CELEX: 51987PC0497
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Date: 1987-10-23
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION recognizing certain parts of the territory of the European Economic Community as being either officially Swine Fever free or Swine Fever free (presented by the Commission)

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                                                        COM(87 ) 497 final
                                                        Brussels / 23 October 1987
                                        Proposai for a
                                      COUNCIL DECISION
          recognizing certain parts of the territory of the European
        Economic Community as being either officially Swine Fever free
                                   or Swine Fever free
                             ( presented by the Commission )
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                                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 4b . 1(c ) of Council Directive 64 / 432 / EEC lays down that the Council
acting unanimously decides to recognise as being officially free of Swine
Fever , for the purpose of intra-Community trade in live pigs , parts of the
territory of a Member State providing that the requirements are fulfilled .
By Commission Decision the parts of the territory described in Annex 1 have
already been recognised as being officially Swine Fever free for the purposes
of disease eradication .
Similarly , Article 13 . a . 2 . of Council Directive 72 / 461 /EEC lays down that the
Council acting unanimously decides to recognise as being free of Swine Fever ,
for the purposes of intra-Community trade of fresh pig meat , parts of the
territory of a Member State providing that the requirements are fulfilled .
Certain parts of the territory of the Community , as described in the Annexes ,
fulfill the requirements for being recognised as either officially free or
free of Swine Fever . Therefore the aim of this proposal is the recognition of
these parts of the territory .
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                                            PROPOSAL
                                           for a
                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                   recognising certain parts of the territory of
                           the European Economic Community
          as being either officially Swine Fever free or Swine Fever free
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 Decision 87 / 231 / EEC ( 2 ) and in particular Article 4b.l.(c ),
Having regard to Council Directive 72 / 461 / EEC of 12 December 1972 on health
problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat ( 3 ) as last amended by
Decision 87 / 231 /EEC and in particular Article 13a . 2 .,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission
Whereas in certain parts of the territory of France , Greece and the
Netherlands Swine Fever has not been detected for more than one year ,
vaccination against Swine Fever has not been authorised for at least the
preceeding 12 months and in which the holdings contain no pigs which have been
vaccinated against Swine Fever , consequently these parts of the territory
fulfill the requirements for being recognised as officially Swine Fever free
for the purpose of intra-Community trade ,
( 1 ) OJ No 121 , 29.07.1964 , p. 1977 / 64
( 2 ) OJ No L 99 , 11.04.1987 , p. 18
( 3 ) OJ No L 302 , 31.12.1972 , p. 24
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Whereas within the framework of an eradication plan the Commission by
                                                                                       (c )
Decisions 87 /361 / EEC ( 4 ), 87 /362 / EEC ( 5),and by Decision of 17 September 1<?87,has recognised the
above mentioned regions as being officially Swine Fever free ,
Whereas concerning certain other parts of The Netherlands Swine Fever has not
been detected for more than one year , consequently these parts of the
territory fulfill the requirements for being recognised as Swine Fever free
for the purpose of intra-Community trade of fresh meat ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                           Article 1
The parts of the territory of the European Economic Community constituted by
the regions described in Annex 1 are recognised as officially Swine Fever free
in the sense of Article 4b.l.(c ) of Council Directive 64 / 432 / EEC .
                                           Article 2
The parts of the territory of the European Economic Community constituted by
the regions described in Annex 2 are recognised as Swine Fever free in the
sense of Article 13a . 2 of Council Directive 72 / 461 / EEC .
                                           Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                            For the Council
( 4 ) JO n° L 194, 15.7.1987, p. 31
( 5 ) JO n° L 194, 15.7.1987, p. 33
( 6 ) JO n°
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      Regions of the European Economic Community which are recognised as
                           officially Swine Fever free
France :  - Haute Normandie ( Eure , Seine Maritime )
          - Basse Normandie ( Calvados , Manche , Orne )
          - Bretagne ( Côtes du Nord , Finistère , Ille et Vilaine , Morbihan )
          - Pays de Loire ( Maine et Loire , Mayenne , Sarthe , Vendée )
          - Poitou-Charentes ( Charente , Charente-Maritime , Deux-Sèvres , Vienne )
          - Aquitaine ( Dordogne , Gironde , Landes , Lot et Garonne ,
            Pyrénées-atlantiques
          - Midi-Pyrénées ( Ariège , Aveyron , Haute-Garonne , Gers , Lot , Hautes
            Pyrénées , Tarn , Tarn et Garonne )
          - Languedoc ( Aude , Gard , Hérault , Lozère , Pyrénées-orientales )
The Netherlands :
          - The Provinces of Groningen , Friesland , Drenthe , Flevoland
          - The parts of the Provinces of Noord-Holland , Zuid-Holland ,
            Utrecht , Gelderland and Overijssel north of a line connecting
            Katwijk , Leiden , Leimuiden , Hilversum , Hausen , Harderwijk ,
            Apeldoorn , Deventer , Halten , Almelo and the German border .
Hellenic Republic :
          - The island of Samothracia in the prefecture of Evros
          - The island of Thassos in the prefecture of Kavala
          - The préfecture of Levkada
          - The islands of Skiathos , Skopelos and Alonissos in the prefecture
            of Magnisia
          - The island Skyros in the prefecture of Evias
          - The préfecture of Lesbos
          - The préfecture of Khios
          - The préfecture of Samos
          - The prefecture of Dodekanisa except the island of Rhodes
          - The préfecture of Kiklades
          - The island of Spetses in the prefecture of Argolida
          - The préfecture of Kefallonia
          - The préfecture of Zakinthos
          - The préfecture of Khania
          - The préfecture of Rethimno
          - The préfecture of Iraklio
          - The préfecture of Lasithi
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                                      ANNEX 2
        Regions of the European Eoonomio Community which are recognised
                                a3 Swine Fever free
The Netherlands :
          All the parts of the Provinces of Zuid-Holland , Utrecht , Gelderland
          and Overijssel , Noord Brabant and Limburg south of a line connecting
          Katwijk , Leiden , Leimuiden , Hilversum , Hausen , Harderwijk ,
          Apeldoorn , Deventer , Halten , Almelo , and the German border and north
          of a line formed by the waterways haringvliet , Hollandsch Diep ,
          Maas , Niers and the German border .