CELEX: 51988PC0211
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Date: 1988-04-12
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION recognizing certain parts of the territory of the Community as being either officially swine fever free or swine fever free (presented by the Commission)

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       COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                       COM(88 ) 211 final
                                                       Brussels , 12 April 1988
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                                     Proposai for a
                                    COUNCIL DECISION
        recognizing certain parts of the territory of the Community as being
               either officially swine fever free or swine fever free
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 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article Mb . 1(c ) of Council Directive 64 / 432 / EEC lays down that the Council
acting by a qualified majority may recognise as being officially free from
swine fever , for the purpose of intra -Community trade in live pigs , parts of
the territory of a Member State providing that certain requirements are
fulfilled .
Similarly , Article 13«a.2 . of Council Directive 72 / 461 / EEC lays down that the
Council acting by a qualified majority may recognise as being free from swine
fever , for the purposes of intra -Community trade in 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 ,
have already been recognised by , Council Decision , as either officially swine
fever free or swine fever free ; whilst certain parts now fulfill the
requirements for being recognised as either officially swine fever free or
swine fever free .    The aim of this proposal is the recognition of these later
parts and to include in a single document the parts of the territory of the
Community , which are recognised as either officially swine fever free or swine
fever free .
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 ---pagebreak---                                         Proposai for a
                                       COUNCIL DECISION
                recognizing certain parts of the territory of the
     Community as being either officially swine fever free or swine fever free
THE COMMISSION 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 ^\ as
                                              (2)
last amended by Directive 87 / 489 / EEC          , and in particular Article 4b(1)(c )
thereof ,
Having regard to Council Directive 72 / 461 / EEC of 12 December 1972 on health
                                                                 (3)
problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat               as last amended by
Directive 87 / 489 / EEC , and in particular Article 13a(2 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                             (4 )
Whereas Council Decision 82 / 838 / EEC           recognizes certain parts of the
territory of the Federal Republic of Germany as being either officially swine
fever free or swine fever free ,
Whereas the Commission , under the powers conferred on it by Article 4b(1)(c ) of
Directive 64 / 432 / EEC , has carried out the withdrawal and re-establishment of
the status of officially swine fever free of certain regions in the Federal
Republic of Germany ; whereas it is appropriate to clarify the situation with
respect to the status of these regions ;
                                             (5 )
Whereas Council Decision 87 / 589 / EEC           recognizes certain parts of the
territory of France , Greece and the Netherlands as being officially swine
fever free , and certain parts of the Netherlands as being swine fever free ,
(1)
      O.J. N°    121 , 29.07.1964 , P. 1977 / 64
(2 )
      O.J. N° L 280 ,    3.10.1987 , p. 28
(3)   O.J. N° L 302 , 31 . 12 . 1972 ,  p. 24
(4 )
      O.J. N° L 352 , 14.12.1982 , p. 3 1*
( 5 ) O.J. N°
              L 353 , 16.12.1987 , p. 34
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Whereas in certain parts of the territory of France and the Federal Republic
of Germany swine fever has not been detected for more than one year ,
vaccination against swine fever has not been authorised for at least the
preceding 12 months and in which the holdings contain no pigs which have been
vaccinated against swine fever , consequently these parts of the territory
fulfil the requirements for being recognised as officially swine fever free
for the purpose of intra-Community trade ;
Whereas within the framework of an eradication plan the Commission , by
Decision 88/17/EEC ^, has recognised certain regions in France as being
officially swine fever free ;
Whereas within the framework of an eradication plan the Commission , by
                       (7 )
Decision 88 /153 / EEC      has recognised certain regions in the Netherlands as
being officially swine fever free ;
Whereas there are certain parts of the Netherlands in which there are no pigs
which have been vaccinated during the previous 12 months ; whereas these parts
may also be recognised as officially swine fever free in accordance with
Directive 87 / 489 / EEC , which amends Directive 64 / 432 / EEC on this point ;
Whereas Directive 87 /489 / EEC must be transposed into national legislation no
later than 31 December 1988 ; whereas it is necessary to take this situation
into consideration in respect of the implications for Member States of the
recognition as officially swine fever free of those parts of the Netherlands
concerned ;
Whereas in a certain part of the Netherlands swine fever has not been detected
for more than one year , consequently this part of the territory fulfils the
requirements for being recognised as swine fever free for the purpose of
intra-Community trade in fresh meat ;
( 6 ) O.J. N° L 009 , 13-01.1988 , p. 13
( 7 ) O.J. N° L 71 , 17.3.1988 , p. 50
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 Whereas a Commission Decision has already established the terminology to be
 used to define regions when notifying disease outbreaks ; this terminology
 should also be applied when defining areas which are free of officially free
 from disease ;
 Whereas regions in different Member States are now recognised as officially
 swine fever free or swine fever free and these regions can be included in
 a single text .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                            Artide 1
 The parts of the territory of the Community described in Annex 1 are hereby
 recognized as officially swine fever free according to the provisions laid
 down in Article 4b(1)(c ) of Directive 64 / 432 / EEC .
