CELEX: 31986D0310
Language: en
Date: 1986-06-12 00:00:00
Title: 86/310/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 June 1986 on the maintenance of the status of the United Kingdom as regards classical swine fever

No L 194/ 52                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                17. 7. 86
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 12 June 1986
                  on the maintenance of the status of the United Kingdom as regards classical
                                                          swine fever.
                                                          (86/310/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        whereas, under those circumstances, the status of the
                                                                   United Kingdom as officially free from classical swine
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                   fever should be maintained for the period necessary to
                                                                   clarify the situation and adopt the requisite measures ;
 Having regard to Council Directive 80/ 1095/EEC of 11
 November 1980 laying down conditions designed to                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
 render and keep the territory of the Community free from          accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
 classical swine fever ('), as last amended by Regulation          Committee,
(EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 8 (2)
thereof,
Whereas, by Commission Decision 81 /400/EEC of 15                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
May 1981 establishing the status of Member States as
regards classical swine fever with a view to its eradica­
                                                                                            Article 1
tion (3), the United Kingdom was recognized as being offi­
cially free from classical swine fever ;
                                                                   The status of the United Kingdom as a Member State
Whereas status as a Member State officially free from clas­        officially free from classical swine fever shall be main­
sical swine fever is of special importance in view of the          tained until 15 July 1986.
rules on intra-Community trade laid down by Council
Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1984 on animal health
                                                                                            Article 2
problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine
animals and swine (4), and in particular Article 4b thereof,
Council Directive 72/461 /EEC of 12 December 1972 on               The Commission shall monitor the development of clas­
health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh           sical swine fever in the United Kingdom with a view to
meat (5), and in particular Article 1 3a thereof, and Council      adopting appropriate Decisions before 15 July 1986
Directive 80/21 5/EEC of 22 January 1980 on animal                 depending on such development.
health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat
products (6), and in particular Article 1 0 thereof ;                                       Article 3
Whereas outbreaks of classical swine fever have been
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
recorded since 22 May 1986 in the territory of the United
Kingdom ;
Whereas the limited number of outbreaks recorded are
located within clearly defined parts of the territory of the       Done at Brussels, 12 June 1986.
United Kingdom ;
Whereas the United Kingdom authorities have taken all                                          For the Commission
measures necessary to control the disease and any move­                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
ment of pigs and pigmeat products from those parts of
the territory exposed to risks of contamination ;                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ No L 325, 1 . 12. 1980, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .
(3) OJ No L 152, 11 . 6. 1981 , p. 37.
(4) OJ No 121 , 29 . 7. 1964, p. 1977/64.
(5) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 24.
(6) OJ No L 47, 21 . 2. 1980, p. 4.