2007/137/EC: Commission Decision of 23 February 2007 amending Decision 2006/805/EC as regards classical swine fever control measures in Germany (notified under document number C(2007) 535) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, animal plague, health legislation, swine, trade restriction, veterinary inspection, zootechnics

24.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 57/25

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 February 2007

amending Decision 2006/805/EC as regards classical swine fever control measures in Germany

(notified under document number C(2007) 535)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/137/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)

significantly improved. The
Rhineland-Palatinate has
measures
in Decision 2006/805/EC
for
concerning those areas should therefore no longer apply.

provided

Decision 2006/805/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

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
December 1989 concerning
in intra-
Community trade with a view to completion of the internal
market (2), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

veterinary

checks

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 2006/805/EC of 24 November
animal health control measures
2006 concerning
relating to classical
in certain Member
swine fever
States (3) was adopted in response to outbreaks of
classical swine fever
in certain Member States. That
Decision establishes certain disease control measures
concerning classical swine fever in those Member States.

Germany has informed the Commission that the disease
state of
situation in certain areas of

federal

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2006/805/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 February 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(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 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13. Directive as last amended by Directive
the Council

the European Parliament and of

2004/41/EC of
(OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33).
(3) OJ L 329, 25.11.2006, p. 67.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

PART I

1. Germany

A. Rhineland-Palatinate

(a)

in the Kreis Ahrweiler: the municipalities Adenau and Altenahr;

(b)

in the Kreis Daun: the municipalities Obere Kyll and Hillesheim,
in the municipality Daun the localities
Betteldorf, Dockweiler, Dreis-Brück, Hinterweiler and Kirchweiler, in the municipality Kelberg the localities
Beinhausen, Bereborn, Bodenbach, Bongard, Borler, Boxberg, Brücktal, Drees, Gelenberg, Kelberg, Kirsbach,
Mannebach, Neichen, Nitz, Reimerath and Welcherath, in the municipality Gerolstein the localities Berlingen,
Duppach, Hohenfels-Essingen, Kalenborn-Scheuern, Neroth, Pelm and Rockeskyll and the City of Gerolstein;

(c)

in the Kreis Bitburg-Prüm: in the municipality Prüm the localities Büdesheim, Kleinlangenfeld, Neuendorf,
Olzheim, Roth bei Prüm, Schwirzheim and Weinsheim.

B. North Rhine-Westfalia

(a)

the cities Bad Münstereifel, Mechernich, Schleiden and the localities of Billig,
in the Kreis Euskirchen:
Euenheim,
Kreuzweingarten, Niederkastenholz,
Flamersheim,
Euskirchen,
Palmersheim, Rheder, Roitzheim, Schweinheim, Stotzheim, Wißkirchen (in the City Euskirchen), and the
municipalities Blankenheim, Dahlem, Hellenthal, Kall and Nettersheim;

Kirchheim, Kuchenheim,

(b)

in the Kreis Rhein-Sieg: the cities Meckenheim and Rheinbach, the municipality Wachtberg, the localities
Witterschlick, Volmershofen, Heidgen (in the municipality Alfter) and the localities Buschhoven, Morenhoven,
Miel and Odendorf (in the municipality Swisttal);

(c)

the city Aachen: south of the motorways A4, A544 and the Bundesstrasse B1;

(d)

the city Bonn: south of the Bundesstrasse 56 and the motorway A565 (Bonn-Endenich to Bonn-Poppelsdorf)
and southwest of the Bundesstrasse 9;

(e)

in the Kreis Aachen: the cities Monschau and Stolberg, and the municipalities Simmerath and Roetgen;

(f)

in the Kreis Düren: the cities Heimbach and Nideggen, and the municipalities Hürtgenwald and Langerwehe.

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 A4, east of the river Sarre and south of the border with Germany and the municipalities
Holtzheim, Lingolsheim and Eckbolsheim.

1. Slovakia

PART II

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.

1. Bulgaria

The whole territory of Bulgaria.’

PART III