2008/988/EC: Commission Decision of 17 December 2008 amending Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the inclusion of the Netherlands in the list of Member States free of Aujeszky’s disease and of Hungary in the list of Member States where an approved national control programme for that disease is in place (notified under document number C(2008) 8325) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, Netherlands, action programme, animal disease, infectious disease, swine

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 December 2008

amending Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the inclusion of the Netherlands in the list of Member
States free of Aujeszky’s disease and of Hungary in the list of Member States where an approved
national control programme for that disease is in place

(notified under document number C(2008) 8325)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/988/EC)

national control programmes
have been implemented for several years.

for Aujeszky’s disease

The Commission has
examined the documentation
submitted by those two Member States and found that
the Netherlands complies with Article 10(1) of Directive
64/432/EEC. Accordingly, that Member State should be
included in the list set out
to Decision
2008/185/EC.

in Annex I

The Commission has also found that the national control
programme presented by Hungary complies with the
criteria
of Directive
down in Article 9(1)
64/432/EEC. Accordingly, Hungary should be included
in the list set out in Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC.

laid

Decision 2008/185/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

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Decision 2008/185/EC are replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 December 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 64/432/EEC of 26 June
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community
trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular
Articles 9(2) and 10(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

criteria

that Directive provides

Directive 64/432/EEC lays down rules applicable to intra-
Community trade in bovine animals and swine. Article 9
of
approving
compulsory national control programmes for certain
contagious diseases,
In
addition, Article 10 of that Directive requires documen­
tation for approving a Member State or region thereof as
being free of certain contagious diseases,
including
Aujeszky’s disease.

including Aujeszky’s disease.

for

Commission Decision 2008/185/EC of 21 February
2008 on additional guarantees
in intra-Community
trade of pigs relating to Aujeszky’s disease and criteria
to provide information on this disease (2) lays down the
additional guarantees for movements of pigs between
Member States. Those guarantees are linked to the clas­
sification of Member States according to their disease
status.

Annex I to Decision 2008/185/EC lists Member States or
regions thereof which are free of Aujeszky’s disease and
where vaccination is prohibited. Annex II
to that
Decision lists Member States or regions thereof where
approved control programmes for Aujeszky’s disease
are in place.

The Netherlands and Hungary have submitted supporting
documentation to the Commission as
their
Aujeszky’s disease
In both Member States,

regards

status.

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
(2) OJ L 59, 4.3.2008, p. 19.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Member States or regions thereof free of Aujeszky’s disease and where vaccination is prohibited

ISO code

Member State

Regions

AT

CY

CZ

DE

Austria

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Germany

DK

Denmark

FI

FR

Finland

France

All regions

All regions

All regions

All regions

All regions

All regions

The departments of Ain, Aisne, Allier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-
Maritimes, Ardèche, Ardennes, Ariège, Aube, Aude, Aveyron, Bas-Rhin,
Bouches-du-Rhône, Calvados, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime,
Cher, Corrèze, Côte-d’Or, Côtes-d’Armor, Creuse, Deux-Sèvres,
Dordogne, Doubs, Drôme, Essonne, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Finistère,
Gard, Gers, Gironde, Hautes-Alpes, Hauts-de-Seine, Haute Garonne,
Haute-Loire, Haute-Marne, Hautes-Pyrénées, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Saône,
Haute-Savoie, Haute-Vienne, Hérault,
Indre-et-
Loire, Isère, Jura, Landes, Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret,
Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Lozère, Maine-et-Loire, Manche, Marne, Mayenne,
Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Morbihan, Moselle, Nièvre, Nord, Oise,
Orne, Paris, Pas-de-Calais, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pyrénées-Orientales,
Puy-de-Dôme, Réunion, Rhône, Sarthe, Saône-et-Loire, Savoie, Seine-
et-Marne, Seine-Maritime, Seine-Saint-Denis, Somme, Tarn, Tarn-et-
de Belfort, Val-de-Marne, Val-d’Oise, Var,
Garonne, Territoire
Vaucluse, Vendée, Vienne, Vosges, Yonne, Yvelines

Ille-et-Vilaine,

Indre,

LU

NL

SK

SE

Luxembourg

The Netherlands

Slovakia

Sweden

All regions

All regions

All regions

All regions

UK

United Kingdom

All regions in England, Scotland and Wales

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ANNEX II

Member States or regions thereof where approved Aujeszky’s disease control programmes are in place

ISO code

Member State

Regions

BE

ES

Belgium

Spain

All regions

The territory of the Autonomous Communities of Galicia, País Vasco,
Asturias, Cantabria, Navarra, La Rioja

The territory of the provinces of León, Zamora, Palencia, Burgos,
Valladolid and Ávila in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y
León

The territory of the province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands

HU

Hungary

All regions

IT

Italy

The province of Bolzano’