CELEX: 31977D0345
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-03 00:00:00
Title: 77/345/EEC: Commission Decision of 3 May 1977 amending Decision 77/268/EEC on certain measures to prevent the spread of classical swine fever

No L 121 /20                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               14. 5 . 77
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 3 May 1977
                amending Decision 77/268/EEC on certain measures to prevent the spread of
                                                         classical swine fever
                                                              (77/345/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
COMMUNITIES,                                                           are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
                                                                       Veterinary Committee,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
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
last amended by Directive 77/98/EEC (2), and in parti­                                           Article 1
cular Article 9 (4) thereof,
                                                                       Article 1 of Decision 77/268/ EEC is hereby amended
Having regard to Council Directive 72/461 /EEC of 12                   to read as follows :
December 1972 on health problems affecting intra-
Community trade in fresh meat (3), as last amended by
Directive 77/98 / EEC, and in particular Article 8 (4)                     ' 1 . Member States shall prohibit until 10 May
thereof,                                                                    1977 the introduction into their territory of pigs
                                                                           for rearing and fattening from the Netherlands.
Whereas, by Decision 77/268 /EEC of 30 March                               2.      From 4 May 1977 the Netherlands may only
 1977 (4), as last amended by Decision 77/293/ EEC (5),                    send to other Member States fresh meat of pigs
the Commission adopted measures requiring the
Member States to prohibit the introduction into their                      (a) which does not originate from the area
territory of pigs for rearing and fattening from the                            bordered by the highway E 35 from Harder­
Netherlands in general, and of pigs for slaughter from                          wijk to Amersfoort, the ringway around Amers­
a well delimited zone, which is subject to animal                               foort in a southerly direction as far as the
health measures prohibiting the exit of live pigs to all                        Leusden exit, the road via Leusden , Wouden­
other parts of Netherlands territory ; whereas, more­                           berg, Maarsbergen , Leersum to Elst, from Elst
over, these measures also prohibit the introduction                             to the Rhine in an easterly direction as far as
into intra-Community trade of fresh meat obtained                               Renkum, from Renkum in an easterly direc­
from pigs from this zone, which, under the strict offi­                         tion to the traffic junction near Heelsum, from
cial provisions applied by the Netherlands authorities,                         Heelsum in a northerly direction, via Schaars­
must not be considered as excluding the marketing in                            bergen, Otterlo and Harskamp to the highway
intra-Community trade of fresh meat obtained in                                 E 8, the highway E 8 in easterly direction to
certain abattoirs in the said zone, but from live pigs                          Nieuw-Milligen, from Nieuw-Milligen the road
from free zones ;                                                               in a northerly direction to Harderwijk ; or from
                                                                                regions which are subject to prohibition
                                                                                measures laid down by the Netherlands author­
Whereas the health situation in the Netherlands now                             ities ; and
justifies a reduction of the said zone as regards the
export of fresh meat for intra-Community trade ;                           (b) which were slaughtered after 3 May 1977 in
whereas on the other hand it is prematu re to lift the                          abattoirs situated outside the said regions, or,
measures in force regarding live animals ;                                      by way of exception from 7 April 1 977, in abat­
                                                                                toirs situated within the said regions provided
(')  OJ No   121 , 29 . 7. 1964, p. 1977/ 64.                                   that the Netherlands authorities ensure that a
(2)  OJ No  L 26, 31 . 1 . 1977, p . 81 .                                       period of at least 24 hours is reserved after
(3 ) OJ No   L 302, 31 . 12 . 1972, p . 24.
(4)  OJ No   L 87, 5 . 4 . 1977, p . 34.                                        cleaning and disinfection for the exclusive
H    OJ No   L 98 , 22 . 4 . 1977, p . 24 .                                     slaughter of these pigs.
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    3. From 20 April 1977 the Netherlands may                                    Article 2
    only send to other Member States pigs for
    slaughter which do not originate                       This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
    — from the coastal region of the North Sea delim­
        ited by the following waters : Haringvliet —
        Hollandsch Diep — Amer — Bergsche Maas
        —        Maas — Maas-Waalkanaal     —   Waal­
                                                           Done at Brussels, 3 May 1977.
        Pannerdenkanaal — IJssel — Ketelmeer —
        Vossemeer — Drontermeer — Veluwemeer —
        Eemmeer — Gooimeer — IJmeer — IJ —
        Noordzeekanaal or                                                          For the Commission
    — from regions which are subject to prohibition                                 Finn GUNDELACH
        measures laid down by the Netherlands author­
        ities .'                                                                        Vice-President
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