2005/950/EC: Commission Decision of  23 December 2005  amending Decision 2003/135/EC as regards the extension 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 States of North Rhine-Westfalia and Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)  (notified under document number C(2005) 5621)
Date: 2005-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, animal plague, swine, vaccination, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 December 2005

amending Decision 2003/135/EC as regards the extension 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 States of North Rhine-Westfalia and Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)

(notified under document number C(2005) 5621)

(Only the German and French texts are authentic)

(2005/950/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

In the light of the epidemiological information, the eradi-
cation plan in Germany should be extended to areas in
the district of Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia and
the districts of Ahrweiler and Daun in Rhineland-Pala-
tinate. In addition, the emergency vaccination plan for
feral pigs against classical swine fever should be amended
to cover those 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

(5)

(6)

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.

Done at Brussels, 23 December 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 Articles 16(1) and 20(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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.

The disease was successfully eradicated in the federal state
of North Rhine-Westphalia and the approved eradication
plan adopted for certain areas of this Federal State was
lifted by Commission Decision 2005/58/EC of 26
January 2005 amending Decision 2003/135/EC as
regards the termination of
the eradication and vacci-
nation plans in the Federal States of Lower-Saxony and
North Rhine-Westfalia and the eradication plan in the
Federal States of Saarland (Germany) (3).

The German authorities have informed the Commission
on the re-occurrence during October 2005 of the disease
in feral pigs in certain areas of North Rhine-Westfalia and
have amended the plans for the eradication of classical
swine fever and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs
against classical swine fever accordingly and notified it to
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

2005/236/EC (OJ L 72, 18.3.2005, p. 44).

(3) OJ L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 45.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

1. AREAS WHERE ERADICATION PLANS ARE IN PLACE:

A. Rhineland-Palatinate:

(a) the Kreise: Bad Dürkheim, Donnersbergkreis and Südliche Weinstraße;

(b) the cities of: Speyer, Landau, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Pirmasens and Kaiserslautern;

(c) in the Kreis Alzey-Worms: 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, Mauchenheim, Freimersheim, Wahlheim, Kettenheim, Esselborn,
Bermersheim,
Dintesheim,
Gundheim, Framersheim, Gau-Heppenheim, Monsheim and Alzey;

Eppelsheim, Ober-Flörsheim, Hangen-Weisheim, Gundersheim,

Flomborn,

(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, Altenbamberg, Traisen, Fürfeld, Tiefenthal, Neu-Bamberg, Frei-Laubersheim, Hackenheim,
Volxheim,
Langenlonsheim,
Laubenheim, Dorsheim, Rümmelsheim, Windesheim, Stromberg, Waldlaubersheim, Warmsroth, Schweppen-
hausen, Eckenroth, Roth, Boos, Hüffelsheim, Schloßböckelheim, Rüdesheim, Weinsheim, Oberstreit, Waldböck-
elheim, Mandel, Hargesheim, Roxheim, Gutenberg and Bad Kreuznach;

Pfaffen-Schwabenheim, Biebelsheim, Guldental, Bretzenheim,

Pleitersheim,

(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, Hütschen-
hausen, Steinwenden and Kottweiler-Schwanden;

(g) in the Kreis Kusel: the localities Odenbach, Adenbach, Cronenberg, Ginsweiler, Hohenöllen, Lohnweiler, Hein-
zenhausen, Nussbach, Reipoltskirchen, Hefersweiler, Relsberg, Einöllen, Oberweiler-Tiefenbach, Wolfstein,
Kreimbach-Kaulbach, Rutsweiler a.d. Lauter, Rothselberg, 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 Schmitshausen, Herschberg, Schauerberg,
Weselberg, Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach, Hettenhausen, Saalstadt, Wallhalben and Knopp-Labach;

(j)

in the Kreis Ahrweiler: the municipalities Adenau und Ahrweiler;

(k) in the Kreis Daun: the munipalities Nohn und Üxheim.

