CELEX: 31983D0259
Language: en
Date: 1983-05-17 00:00:00
Title: 83/259/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 May 1983 amending Decision 83/216/EEC concerning certain measures of protection against classical swine fever

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31983D0259

83/259/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 May 1983 amending Decision 83/216/EEC concerning certain measures of protection against classical swine fever  

Official Journal L 143 , 02/06/1983 P. 0044 - 0044

COMMISSION DECISION of 17 May 1983 amending Decision 83/216/EEC concerning certain measures of protection against classical swine fever (83/259/EEC)  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 (1), as last amended by Directive 82/893/EEC (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,  Whereas following the epizootic of classical swine fever which was declared in certain regions of the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Commission adopted Decision 83/216/EEC of 21 April 1983 concerning certain measures of protection against classical swine fever (3);  Whereas since then the disease has spread to other parts of the German territory ; whereas those measures should therefore be extended to these new parts of the territory;  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:    Article 1 Article 1 of Commission Decision 83/216/EEC of 21 April 1983 is hereby replaced by the following:  "Article 1  Member States shall forbid the introduction into their territory of live pigs intended for breeding or fattening coming from a "Kreis" in which classical swine fever has occurred within the last 28 days prior to consignment and situated in the following regions of the Federal Republic of Germany:  Düsseldorf, Braunschweig, Köln, Unterfranken and Münster."   Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.     Done at Brussels, 17 May 1983.  For the Commission  Poul DALSAGER  Member of the Commission  (1) OJ No 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. (2) OJ No L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 57. (3) OJ No L 121, 7.5.1983, p. 21.