2007/123/EC: Commission Decision of 20 February 2007 granting an exemption to Italy under Council Directive 92/119/EEC for the transport of pigs for slaughter on public and private roads to a slaughterhouse within a protection zone (notified under document number C(2007) 499)
Date: 2007-02-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, animal disease, derogation from EU law, health control, slaughter of animals, swine, transport of animals, veterinary inspection

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Official Journal of the European Union

21.2.2007

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 February 2007

granting an exemption to Italy under Council Directive 92/119/EEC for the transport of pigs for
slaughter on public and private roads to a slaughterhouse within a protection zone

(notified under document number C(2007) 499)

(Only the Italian text is authentic)

(2007/123/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Having regard to Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17
December 1992 introducing general Community measures for
the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures
relating to swine vesicular disease (1) and in particular point
7(2)(d) of Annex II thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

On 15 November 2006 a protection zone was estab-
lished by the competent authority in Italy around an
outbreak of swine vesicular disease in the municipality
of Romano di Lombardia, Province of Bergamo,
in
accordance with Article 10 of Directive 92/119/EEC.

Accordingly, the movement and transport of pigs on
public and private roads within that protection zone
have been prohibited.

However, Italy has submitted a request for an exemption
from that prohibition for
the transport of pigs for
slaughter coming from outside that protection zone, on
public and private roads within the protection zone, in
order to transport them to a slaughterhouse situated in
the protection zone.

condition that

It is appropriate to provide for that exemption, subject to
the
and
precaution measures that guarantee that there is no risk
of the spread of the disease.

control

takes

strict

Italy

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

1.
Italy may authorise the transport of pigs for slaughter
coming from outside the protection zone established on 15
November 2006 around the outbreak of
swine vesicular
disease that occurred in the municipality of Romano di
Lombardia, Province of Bergamo (the pigs), on public and
private roads within that protection zone, to slaughterhouse
IMC No 825 M (the slaughterhouse), under the following
conditions:

(a)

the dispatch of the pigs must be notified at least 24 hours
in advance by the official veterinarian for the holding of
origin to the official veterinarian for the slaughterhouse;

(b) the transport of the pigs to the slaughterhouse must be via a
that corridor must be laid down in

corridor; details of
advance by Italy;

(c) vehicles carrying the pigs must be sealed by the competent
authority before or on entry to the corridor; at the time of
sealing,
the competent authority must record the regis-
tration number of the vehicle and the number of pigs trans-
ported therein;

(d) on arrival at the slaughterhouse, the competent authority

shall:

(i) inspect and remove the seal on the vehicle;

(ii) be present at the unloading of the pigs;

(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 69. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).

(iii) record the registration number of the vehicle and the

number of pigs therein.

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Any vehicle carrying pigs to the slaughterhouse shall undergo,

immediately following unloading,
2.
cleaning and disinfection under official control and in accordance with the instructions of the competent
authority.

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Italy.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 20 February 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission