2008/674/EC: Commission Decision of 13 August 2008 amending Decision 2007/683/EC approving the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of Hungary (notified under document number C(2008) 4321)
Date: 2008-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, animal plague, health control, swine, wildlife

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Official Journal of the European Union

15.8.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 August 2008

amending Decision 2007/683/EC approving the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in
feral pigs in certain areas of Hungary

(notified under document number C(2008) 4321)

(Only the Hungarian text is authentic)

(2008/674/EC)

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) thereof,

(4)

(5)

Decision 2007/683/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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 2007/683/EC (2) approved a plan
submitted by Hungary on 11 July 2007 for the eradi­
cation of classical swine fever in feral pigs in the areas of
that Member State set out in the Annex to that Decision.

Hungary has informed the Commission about the recent
evolution of classical swine fever in feral pigs in that
Member State. In the light of the epidemiological infor­
mation available, the measures set out in the plan for the
eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs need to
be extended to certain areas of the county of Heves and
the county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén.

(3)

For the sake of transparency of Community legislation,
the Annex to Decision 2007/683/EC should be replaced
by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2007/683/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Hungary.

Done at Brussels, 13 August 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

(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 281, 25.10.2007, p. 27. Decision as amended by Decision

2008/159/EC (OJ L 51, 26.2.2008, p. 21).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

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

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.’