1999/128/EC: Commission Decision of 28 January 1999 repealing Decision 98/339/EC concerning certain protective measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain (notified under document number C(1999) 153) (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION DECISION of 28 January 1999 repealing Decision 98/339/EC concerning certain protective measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain (notified under document number C(1999) 153) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/128/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas a number of outbreaks of classical swine fever have occurred in Spain;
Whereas Spain has taken measures within the framework of Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980 introducing Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (3), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden;
Whereas as a result of disease situation it was necessary to adopt Commission Decision 97/285/EC (4) concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain, to amend it by Decisions 97/446/EC (5), 98/93/EC (6) and 98/271/EC (7), to repeal it by Decision 98/339/EC (8), and to amend Decision 98/339/EC by Decision 98/411/EC (9), Decision 98/555/EC (10) and Decision 98/720/EC (11);
Whereas Spain has adopted the national serosurveillance programme for classical swine fever approved with Commission Decision 98/176/EC of 18 February 1998 (12);
Whereas owing to favourable evolution of classical swine fever in the Province of Sevilla it is necessary to repeal adopted measures concerning the movement of pigs and the trade of boar semen from some areas of Spain;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,