2008/686/EC: Commission Decision of 20 August 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) 4428)
Date: 2008-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, animal plague, swine, vaccination, veterinary inspection, wild mammal

22.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 224/13

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 August 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) 4428)

(Only the Slovak text is authentic)

(2008/686/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) and Article 20(2)
thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

For the sake of transparency of Community legislation,
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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 2005/59/EC (2) approved plans
submitted by Slovakia on 31 August 2004 for the eradi­
cation of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the
emergency vaccination of such pigs in the areas of that
Member State set out in the Annex to that Decision.

Slovakia has now informed the Commission about the
recent evolution of classical swine fever in feral pigs in
that Member State. In the light of the epidemiological
information available, the measures set out in the plan
for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs
and the emergency vaccination of such pigs need to be
extended to include the whole districts of Rimavská
Sobota, Nové Zámky, Levice and Komárno.

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, 20 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 24, 27.1.2005, p. 46. Decision as last amended by Decision

2008/88/EC (OJ L 28, 1.2.2008, p. 34).

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22.8.2008

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

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, 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).’