2008/225/EC: Commission Decision of 14 March 2008 amending Decision 2006/805/EC as regards animal health control measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany (notified under document number C(2008) 956) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, animal plague, health legislation, intra-EU trade, swine, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 March 2008

amending Decision 2006/805/EC as regards animal health control measures relating to classical
swine fever in Germany

(notified under document number C(2008) 956)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/225/EC)

For the sake of transparency of Community legislation,
the list of the Member States concerned or the regions
thereof as set out in the Annex to Decision 2006/805/EC
should be replaced by the text in the Annex to this
Decision.

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

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, 14 March 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

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)

(5)

to

regard

Council Directive

Having
of
11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-
Community trade with a view to completion of the internal
market (2), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

89/662/EEC

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
situation in certain areas of the federal state of North
The
Rhine-Westphalia
measures
in Decision 2006/805/EC
concerning those areas should therefore no longer apply.

significantly

improved.

provided

has

for

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive
2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).

(2) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13. Directive as last amended by Directive
2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33, as corrected version in OJ L 195,
2.6.2004, p. 12).

(3) OJ L 329, 25.11.2006, p. 67. Decision as last amended by Decision

2007/862/EC (OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 119).

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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 Landkreis Vulkaneifel: 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 Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm: in the municipality Prüm the localities Büdesheim, Kleinlangenfeld, Neuendorf,

Olzheim, Roth bei Prüm, Schwirzheim and Weinsheim.

B. North Rhine-Westfalia

(a) in the Kreis Euskirchen: the cities Bad Münstereifel, Mechernich, Schleiden,

in the city of Euskirchen the
localities of Billig, Euenheim, Euskirchen (centre), Flamersheim, Kirchheim, Kuchenheim, Kreuzweingarten,
Niederkastenholz, Palmersheim, Rheder, Roitzheim, Schweinheim, Stotzheim, Wißkirchen, and the munici-
palities Blankenheim, Dahlem, Hellenthal, Kall and Nettersheim;

(b) in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis:

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.

in the city of Meckenheim the localities Ersdorf and Altendorf,

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 A 4, east of the river Sarre and south of the border with Germany and the municipalities
Holtzheim, Lingolsheim and Eckbolsheim.

1. Hungary

PART II

The territory of the county of Nógrád and the territory of the county of Pest located north and east of the Danube,
south of the border with Slovakia, west of the border with the county Nógrád and north of the motorway E 71.

2. Slovakia

The territory of the District Veterinary and Food Administrations (DVFA) of 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), Veľký Krtíš (comprising Veľký Krtíš district), Komárno (comprising the
territory located east of the motorway 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).

1. Bulgaria

The whole territory of Bulgaria.’

PART III