2005/946/EC: Commission Decision of  23 December 2005  amending Decision 2003/526/EC as regards classical swine fever control measures in Germany and Slovakia  (notified under document number C(2005) 5631)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Slovakia, animal plague, swine, veterinary inspection, wild mammal

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 December 2005

amending Decision 2003/526/EC as regards classical swine fever control measures in Germany and
Slovakia

(notified under document number C(2005) 5631)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/946/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in
particular Article 10(4) thereof,

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

trations of Trnava (comprising Trnava, Piešťany and
Hlohovec districts) and Banská Bystrica (comprising
Banská Bystrica and Brezno districts). The measures
provided for
in Decision 2003/526/EC concerning
those areas should therefore no longer apply.

Decision 2003/526/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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2003/526/EC is replaced by the Annex
to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 December 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1)

(2)

States,

Member

Commission

In response to outbreaks of classical swine fever in
certain
Decision
2003/526/EC of 18 July 2003 concerning protection
measures relating to classical swine fever
in certain
Member States (2) was adopted. That Decision establishes
certain additional disease control measures concerning
classical swine fever.

Germany has informed the Commission about the recent
evolution of that disease in feral pigs in the federal state
of North Rhine-Westphalia. In the light of the epidemio-
logical information available, the areas in Germany where
disease control measures apply should be amended to
include certain areas in North Rhine-Westphalia and
Rhineland-Palatinate.

(3)

significantly
situation in Slovakia has
The disease
improved in District Veterinary and Food Adminis-

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive
the Council

the European Parliament and of

2002/33/EC of
(OJ L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).

(2) OJ L 183, 22.7.2003, p. 46. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/339/EC (OJ L 108, 29.4.2005, p. 87).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

PART I

Areas of Germany and France referred to in Articles 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8

1. Germany

A. In the federal state 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)

(d)

in the Kreis Alzey-Worms: the localities Stein-Bockenheim, Wonsheim, Siefersheim, Wöllstein, Gumbsheim,
Lonsheim,
Eckelsheim, Wendelsheim, Nieder-Wiesen, Nack,
Bermershein 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,

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, Pleitersheim, Pfaffen-Schwabenheim, Biebelsheim, Guldental, Bretzenheim, 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;

(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)

the municipalities Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Rodalben, Hauenstein, Dahner-
in the Kreis Südwestpfalz:
Felsenland,
Schmitshausen, Herschberg,
and Thaleischweiler-Fröschen,
Pirmasens-Land
Schauerberg, Weselberg, Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach, Hettenhausen, Saalstadt, Wallhalben and Knopp-Labach;

localities

the

(j)

in the Kreis Ahrweiler: the municipalities Adenau and Ahrweiler;

(k)

in the Kreis Daun: the munipalities Nohn and Üxheim.

B.

In the federal state North Rhine-Westphalia:

— 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. France

The territory of the Department of Bas-Rhin and Moselle 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 and the municipalities
Holtzheim, Lingolsheim and Eckbolsheim.

PART II

Areas of Slovakia referred to in Articles 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8
The territory of the District Veterinary and Food Administrations (DVFA) of 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), Lučenec (comprising Lučenec and Poltár districts) and Veľký Krtíš.’