Commission Decision of 18 December 2006 amending Decision 2005/779/EC concerning animal health protection measures against swine vesicular disease in Italy (notified under document number C(2006) 6574)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, animal disease, health control, swine, traceability, veterinary legislation

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 December 2006

amending Decision 2005/779/EC concerning animal health protection measures against swine
vesicular disease in Italy

(notified under document number C(2006) 6574)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/9/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,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

disease. In addition, the movement of pigs from holdings
and regions that are not recognised as free from swine
vesicular disease should be made more restrictive.

Decision 2005/779/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

Commission Decision 2005/779/EC of 8 November
2005 concerning animal health protection measures
against swine vesicular disease in Italy (2) was adopted
in response to the presence of that disease in Italy. It
lays down animal health rules as regards swine vesicular
disease for
that Member State that are
recognised as free of that disease and for regions not
so recognised.

regions of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2005/779/EC is amended as follows:

(1)

(2)

In the light of the information now provided by Italy, the
measures provided for
in Decision 2005/779/EC as
regards
surveillance on holdings and assembly
centres for pigs, and in particular as regards the testing
and sampling to be carried out, should be increased in
the
the interests of

the prevention of

the spread of

the

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive
2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).
(2) OJ L 293, 9.11.2005, p. 28.

1. In Article 5,

the introductory phrase of paragraph 2 is

replaced by the following:

‘2.
On holdings where breeding pigs are kept, sampling
for serological testing shall be carried out at the following
intervals on a random sample of 12 breeding pigs or on all
breeding pigs where there are fewer than 12 breeding pigs
on the holding:’

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2. Article 6 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 6

The movement of pigs from regions not recognised
4.
as free from swine vesicular disease to other regions of
Italy shall be prohibited.’

Surveillance in regions not recognised as free from
swine vesicular disease

Italy shall ensure that

1.
the sampling and checking
procedures to detect swine vesicular disease are carried out
as set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 in regions not recognised
as free from that disease.

On holdings recognised as free from swine vesicular
the provisions laid

2.
disease where breeding pigs are kept
down in Article 5(2) shall apply.

3.
On holdings recognised as free from swine vesicular
disease where no breeding pigs are kept, sampling for sero-
logical testing shall be carried out twice a year on a random
sample of 12 pigs or on all pigs where there are fewer than
12 pigs on the holding.

4.
At assembly centres for pigs, sampling of faeces for
virological testing shall be carried out every two months in
every pen where pigs are usually kept.

The pigs shall not be moved from the assembly centre until
negative results of those tests are available.’

3. Article 7 is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

4. In Article 8, Point (e) is replaced by the following:

‘(e)

sampling and serological
follows:

testing is carried out as

(i) pigs on the holding of destination are sampled at
least 28 days following the movement and sero-
logically testing is carried out on a sufficient
number of those pigs to detect the prevalence of
swine vesicular disease of 5 % with a confidence
interval of 95 %; such sampling must include the
pigs moved into the holding of destination and no
pigs may be moved from that holding until such
testing has been carried out with negative results;

(ii) pigs to be moved to a slaughterhouse are sampled
within the period of 10 days before the movement
and serological testing is carried out on a sufficient
number of those pigs to detect prevalence of swine
vesicular disease of 5 % with a confidence interval of
those pigs may not be moved from the
95 %;
holding of origin until testing has been carried out
with negative results;’

Italy shall ensure that paragraphs 3 and 4 are
live pigs within

‘1.
complied with for the movement of
Italy.’

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

(b) Paragraph 2 is deleted.

(c) Paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the following:

The movement of pigs

‘3.
from a holding not
recognised as free from swine vesicular disease shall be
prohibited until the holding is recognised as free from
that disease.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission