CELEX: 51983PC0525
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Date: 1983-08-16
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL DECISION concerning certain measures of protection against Classical Swine Fever (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                          COM(83) 525 final
                                                 Brussels, 16 august 1983
                         PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL DECISION
                concerning certain measures of protection against
                             Classical Swine Fever
                    (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 COM (83) 525 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY NOTE
An epizootic of classical swine fever commenced over a year ago, despite
certain protective measures that were taken at the time, the disease
spread within some Member States and also from one Member State to
another. In July 1983 outbreaks occurred in Central Italy and Italy took
unilateral measures to prevent the introduction of classical swine fever
by way of intra-Community trade in live pigs from certain parts of the
Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany.
The Permanent Veterinary Committee at its meeting on the 5th August 1983
discussed the Commissions' proposals to achieve co-ordinated measures
which were designed to reinforce the protective measures on a Community
wide basis because these reinforced measures are necessary particularly
because  of the current plans for the eradication of classical swine fever.
It was not possible to obtain an opinion based on a qualified majority
following a formal vote there being only 36 votes in favour of the measures
(Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium voted against, Luxembourg abstained
and Greece was absent). This is the basis for forwarding the attached
proposals to the Council.
 ---pagebreak---                                 PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL DECISION
                   concerning certain measures of protection against
                                    Classical Swine Fever
  THE   COUNCIL        OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
 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), as last amended by Directive 82/893/EEC (2), and in particular
 Article 9 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal of the Commission ,
 Whereas, following the epizootic of classical swine fever which successively
 occurred in several Member States of the Community, the Commission adopted
 a number of Decisions concerning certain measures to prevent the spread of
 classical swine fever ;
 Whereas in respect of Belgium            the Commission adopted Decision 82/826/EEC
of 24 November 1982 (3) as repealed by Decision 83/180/EEC (4) ;
Whereas in respect of the Netherlands the Commission adopted Decision
82/827/EEC of 24 November 1982 (5) as last amended by Decisions 8 3 /3 22/ EE C(6) ;
Whereas in respect of the Federal Republic of Germany the Commission adopted
Decision 83/216/EEC (7) of 21 April 1983 as last amanded by Decision
83/321/EEC (8) ;
Whereas the disease has continued to appear in certain                 zones    of the
Community and whereas it has recently spread to Italy with serious results,
whereas in consequence Italy has adopted certain protection measures ;
Whereas it is necessary therefore to reinforce               and extend the previous
measures by defining risk zones - zones in which infections have been prevelant -
and from which intra-Community trade in live pigs will be forbidden for
various lengths of time graded as a function of the risk involved in spreading
the disease ;
(1) Ö T n 0   121.. of 29.07.1964, p. 1977/64    (5) OJ N° L 347 of 07.12.1982, p. 25
(2) OJ N°   L 378 of 31.12.1982, p. 57           (6) OJ N° L 171 of 29.06.1983, p. 30
(3) 0J N° L 347 of 07.12.1982, p. 24             (7) OJ N° L 121 of 07.05.1983, p. 21
C/ Λ
     OJ N° L 104 of 22.04.1983, p. 41            (8) OJ N° L 171 of 29.06.1983, p. 29
                                                                                       ./.
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W hereas         in    consequence,              it    is    n e c e s s a r y t h a t Member S t a t e s                   a d o p t p r o te c tio n
m e a s u re s     fo r    th e    a p p r o p r ia te     p e r io d    o f t im e       >
W h e re a s ,     in    th e    a b s e n c e o f a n y f a v o u r a b le           o p in io n      fr o m      th e      S ta n d in g V e t e r i n a r y
C o m m itte e , th e          C o m m issio n       is    u n a b le    to    a d o p t th e m e a s u re s               it   had e n v is a g e d
on t h i s      m a t t e r u n d e r th e         p r o c e d u r e p r o v id e d       fo r    in     A r tic le          13 o f      D ir e c tiv e
6 4 /4 3 2 /E E C      (1 )    ;
HAS ADOPTED TH IS DECISION :
                                                                      A r tic le       1
1.    The Member S t a t e s               s h a ll    f o r b id    th e    in t r o d u c t io n        in to      th e ir      te r r ito r y      of
      a ll     liv e     p ig s    c o m in g fr o m       zo n e s o f Member S ta te s                   d e f in e d       in    th e     Annex
      of    t h is     D e c is io n .