                                            Artide 2
With respect to the regions defined in Annex 1 , Chapter 4.2 , the recognition
as officially swine fever free shall take effect on the date of entry into
force of the national provisions for each Member State transposing
Directive 87 / 489 / EEC , and no later than 31 December 1988 .
                                            Article 3
 The parts of the territory of the Community constituted by the regions
 described in Annex 2 are hereby recognized as swine fever free according
 to the provisions laid down in Article 13a(2 ) of Directive 72 / 461 / EEC .
                                           Article 4
 Decisions 82 / 838 / EEC and 87 / 589 / EEC are hereby repealed .
                                           Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                        For the Council
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 Regions of the Community which are recognised as officially swine fever free
CHAPTER 1
Fédéral Republic of Germany :
   Bundesländer : Schleswig-Holstein , Hamburg , Bremen and Saarland .
   Regierungsbezirke :
   -   Braunschweig , Hannover and Lüneburg within Bundesland Niedersachsen
   -   Düsseldorf within Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen
   -   Koblenz and Trier within Bundesland Rheinland-Pfalz
   -   Stuttgart , Karlsruhe , Freiburg and Tübingen within Bundesland
       Baden-Würtemberg
       Niederbayern , Oberpfalz , Unterfranken and Mittelfranken within
       Bundesland Bayern .
CHAPTER 2
France :
   Departments :
       Eure and Seine-Maritime within Haute-Normandie
   -   Calvados , Manche and Orne within Basse-Normandie
   -   Côtes -du- Nord, Finistère , Ille -et -Vilaine and Morbihan within Bretagne
   - Loire-Atlantique , Maine et Loire , Mayenne , Sarthe and Vendée within Pays
      de Loire
   -   Charente , Charente-Maritime , Deux-Sèvres and Vienne within
       Poitou-Charentes
   -   Dordogne , Gironde , Landes , Lot -et -Garonne and Pyrenees-Atlantiques
       within Aquitaine
   - Ariège , Aveyron , Haute-Garonne , Gers , Lot , Hautes-Pyrénées , Tarn and
       Tarn -et-Garonne within Midi-Pyrénées
   - Aude , Gard , Hérault , Lozère , Pyrénées-Orientales within Languedoc
   -   Nord , and Pas -de - Calais within Nord -Pas -de -Calais
   -   Meurthe -et-Moselle, Meuse , Moselle and Vosges within Lorraine
   -   Cher , Indre , Indre -et- Loire, Loir -et - Cher and Loiret within Centre
   -   Côte d' or , Nièvre , Saône et Loire and Yonne within Bourgogne
   - Allier , Cantal , Haute-Loire and Puy-de- Dôme within Auvergne .
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CHAPTER 3
Hellenic Republic :
       The island of Samothracia in the préfecture of Evros
   -   The island of Thassos in the préfecture of Kavala
       The préfecture of Levkada
   -   The islands of Skiathos , Skopelos and Alonissos in the préfecture of
       Magnisia
   -   The island Skyros in the préfecture of Evias
   -   The préfecture of Lesbos
       The préfecture of Lasithi
   -   The préfecture of Khios
       The préfecture of Saraos
       The préfecture of Dodekanisa except the island of Rhodes
       The préfecture of Kiklades
       The island of Spetses in the préfecture of Argolida
   -   The préfecture of Kefallonia
   -   The préfecture of Zakinthos
   -   The préfecture of Khania
   -   The préfecture of Rethimno
       The préfecture of Iraklio
CHAPTER 4
The Netherlands :
   1 . 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 , Huizen , Harderwijk , Apeldoorn , Deventer , Holten ,
       Almelo and the German border .
   2 . The provinces of Zeeland and     Noord-Brabant .
       The parts of the Provinces of Noord-Holland , Zuid-Holland , Utrecht ,
       Gelderland and Overijssel , south of a line connecting Katwijk , Leiden ,
       Leimuiden , Hilversum , Huizen , Harderwijk , Apeldoorn , Deventer , Holten ,
       Almelo and the German border .
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Regions of the Community which are recognised as swine fever free
CHAPTER 1
Fédéral Republic of Germany :
Bundesland : Berlin
Regierungsbezirke :
   -   Kassel , Darmstadt , Oberbayern , Rheinhessen-Pfalz , Münster , Köln and
       Weser-Ems .
CHAPTER 2
The Netherlands
   - The Province of Limburg