2004/283/EC: Commission Decision of 26 March 2004 amending Decision 2003/526/EC concerning protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 965)

Commission Decision
of 26 March 2004
amending Decision 2003/526/EC concerning protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg
(notified under document number C(2004) 965)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/283/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1) and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In response to classical swine fever in certain bordering parts of Belgium, Germany, France and Luxembourg, the Commission has adopted, inter alia, Decision 2003/526/EC(2) which established certain additional disease control measures.
(2) The classical swine fever situation in Belgium has largely improved and the measures adopted by Decision 2003/526/EC concerning Belgium should no longer apply.
(3) Classical swine fever has spread further in feral pigs in Bas-Rhin in France.
(4) In the light of the overall disease situation in Germany, France and Luxembourg it is appropriate to extend the validity of Decision 2003/526/EC.
(5) Decision 2003/526/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,