CELEX: 51986PC0555(04)
Language: en
Date: 1986-10-30
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVES 64/432/EEC AND 72/461/EEC AS REGARDS CERTAIN MEASURES RELATING TO SWINE FEVER

No C 295/8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                21.11.86
         pigs from holdings having qualified for the dero-                   another area in the same Member State where
         gation provided for in paragraph 4 or to fresh                     vaccination against classical swine fever is
         pigmeat intended for use in the preparation of                     practised in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 5.
         meat products and bearing, for that purpose, the                   This prohibition shall apply for the duration of
         public health stamp provided for in Article 5 a of                 the vaccination operations and for a period of
         Directive 72/461/EEC on health problems                            six months following the completion of such
         affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat.'                    operations in the area concerned. It shall,
                                                                            however, not apply to fresh pigmeat intended for
2. In Article 14 (5), the first sentence is replaced by the                 use in the preparation of meat products and
   following:                                                               bearing, for that purpose, the public health
                                                                            stamp provided for in Article 5 a of Directive
   'However, notwithstanding paragraphs 3 and 4, a                          72/461/EEC
   Member State may authorize vaccination to be
   confined to pigs for fattening in the vaccination area,                                   Article 2
   subject to the condition that vaccinated pigs may not
   leave the holding on which they are kept except to be           Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu-
   taken for slaughter to a slaughterhouse situated                lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply
   within the same vaccination area.'                              with this Directive not later than 1 January 1987. They
                                                                   shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
3. The following point is added to Article 14 (5):
                                                                                             Article 3
   '(vi) Fresh pigmeat shall not be permitted to leave the
         vaccination area except where destined for                This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 72/461/EEC as regards
                                           certain messures relating to swine fever
                                                      COM(86) 555 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 5 November 1986)
                                                        (86/C 295/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas Council Directive 72/461/EEC of 12
                                                                   December 1972 on health problems affecting intra-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Community trade in fresh meat (3), as last amended by
Economic Community and, in particular, Article 43                  Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), defines the conditions
thereof,                                                           which must be satisfied as regards classical swine fever
                                                                   by fresh pigmeat intended for intra-Community trade;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
                                                                   Whereas, as a result of national programmes to eradicate
liament,
                                                                   classical swine fever introduced in the framework of a
                                                                   Community measure, some Member States have totally
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                   eradicated the disease and can claim to be officially free
Social Committee,                                                  of classical swine fever; whereas they should therefore be
                                                                   given the possibility of maintaining the status they have
Whereas Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June                    acquired and preventing the reappearance of the disease
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-                    on their territory by strengthening the safeguards which
Community trade in bovine animals and swine (*), as last           they enjoy as regards trade in the products concerned, in
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), defined                view of the adverse effects of this disease on the
the conditions which must be satisfied as regards classical        productivity of pig herds and on the income of those
swine fever by live pigs intended for intra-Community              working in this sector,
trade;
O OJ 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64.
O OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8.                                 O OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:                                                 vaccinated against swine fever. Such animals must
                                                                            bear a special mark and be intended for delivery
                           Article 1                                        to holdings where animals are systematically vac-
                                                                            cinated against swine fever.'
Directive 64/432/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
                                                                                                Article 2
1. The first phrase of Article 4b (1) is replaced by the
   following:                                                       Directive 72/461/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
   'Member States officially free of swine fever may only           1. In Article 13a (1) the first phrase is replaced by the
   limit entry into their territory to pigs imported from:              following:
                                                                        'Member States which are officially free of swine
2. Article 4b (2) is replaced by the following:                         fever may only limit the introduction of fresh pigmeat
                                                                        into their territory from another Member State if such
   '2.    This Article shall apply until 31 December 1991.              meat has been obtained from: . . .'
   The Commission shall submit to the Council by 1 July
   1991 at the latest a report on the way in which the              2. In Article 13a (1) (i), the words 'Article 4c (1)' are
   situation has developed, in particular as regards trade,             replaced by the words 'Article 4b (1)'.
   accompanied, in respect of swine fever, by suitable
   proposals. The Council shall act on these proposals by                                       Article 3
   31 December 1991 at the latest.'
                                                                    Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu-
3. Article 4b (3) is deleted.                                       lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply
                                                                    with this Directive not later than 31 December 1986 and
4. Point F of Article 7 (1) is replaced by the following:           shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
   'F. In the case of swine for breeding or production,                                         Article 4
       notwithstanding Article 3 (4) and until 31
       December 1991, those animals which have been                 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.