CELEX: 31977D0279
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 6 April 1977 amending the Decision of 30 March 1977 on certain measures to prevent the spread of classical swine fever

15 . 4 . 77                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 93 / 17
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 6 April 1977
                  amending the Decision of 30 March 1977 on certain measures to prevent the
                                                    spread of classical swine fever
                                                              (77/279/ EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         ated zone which is subject to animal health measures,
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           notably a prohibition on the exit of live pigs to all
                                                                        other parts of Netherlands territory and on the intro­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  duction into intra-Community trade of pig-meat origi­
 Economic Community,                                                    nating in the zone ;
 Having regard to the Council Directive of 26 June                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
  1964 on animal health problems affecting intra                        are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
 Community trade in bovine animals and swine ('), as                    Veterinary Committee,
 last amended by the Council Directive of 21
 December 1 976 (2), and in particular Article 9 (4)
 thereof,                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to the Council Directive of 12                                                   Article 1
 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra
 Community trade in fresh meat (3), as last amended by                  In Article 1 of the Decision of 30 March 1977, the
 the Council Directive of 21 December 1976 , and in                     first sentence is amended to read as follows :
 particular Article 8 (4) thereof,                                           'The Member States shall prohibit until 18 April
 Whereas, by its Decision of 30 March 1977 (4), the                           1977 the introduction into their territory of live
 Commission adopted measures requiring the Member                            pigs from the Netherlands.'
 States to prohibit the introduction into their territory
                                                                                                Article 2
 of live pigs originating in the Netherland, owing to
 the outbreak of an epidemic of classical swine fever in                This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
 that country ; whereas these measures expire on 6
 April 1977 ;
                                                                        Done at Brussels, 6 April 1977.
Whereas, taking into account the existing situation in
 the Netherlands, it is necessary to prolong the said                                             For the Commission
 prohibition until 18 April 1977 ;
                                                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
Whereas, although outbreaks of swine fever are still
 appearing, they are situated largely in a well deline­                                               Vice-President
(')  OJ   No  121 , 29 . 7 . 1964, p . 1977/ 64 .
(2 ) OJ   No  L 26, 31 . 1 . 1977 , p. 81 .
(3 ) OJ   No  L 302, 31 . 12 . 1972, p . 24 .
(4 ) OJ   No  L 87, 5 . 4 . 1977 , p. 34.