2007/682/EC: Commission Decision of 18 October 2007 on the renewal of the Community stocks of live attenuated vaccine against classical swine fever (notified under document number C(2007) 4699)
Date: 2007-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU stock, animal plague, purchase, swine, vaccine

25.10.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 281/25

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 October 2007

on the renewal of the Community stocks of live attenuated vaccine against classical swine fever

(notified under document number C(2007) 4699)

(2007/682/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June
1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular
Article 6(2) and Article 8(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October
2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine
fever (2), and in particular Article 18(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Classical swine fever is a threat for domestic and feral
pigs (wild boar) in the Community.

(5)

(6)

(7)

The Community has purchased 1 000 000 doses of live
attenuated classical
and made
arrangements for keeping it
in stock and making it
rapidly available in case of an emergency vaccination of
domestic pigs.

fever vaccine

swine

Those doses have been made available to Romania in July
2007. Accordingly,
they need to be replaced for the
purpose of maintaining the Community’s capability to
respond quickly to the need to carry out emergency
vaccination against classical swine fever.

In addition, in the light of the overall disease situation in
certain Member States
live attenuated
vaccine should be replaced quickly when depleted in
to
order
respond to an emergency.

to maintain the Community’s

the stock of

capability

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(2)

(3)

Outbreaks of classical
lead
can
holdings
economic losses in the Community,
they occur in areas with a high density of pigs.

swine fever
serious

in domestic pig
and
if

consequences

in particular

to

for

rules

The
vaccination of
domestic and feral pigs are laid down in Directive
2001/89/EC.

emergency

applying

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Community shall purchase as

1.
soon as possible
1 000 000 doses of live attenuated classical swine fever vaccine.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Regulation

1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5. Directive as last amended by Directive

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

The Community shall make arrangements for the storage

2.
and distribution of the vaccine referred to in paragraph 1.

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Article 2

Article 5

the stock of vaccine referred to in Article 1(1) becomes
If
depleted,
it may be replaced by 1 000 000 doses up to four
times during a period of five years after the date of the first
purchase.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 18 October 2007.

The maximum cost of the measures referred to in Articles 1 and
2 shall not exceed EUR 1 500 000.

Article 4

The measures provided for in Article 1(2) shall be carried out by
the Commission in cooperation with the suppliers designated by
call for tender.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission