2008/220/EC: Commission Decision of 12 March 2008 amending Decision 2003/135/EC as regards the eradication and emergency vaccination plans for classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of the Länder of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) (notified under document number C(2008) 887)
Date: 2008-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, animal plague, swine, vaccination, veterinary legislation

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 March 2008

amending Decision 2003/135/EC as regards the eradication and emergency vaccination plans for
classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of the Länder of Rhineland-Palatinate and North
Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

(notified under document number C(2008) 887)

(Only the German and French texts are authentic)

(2008/220/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

the Länder of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-
Westphalia.

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 20(2) thereof,

(3)

That information indicates that classical swine fever in
feral pigs has been eradicated in certain areas of those
Länder. Accordingly, the eradication and emergency vacci-
nation plans for classical swine fever in feral pigs no
longer need to be applied in those areas.

Whereas:

(4)

Decision 2003/135/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

(1)

Commission Decision 2003/135/EC of 27 February
2003 on the approval of the plans for the eradication
of classical swine fever and the emergency vaccination of
feral pigs against classical swine fever in Germany, in the
Länder of Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia,
Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland (2) was adopted as
one of a number of measures to combat classical swine
fever.

(5)

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:

(2)

Germany has informed the Commission about the recent
evolution of that disease in feral pigs in certain areas of

(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 53, 28.2.2003, p. 47. Decision as last amended by Decision

2007/135/EC (OJ L 57, 24.2.2007, p. 20).

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2003/135/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

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This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 12 March 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

1. AREAS WHERE ERADICATION PLANS ARE IN PLACE

A. In the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate:

(a)

in the Kreis Ahrweiler: the municipalities Adenau and Altenahr;

(b)

in the Landkreis Vulkaneifel: the municipalities Obere Kyll and Hillesheim,
in the municipality Daun the
in the municipality Kelberg the
localities Betteldorf, Dockweiler, Dreis-Brück, Hinterweiler and Kirchweiler,
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 Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm: in the municipality Prüm the localities Büdesheim, Kleinlangenfeld, Neuendorf,
Olzheim, Roth bei Prüm, Schwirzheim and Weinsheim.

(d)

in the Landkreis Südwestpfalz: the municipality Kröppen south-east of the L 483, the municipality Vinningen
south-east of the L 478 and L 484, the municipalities Schweix, Hilst, Trulben, Eppenbrunn, Ludwigswinkel,
Fischbach bei Dahn, Schönau (Pfalz), Hirschthal, Rumbach, Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Bundenthal, Niederschlet-
tenbach, Nothweiler, Bobenthal, Erlenbach bei Dahn.

B. In the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia:

(a)

in the city of Euskirchen the
in the Kreis Euskirchen: the cities Bad Münstereifel, Mechernich, Schleiden,
localities Billig, Euenheim, Euskirchen (centre), Flamersheim, Kirchheim, Kuchenheim, Kreuzweingarten, Nieder-
kastenholz, Palmersheim, Rheder, Roitzheim, Schweinheim, Stotzheim, Wißkirchen, the municipalities Blan-
kenheim, Dahlem, Hellenthal, Kall and Nettersheim;

(b)

in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis: in the city of Meckenheim the localities Ersdorf and Altendorf, in the city of Rheinbach
the localities Oberdrees, Niederdrees, Wormersdorf, Todenfeld, Hilberath, Merzbach, Irlenbusch, Queckenberg,
Kleinschlehbach, Großschlehbach, Loch, Berscheidt, Eichen and Kurtenberg, in the municipality of Swisttal the
localities Miel and Odendorf;

2. AREAS WHERE THE EMERGENCY VACCINATION IS APPLIED

A. In the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate:

(a)

in the Kreis Ahrweiler: the municipalities Adenau and Altenahr;

(b)

in the municipality Daun the
in the Landkreis Vulkaneifel: the municipalities Obere Kyll and Hillesheim,
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 Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm: in the municipality Prüm the localities Büdesheim, Kleinlangenfeld, Neuendorf,
Olzheim, Roth bei Prüm, Schwirzheim and Weinsheim.

(d)

in the Landkreis Südwestpfalz: the municipality Kröppen south-east of the L 483, the municipality Vinningen
south-east of the L 478 and L 484, the municipalities Schweix, Hilst, Trulben, Eppenbrunn, Ludwigswinkel,
Fischbach bei Dahn, Schönau (Pfalz), Hirschthal, Rumbach, Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Bundenthal, Neiderschlet-
tenbach, Nothweiler, Bobenthal, Erlenbach bei Dahn.

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B. In the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia:

(a)

(b)

in the Kreis Euskirchen: the cities Bad Münstereifel, Mechernich, Schleiden,
in the city of Euskirchen the
localities Billig, Euenheim, Euskirchen (centre), Flamersheim, Kirchheim, Kuchenheim, Kreuzweingarten, Nieder-
kastenholz, Palmersheim, Rheder, Roitzheim, Schweinheim, Stotzheim, Wißkirchen, the municipalities Blan-
kenheim, Dahlem, Hellenthal, Kall and Nettersheim;

in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis: in the city of Meckenheim the localities Ersdorf and Altendorf, in the city of Rheinbach
the localities Oberdrees, Niederdrees, Wormersdorf, Todenfeld, Hilberath, Merzbach, Irlenbusch, Queckenberg,
Kleinschlehbach, Großschlehbach, Loch, Berscheidt, Eichen and Kurtenberg, in the municipality of Swisttal the
localities Miel and Odendorf.’