2.    T h is     p r o h ib itio n       is    lifte d        :
      -   28 d a y s a f t e r         th e    la s t    o u tb re a k     in    c la s s ic a l       s w in e f e v e r          in    th e   zo n e s
          m e n tio n e d      in    th e    p r e c e e d in g p a r a g r a p h       ,
      -   fo r     b r e e d in g    and p r o d u c t io n        a n im a ls 6 m o n th s a f t e r                 th e     c o m p le t io n o f
          v a c c in a tio n       in    th e    zones o r p a r t o f              z o n e s m e n tio n e d            in
          p a ra g ra p h      1 w h e re th e         v a c c in a tio n      has be e n u t i l i s e d                .
                                                                      A r tic le       2
C o m m is s io n D e c is io n            8 3 /2 1 6 /E E C     as amended i s               r e p e a le d .
                                                                      A r tic le      3
The A n im a l H e a lth             C e r tific a te        m e n tio n e d     in     C o u n c il D i r e c t i v e           6 4 /4 3 2 /E E C    and
a c c o m p a n y in g th e        p ig s    m u st be c o m p le te d           in     th e    f o llo w in g           m anner       :
      " a n im a ls      c o n fo r m in g     th e    C o u n c il D e c is io n o f           .................... " .
                                                                      A r tic le      4
The C o m m is s io n w i l l            fo llo w      d e v e lo p m e n ts     in     th e    s itu a tio n            and t h e       p re s e n t
D e c is io n     w ill      be m o d if ie d        in    th e     lig h t    o f th e s e       d e v e lo p m e n ts .
                                                                      A r tic le      5
The Member S t a t e s               s h a ll    amend th e          m e a s u re s a p p l i e d         to     tra d e       so t h a t     th e y
c o m p ly w i t h       t h is    D e c is io n .     T hey s h a l l        im m e d ia t e ly       in f o r m        th e    C o m m is s io n t h e r e o f .
                                                                     A r tic le       6
T h is    D e c is io n      is    a d d re s s e d    to    th e    Member S t a t e s .
Done at Brussels,
                                                                                                                 F or th e         C o u n c il
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The K in g d o m o f th e     N e th e r la n d s :   T hose p a r t s       o f P r o v in c e s     o f G u e ld r e ,
                                                      N o o r d - B r a b a n t and L im b u rg w h e re v a c c i n a t i o n
                                                      has been u t i l i s e d          and t h e       P r o v in c e  of
                                                      Z u id - H o lla n d .
The F e d e r a l R e p u b lic  o f Germ any       : The R é g io n s o f M u n s te r and D ü s s e ld o r f ,
                                                      and i n      th e     R é g io n o f A r n s b e r g th e
                                                      K r e is e s    o f Unna and D o rtm u n d and i n                  th e
                                                      R é g io n o f      D e tm o ld , t h e     K r e is e s   o f G ü te r s lo h
                                                      and B i e l e f e l d .
The K in g d o m o f B e lg iu m     :                The a re a w e s t o f t h e            lin e     fo rm e d by      :
                                                      th e    G h e n t-T e rn e u z e n    c a n a l,    fr o m   th e   D u tc h
                                                      b o rd e r.·    to   G hent ;       th e    S c h e ld e , u p s tre a m
                                                      fr o m G h e n t t o       S p ie r e     ;  and th e        S p ie r e  canal
                                                      to    th e   F re n c h b o r d e r .
The Italian Republic :                                The Province of Perugia.