2007/603/EC: Commission Decision of 7 September 2007 amending Decision 2001/618/EC to include Slovakia in the list of regions free of Aujeszky’s disease and regions of Spain in the list of regions where approved Aujeszky's disease control programmes are in place (notified under document number C(2007) 4108) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-09-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, Spain, animal disease, health certificate, swine, veterinary inspection

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 September 2007
amending Decision 2001/618/EC to include Slovakia in the list of regions free of Aujeszky’s disease
and regions of Spain in the list of regions where approved Aujeszky's disease control programmes
are in place

(notified under document number C(2007) 4108)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/603/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community
trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular
Articles 9(2) and 10(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

certain contagious disease,

Directive 64/432/EEC lays down rules applicable to intra-
Community trade in certain animals. Article 9 of that
Directive provides for compulsory national programmes
including Aujeszky's
for
submitted to the Commission for
disease,
approval.
of Directive
64/432/EC provides for Member States to submit docu-
mentation to the Commission concerning the status of
those diseases in their territory.

addition, Article

to be
In

10

disease

repealing Decisions
mation on this
and
93/24/EEC and 93/244/EEC (2)
list of
a
contains
Member States or regions thereof
free of Aujeszky's
disease and where vaccination is prohibited in Annex I
thereto. Annex II to Decision 2001/618/EC contains a
list of Member States or regions thereof where disease
control programme for that disease are in place.

A programme for the eradication of Aujeszky’s disease
has been implemented in Slovakia for several years.

Slovakia has submitted supporting documentation to the
Commission as regards the Aujeszky's disease-free status
of the territory of Slovakia demonstrating that the disease
has been eradicated from that Member State.

examined the documentation
The Commission has
submitted by Slovakia and found it
to comply with
Article 10(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC. Accordingly,
in
that Member State should be included in the list
Annex I to Decision 2001/618/EC.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(2)

Commission Decision 2001/618/EC of 23 July 2001 on
additional guarantees in intra-Community trade of pigs
relating to Aujeszky’s disease, criteria to provide infor-

(6)

A programme for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease
has been implemented in Spain for several years.

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. Directive as last amended by

(2) OJ L 215, 9.8.2001, p. 48. Decision as last amended by Decision

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

2006/911/EC (OJ L 346, 9.12.2006, p. 41).

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(7)

(8)

(9)

Spain has now submitted supporting documentation to
the Commission as regards the programme in place in
the Autonomous Communities of Galicia, País Vasco,
Asturias, Cantabria, Navarra,
the
provinces of León, Zamora, Palencia, Burgos, Valladolid
and Ávila in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y
León and the province of Las Palmas in the Canary
Islands and requested the approval of this programme.

La Rioja,

and

(11)

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

Annexes I and II to Decision 2001/618/EC are replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Decision.

The Commission has examined the submitted documen-
tation by Spain and found it to comply with the criteria
laid down in Article 9(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

the

Accordingly,
to Decision
2001/618/EC should be amended to include those
regions of Spain.

in Annex

list

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(10) Decision 2001/618/EC should therefore be amended

accordingly.

Done at Brussels, 7 September 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Member States or regions thereof free of Aujeszky's disease and where vaccination is prohibited

ISO
code

Member State

Regions

CZ

Czech Republic

All regions

DK

Denmark

All regions

DE

Germany

All regions

FR

France

The departments of Ain, Aisne, Allier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes,
Ardèche, Ardennes, Ariège, Aube, Aude, Aveyron, Bas-Rhin, Bouches-du-Rhône,
Calvados, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Cher, Corrèze, Côte-d'Or, Creuse,
Deux-Sèvres, Dordogne, Doubs, Drôme, Essonne, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Gard, Gers,
Gironde, Hautes-Alpes, Hauts-de-Seine, Haute Garonne, Haute-Loire, Haute-Marne,
Hautes-Pyrénées, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Saône, Haute-Savoie, Haute-Vienne, Hérault, Indre,
Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Jura, Landes, Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Lot, Lot-
et-Garonne, Lozère, Maine-et-Loire, Manche, Marne, Mayenne, Meurthe-et-Moselle,
Meuse, Moselle, Nièvre, Oise, Orne, Paris, Pas de Calais, Pyrénées-Atlantiques,
Pyrénées-Orientales, Puy-de-Dôme, Réunion, Rhône, Sarthe, Saône-et-Loire, Savoie,
Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Maritime, Seine-Saint-Denis, Somme, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne,
Territoire de Belfort, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise, Var, Vaucluse, Vendée, Vienne, Vosges,
Yonne, Yvelines

CY

Cyprus

Whole territory

LU

Luxembourg

All regions

AT

Austria

Whole territory

SK

Slovakia

All regions

FI

SE

Finland

Sweden

All regions

All regions

UK

United Kingdom

All regions in England, Scotland and Wales

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ANNEX II

Member States or regions thereof where approved Aujeszky's disease control programmes are in place

ISO
code

BE

ES

Member State

Regions

Belgium

Spain

Whole territory

The territory of
Cantabria, Navarra, La Rioja

the Autonomous Communities of Galicia, País Vasco, Asturias,

The territory of the provinces of León, Zamora, Palencia, Burgos, Valladolid and Ávila
in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León.

The territory of the province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands

FR

France

The departments of Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan and Nord

IT

Italy

The province of Bolzano

NL

Netherlands

Whole territory’