2008/631/EC: Commission Decision of 29 July 2008 amending Decision 2006/805/EC as regards certain Member State regions set out in the Annex and the extension of application of that Decision (notified under document number C(2008) 3964) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-07-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, animal plague, export restriction, health control, health legislation, swine

1.8.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 July 2008

amending Decision 2006/805/EC as regards certain Member State regions set out in the Annex and
the extension of application of that Decision

(notified under document number C(2008) 3964)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/631/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

to

regard

Council Directive

of
Having
11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-
Community trade with a view to the completion of
the
internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

89/662/EEC

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 (2), and in
particular Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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 lays down certain disease control measures
concerning classical swine fever in those Member States.

Decision 2006/805/EC applies until 31 July 2008. In the
light of the disease situation of classical swine fever in
certain areas of Bulgaria, Germany, France, Hungary and
Slovakia, it is appropriate to extend the period of appli­
cation of that Decision until 31 July 2009.

Bulgaria has informed the Commission about the recent
evolution of classical swine fever in feral pigs and pigs on
holdings in its territory. According to that information,
the disease situation in that Member State has signifi­
In addition,
regards
cantly improved as
suspected to be
is no longer
swine fever
classical
also
in pigs on holdings. Bulgaria has
endemic

feral pigs.

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

the European Parliament and of

(2) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive
the Council

the European Parliament and of

2002/33/EC of
(OJ L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).

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

2008/225/EC (OJ L 73, 15.3.2008, p. 32).

infection in pigs on commercial

informed the Commission that additional measures have
been taken to exclude the presence of classical swine
fever virus
farms
which are dispatched for slaughter. The prohibition on
the dispatch of fresh pork meat, pork meat preparations
and pork meat products from Bulgaria to other Member
States, provided for in Decision 2006/805/EC should
therefore no longer apply.

Even though the disease situation in feral pigs in Bulgaria
has improved, there is still a continuing risk of outbreaks
of classical swine fever in that Member State. Therefore
the prohibition on the dispatch of
live pigs to other
Member States should continue to apply as regards the
whole territory of Bulgaria. That whole territory should
the Annex to
accordingly be included in Part
Decision 2006/805/EC.

II of

and

also

have

Slovakia

informed

the
Hungary
Commission about
the recent evolution of classical
swine fever in feral pigs in their territories. In the light
of the epidemiological information available, the areas in
those Member States where control measures relating to
classical swine fever apply need to be extended to include
also certain areas of the counties of Heves and Borsod-
Abaúj-Zemplén in Hungary and the whole districts of
Rimaská Sobota, Nové Zámky, Levice and Komárno in
Slovakia. 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

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2006/805/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 14, ‘31 July 2008’ is replaced by ‘31 July 2009’;

2. Parts II and III of the Annex are replaced by the text in the

Annex to this Decision.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 29 July 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘PART II

1. Bulgaria

The whole territory of Bulgaria.

2. Hungary

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 of Nógrád and north of the motorway E71, the
territory of the county of Heves located east of the border of the county of Nógrád, south and west of the border with
the county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and north of the motorway E71, and the territory of the county of Borsod-
Abaúj-Zemplén located south of the border with Slovakia, east of the border with the county of Heves, north and west
of the motorway E71, south of the main road No 37 (the part between the motorway E71 and the main road No 26)
and west of the main road No 26.

3. Slovakia

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 Komárno district), Nové Zámky (comprising the Nové Zámky district), Levice (comprising the Levice
district) and Rimavská Sobota (comprising the Rimavská Sobota district).

PART III’