2006/20/EC: Commission Decision of  23 December 2005  amending Decision 2005/59/EC as regards areas where the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs is to be implemented in Slovakia  (notified under document number C(2005) 5632)
Date: 2005-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, animal plague, swine, vaccination, veterinary legislation, wild mammal

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 December 2005

amending Decision 2005/59/EC as regards areas where the plan for the eradication of classical
swine fever in feral pigs is to be implemented in Slovakia

(notified under document number C(2005) 5632)

(Only the Slovak text is authentic)

(2006/20/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) thereof,

(3)

(4)

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)

adopted

Commission

The
Commission Decision
2005/59/EC of 26 January 2005 approving the plans
for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs
and the
in
Slovakia (2) as one of a number of measures to combat
classical swine fever.

vaccination of

such pigs

emergency

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 Trnava (comprising Trnava, Piešť any and
Hlohovec districts) and Banská Bystrica (comprising
Banská Bystrica and Brezno districts). The approved
eradication plan does not need to be applied anymore
in these areas.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Point 1 of the Annex to Decision 2005/59/EC is replaced by
the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Slovak Republic.

Done at Brussels, 23 December 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. Decision as amended by Decision

2005/226/EC (OJ L 71, 17.3.2005, p. 72).

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‘1. Areas where the eradication plan is to be implemented

ANNEX

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.’