done at Brussels, 23 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 359, 4.12.2004, p. 62.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

1. Areas where the eradication plan is to be implemented

The territory of the Department of Bas-Rhin and Moselle located west of the Rhine and the Rhine-Marne Canal, north
of the A 4 motorway, east of the river Sarre and south of the border with Germany.

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 Rhine and the Rhine-Marne Canal, north
of the A 4 motorway, east of the river Sarre and south of the border with Germany.’