CELEX: 51986PC0555(03)
Language: en
Date: 1986-10-30
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 80/217/EEC INTRODUCING COMMUNITY MEASURES FOR THE CONTROL OF CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER

21.11.86                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 295/7
    3.   The Member States concerned shall notify the                    'Similarly, any Member State which, during the
    Commission of the forecast annual expenditure on the                 period laid down in Article 2 (1) of Decision . . . ,
    new plan in respect of the period from 1 January                     loses its status as officially swine-fever-free, may avail
    1987.'                                                               itself of Article 3a (1) provided its plan does not
                                                                         extend beyond that period.'
3. Article 6 (1) is replaced by the following:
                                                                     6. The following Article 12a is inserted:
    'Member States shall, in accordance with Article 5 (1)
                                                                          'Article 12a
    of Decision       80/1096/EEC,        forward     to    the
    Commission the plans provided for in Article 3 or the                Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu-
    new plans provided for in Article 3a.'                               lations and administrative provisions necessary for the
                                                                         implementation of the new eradication plans referred
                                                                         to in Article 3a approved in accordance with Article 5
4. The following is added to Article 6 (2):
                                                                         (3) of Decision . . . on the date laid down by the
    'The new plans shall be approved in accordance with                  Commission in its Decision approving the said plans.'
    the procedure set out in Article 5 (3) of Decision . . . '
                                                                                                 Article 2
5. Article 8 (1) is supplemented by the following:                   This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 80/217/EEC introducing Community
                                         measures for the control of classical swine fever
                                                         COM(86) 555 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 5 November 1986)
                                                          (86/C 295/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas pigs vaccinated in such an event and the meat
                                                                     obtained therefrom threaten to give rise to the propa-
                                                                     gation of the disease in areas where such vaccination is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                not carried out, with consequent reduced productivity in
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                     pig herds and a fall in the income of those working in
thereof,                                                             this sector; whereas restrictive national measures should
                                                                     therefore be applied in this respect.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECIWE:
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,                                                                                         Article 1
                                                                     Directive 80/217/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
                                                                      1. In Article 14 (3), point (iv) is replaced by the
                                                                         following:
Whereas Council Directive 80/217/EEC ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), laid
down the measures to be applied in the event of an                       '(iv) No live pigs or fresh pigmeat shall be permitted
outbreak of swine fever and more particularly the                               to leave the vaccination area except where they
arrangements for emergency preventive vaccination                               are destined for another area in the same
where recourse to such vaccination is decided on;                               Member State where vaccination against classical
                                                                                swine fever is also practised in accordance with
                                                                                this paragraph. This prohibition shall apply for
                                                                                the duration of the vaccination operations and
                                                                                for a period of six months following the
(*) OJ No L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 11.                                             completion of such operations in the area
(2) OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8.                                            concerned. It shall, however, not apply to live
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         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.