2008/88/EC: Commission Decision of 28 January 2008 amending Decision 2005/59/EC as regards areas where the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever are to be implemented in Slovakia (notified under document number C(2008) 319)
Date: 2008-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, animal plague, swine, vaccination, veterinary legislation, wild mammal

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 January 2008

amending Decision 2005/59/EC as regards areas where the plans for the eradication of classical
swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever are
to be implemented in Slovakia

(notified under document number C(2008) 319)

(Only the Slovak text is authentic)

(2008/88/EC)

cation of classical swine fever in feral pigs need to be
extended to include part of the districts of Nové Zámky,
Komárno and Levice.

For the sake of transparency of Community legislation,
the areas covered by those plans as set out in the Annex
to Decision 2005/59/EC should be replaced by the text
in the Annex to this Decision.

Decision 2005/59/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

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2005/59/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Slovak Republic.

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2008.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October
2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine
fever (1), and in particular Article 16(1) and Article 20(2)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2005/59/EC of 26 January 2005
approving the plans for the eradication of classical swine
fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of such
pigs in Slovakia (2) was adopted as one of a number of
measures to combat classical swine fever.

Slovakia has now informed the Commission that classical
swine fever in feral pigs has been successfully eradicated
in the territories of
the District Veterinary and Food
Administrations of Trenčín (comprising Trenčín and
Bánovce nad Bebravou districts), Prievidza (comprising
the Prievidza and Partizánske districts) and Púchov
(comprising the Ilava district only). Accordingly,
the
approved plans for the eradication of classical swine
fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of
those pigs against that disease should no longer apply
in those areas.

Slovakia has also informed the Commission about the
recent evolution of classical swine fever in feral pigs
and the presence of
that disease in the districts of
Nové Zámky. In the light of the epidemiological infor-
mation available, the measures of the plan for the eradi-

(1) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5. Directive as

last amended by
Commission Decision 2007/729/EC (OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 26).
(2) OJ L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 46. Decision as last amended by Decision

2006/20/EC (OJ L 15, 20.1.2006, p. 48).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

1. Areas where the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs is to be implemented:

The territory of the District Veterinary and Food Administrations (DVFA) of Žiar nad Hronom (comprising the Žiar
nad Hronom, Žarnovica and Banská Štiavnica districts), Zvolen (comprising the Zvolen, Krupina and Detva districts),
Lučenec (comprising the Lučenec and Poltár districts), Veľký Krtíš (comprising the Veľký Krtíš district), Komárno
(comprising the territory located east of the highway 64, north of the border with Hungary and west of the district
Nové Zámky), Nové Zámky (comprising the territory located east of the district Komárno and east of the highway 64,
south of highway 75 and north of the border with Hungary) and Levice (comprising the territory located east of the
district Nové Zámky and east of the highway 66 (E77), south of highway 75, north of the border with Hungary and
west of district Veľký Krtíš).

2. Areas where the plan for the emergency vaccination against classical swine fever of feral pigs is to be

implemented:
The territory of the District Veterinary and Food Administrations (DVFA) of Žiar nad Hronom (comprising the Žiar
nad Hronom, Žarnovica and Banská Štiavnica districts), Zvolen (comprising the Zvolen, Detva and Krupina districts),
Lučenec (comprising the Lučenec and Poltár districts) and Veľký Krtíš (comprising the Veľký Krtíš district).’