B. North Rhine-Westfalia:

— in the Kreis Euskirchen:

the city Bad Münstereifel,

the municipality Blankenheim (localities Lindweiler,
Lommersdorf and Rohr), the city Euskirchen (localities Billig, Euenheim, Flamersheim, Kirchheim, Kreuzwein-
garten, Niederkastenholz, Rheder, Schweinheim, Stotzheim and Wißkirchen), the city Mechernich (localities
Antweiler, Harzheim, Holzheim, Lessenich, Rissdorf, Wachendorf and Weiler am Berge), the municipality
Nettersheim (localities Bouderath, Buir, Egelgau, Frohngau, Holzmühlheim, Pesch, Roderath and Tondorf).

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2. AREAS WHERE THE EMERGENCY VACCINATION IS APPLIED:

A. Rhineland-Palatinate:

(a) the Kreise: Bad Dürkheim, Donnersbergkreis and Südliche Weinstraße;

(b) the cities: Speyer, Landau, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Pirmasens and Kaiserslautern;

(c) in the Kreis Alzey-Worms: the localities Stein-Bockenheim, Wonsheim, Siefersheim, Wöllstein, Gumbsheim,
Eckelsheim, Wendelsheim, Nieder-Wiesen, Nack,
Lonsheim,
Bermersheim vor der Höhe, Albig, Bechenheim, Offenheim, Mauchenheim, Freimersheim, Wahlheim,
Kettenheim, Esselborn, Dintesheim, Flomborn, Eppelsheim, Ober-Flörsheim, Hangen-Weisheim, Gundersheim,
Bermersheim, Gundheim, Framersheim, Gau-Heppenheim, Monsheim and Alzey;

Flonheim, Bornheim,

Erbes-Büdesheim,

(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, Altenbamberg, Traisen, Fürfeld, Tiefenthal, Neu-Bamberg, Frei-Laubersheim, Hackenheim,
Langenlonsheim,
Volxheim,
Laubenheim, Dorsheim, Rümmelsheim, Windesheim, Stromberg, Waldlaubersheim, Warmsroth, Schweppen-
hausen, Eckenroth, Roth, Boos, Hüffelsheim, Schloßböckelheim, Rüdesheim, Weinsheim, Oberstreit, Waldböck-
elheim, Mandel, Hargesheim, Roxheim, Gutenberg and Bad Kreuznach;

Pfaffen-Schwabenheim, Biebelsheim, Guldental, Bretzenheim,

Pleitersheim,

(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
localities Ramstein-Miesenbach,
and Bruchmühlbach-Miesau,
Hütschenhausen, Steinwenden and Kottweiler-Schwanden;

the

(g) in the Kreis Kusel: the localities Odenbach, Adenbach, Cronenberg, Ginsweiler, Hohenöllen, Lohnweiler, Hein-
zenhausen, Nussbach, Reipoltskirchen, Hefersweiler, Relsberg, Einöllen, Oberweiler-Tiefenbach, Wolfstein,
Kreimbach-Kaulbach, Rutsweiler a.d. Lauter, Rothselberg, 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 Schmitshausen, Herschberg, Schauerberg,
Weselberg, Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach, Hettenhausen, Saalstadt, Wallhalben and Knopp-Labach;

(j)

in the Kreis Ahrweiler: the municipalities Adenau and Ahrweiler;

(k) in the Kreis Daun: the munipalities Nohn and Üxheim.

B. North Rhine-Westfalia

— in the Kreis Euskirchen:

the city Bad Münstereifel,

the municipality Blankenheim (localities Lindweiler,
Lommersdorf and Rohr), the city Euskirchen (localities Billig, Euenheim, Flamersheim, Kirchheim, Kreuzwein-
garten, Niederkastenholz, Rheder, Schweinheim, Stotzheim and Wißkirchen), the city Mechernich (localities
Antweiler, Harzheim, Holzheim, Lessenich, Rissdorf, Wachendorf and Weiler am Berge), the municipality
Nettersheim (localities Bouderath, Buir, Egelgau, Frohngau, Holzmühlheim, Pesch, Roderath and Tondorf).’