CELEX: 31977D0358
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-11 00:00:00
Title: 77/358/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 May 1977 amending Decision 77/268/EEC on certain measures to prevent the spread of classical swine fever

No L 123/28                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              17 . 5 . 77
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 11 May 1977
                amending Decision 77/268 / EEC on certain measures to prevent the spread of
                                                       classical swine fever
                                                            (77/358/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           (a) only animals for breeding and production
COMMUNITIES,                                                                 which do not originate from :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                         — either the coastal region of the North Sea
                                                                                 delimited by the following waters : Haring­
 Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/ EEC of 26                            vliet — Hollandsch Diep — Amer —
June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-                             Bergsche Maas — Maas — Maas­
Community trade in bovine animals and swine ('), as                              Waalkanaal — Waal-Pannerdenkanaal —
last amended by Directive 77/98/ EEC (2), and in parti­                          IJssel — Ketelmeer — Vossemeer — Dron­
cular Article 9 (4) thereof,                                                     temeer — Veluwemeer — Eemmeer —■■
                                                                                 Gooimeer — IJmeer — IJ — Noordzee­
 Having regard to Council Directive 72/461 / EEC of 12                           kanaal, region englobing the zones called 2
 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra-                               and 3 , or
Community trade in fresh meat (3), as last amended by
 Directive 77/98 / EEC, and in particular Article 8 (4)
thereof,                                                                     — region subject to prohibition measures laid
                                                                                 down by the Netherlands authorities.
Whereas by Decision 77/268 / EEC of 30 March
 1977 (4), as last amended by Decision of 3 May                          (b) only animals for slaughter which do not origi­
 1977 (5) the Commission adopted measures requiring                      nate from :
the Member States to prohibit the introduction into
their territory of pigs for rearing and fattening from
the Netherlands in general , and of pigs for slaughter
and meat from delimited zones ;                                              — either the area bordered by the highway E
                                                                                 35 from Harderwijk to Amersfoort, the
Whereas the evolution of the health situation in the                             ringway around Amersfoort in a southerly
 Netherlands now justifies a new easing of the restric­                          direction as far as the Leusden exit, the
tive measures applicable to fresh meat ;                                         road via Leusden, Woudenberg, Maars­
                                                                                 bergen , Leersum to Elst, from Elst to the
Whereas regarding live animals and taking account of                             Rhine in an easterly direction as far as
the measures taken by the Netherlands authorities, it                            Renkum , from Renkum in an easterly direc­
is equally suitable to ease the prohibition affecting                            tion to the traffic junction near Heelsum,
 pigs, by reducing the extent of the regions from                                from Heelsum in a northerly direction, via
which their dispatch to the other Member States                                  Schaarsbergen , Otterlo and Harskamp to
 remains prohibited ;                                                            the highway E 8 , the highway E 8 in an
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                               easterly direction to Nieuw-Milligen, from
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing                               Nieuw-Milligen the road in a northerly
Veterinary Committee,                                                            direction to Harderwijk, the region called
                                                                                 zone 3 , or
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                             — from regions which are subject to prohibi­
                                                                                 tion measures laid down by the Nether­
                             Article 1                                           lands authorities .
The text of Article 1           of Decision 77/ 268 / EEC is
 replaced by the following text :
     '1.    From 11 May 1977 until 31 May 1977 the                       2.    The    Netherlands    only   sends  to    other
     Netherlands may send to other Member States                         Member States fresh meat of pigs admitted to
                                                                         intra-Community trade in application of the
(') OJ   No  121 , 29 . 7. 1964, p. 1977/64.                             present Decision as modified successively by Deci­
(') OJ   No  L 26, 31 . 1 . 1977, p. 81 .
(3) OJ   No  L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p . 24.                               sions 77/293/ EEC of 18 April 1977 and
(<) OJ   No  L 87 du 5 . 4. 1977, p. 34.                                 77/345/ EEC of 3 May 1977, that is to say in parti­
(5) OJ   No  L 121 , 14. 5 . 1977, p . 20 .                              cular meat of pigs slaughtered :
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    — after 30 March 1977 and originating in regions            pigs dispatched from the Netherlands must
        of zone 1 of the Netherlands, that is to say            contain the following entry :
        other than zones 2 and 3 ,
                                                                "Animals complying with the Commission Deci­
    — after 3 May 1977 and originating in zone 2,               sion of 18 April 1977".'
    — after 10 May 1977, and originating in zone 3 .
                        Article 2                                                 Article 3
The text of Article 2 is replaced by the following text :   This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
    The health certificate as required under the
    Council Directive of 26 June 1964, accompanying
    fresh pigmeat dispatched from the Netherlands,           Done at Brussels, 11 May 1977.
    must contain the following entry :
    "Meat complying with the Commission Decision                                     For the Commission
    of 30 March 1977"
                                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
    The health certificate as required under the
    Council Directive of 26 June 1964 accompanying                                       Vice-President