CELEX: 32011D0648
Language: en
Date: 2011-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Decision of 4 October 2011 amending Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the inclusion of Belgium in the list of Member States free of Aujeszky’s disease (notified under document C(2011) 6997) Text with EEA relevance

5.10.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 260/19
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
   of 4 October 2011
   amending Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the inclusion of Belgium in the list of Member States free of Aujeszky’s disease
   (notified under document C(2011) 6997)
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   (2011/648/EU)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   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), and in particular Articles 9(2) and 10(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Directive 64/432/EEC lays down rules applicable to trade in the Union in bovine animals and swine. Article 9 of that Directive lays down criteria for the approval of compulsory national control programmes for certain contagious diseases, including Aujeszky’s disease. In addition, Article 10 of that Directive provides that where a Member State considers its territory or part thereof to be free of such diseases, including Aujeszky’s disease, it is to present appropriate supporting documentation to the Commission.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Commission Decision 2008/185/EC of 21 February 2008 on additional guarantees in intra-Community trade of pigs relating to Aujeszky’s disease and criteria to provide information on this disease (2) lays down the additional guarantees for movements of pigs between Member States. Those guarantees are linked to the classification of Member States according to their Aujeszky’s disease status.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Annex I to Decision 2008/185/EC lists Member States or regions thereof which are free of Aujeszky’s disease and where vaccination is prohibited. Annex II to that Decision lists Member States or regions thereof where approved national control programmes for the eradication of Aujeszky’s disease are in place.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Belgium is currently listed in Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC, as a Member State where approved national control programmes for the eradication of Aujeszky’s disease have been implemented.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Belgium has now submitted documentation in support of its application to declare that Member State free from Aujeszky’s disease.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               Following the evaluation of the supporting documentation submitted by that Member State, it is appropriate that Belgium be no longer listed in Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC, but instead be listed in Annex I thereto.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               Decision 2008/185/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (8)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Annexes I and II to Decision 2008/185/EC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
   Article 2
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
   
      Done at Brussels, 4 October 2011.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         John DALLI
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
   
      (2)  OJ L 59, 4.3.2008, p. 19.
   
      ANNEX
      ‘
            ANNEX I
            
               Member States or regions thereof free of Aujeszky’s disease and where vaccination is prohibited
            
            
                        ISO code
                     
                     
                        Member State
                     
                     
                        Regions
                     
                  
                        BE
                     
                     
                        Belgium
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        CZ
                     
                     
                        Czech Republic
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        DK
                     
                     
                        Denmark
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        DE
                     
                     
                        Germany
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        FR
                     
                     
                        France
                     
                     
                        The departments of Ain, Aisne, Allier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Ardèche, Ardennes, Ariège, Aube, Aude, Aveyron, Bas-Rhin, Bouches-du-Rhône, Calvados, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Cher, Corrèze, Côte-d’Or, Côtes-d’Armor, Creuse, Deux-Sèvres, Dordogne, Doubs, Drôme, Essonne, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Finistère, Gard, Gers, Gironde, Hautes-Alpes, Hauts-de-Seine, Haute Garonne, Haute-Loire, Haute-Marne, Hautes-Pyrénées, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Saône, Haute-Savoie, Haute-Vienne, Hérault, Indre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Jura, Landes, Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Lozère, Maine-et-Loire, Manche, Marne, Mayenne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Morbihan, Moselle, Nièvre, Nord, Oise, Orne, Paris, Pas-de-Calais, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pyrénées-Orientales, Puy-de-Dôme, Réunion, Rhône, Sarthe, Saône-et-Loire, Savoie, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Maritime, Seine-Saint-Denis, Somme, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Territoire de Belfort, Val-de-Marne, Val-d’Oise, Var, Vaucluse, Vendée, Vienne, Vosges, Yonne, Yvelines
                     
                  
                        CY
                     
                     
                        Cyprus
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        LU
                     
                     
                        Luxembourg
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        NL
                     
                     
                        Netherlands
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        AT
                     
                     
                        Austria
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        SI
                     
                     
                        Slovenia
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        SK
                     
                     
                        Slovakia
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        FI
                     
                     
                        Finland
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        SE
                     
                     
                        Sweden
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        UK
                     
                     
                        United Kingdom
                     
                     
                        All regions in England, Scotland and Wales
                     
                  
         
            ANNEX II
            
               Member States or regions thereof where approved national control programmes for the eradication of Aujeszky’s disease are in place
            
            
                        ISO code
                     
                     
                        Member State
                     
                     
                        Regions
                     
                  
                        IE
                     
                     
                        Ireland
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        ES
                     
                     
                        Spain
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        IT
                     
                     
                        Italy
                     
                     
                        The province of Bolzano
                     
                  
                        HU
                     
                     
                        Hungary
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        PL
                     
                     
                        Poland
                     
                     
                        All regions
                     
                  
                        UK
                     
                     
                        United Kingdom
                     
                     
                        All regions in Northern Ireland
                     
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