2007/488/EC: Commission Decision of 11 July 2007 granting exemptions to Italy under Council Directive 92/119/EEC for the transport of pigs for slaughter on public and private roads to a slaughterhouse within protection zones in Cremona (notified under document number C(2007) 3314)

12.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 182/34
COMMISSION DECISION
of 11 July 2007
granting exemptions to Italy under Council Directive 92/119/EEC for the transport of pigs for slaughter on public and private roads to a slaughterhouse within protection zones in Cremona
(notified under document number C(2007) 3314)
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(2007/488/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992 introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease (1) and in particular point 7(2)(d) of Annex II thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 7 and 15 May 2007 protection zones were established by the competent authority in Italy around outbreaks of swine vesicular disease in the municipalities of Salvirola and Fiesco, Province of Cremona, in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 92/119/EEC. On 14 June 2007 a protection zone was established around an outbreak in the municipality of Offanengo, Province of Cremona. The protection zones are partially overlapping.
(2) Accordingly, the movement and transport of pigs on public and private roads within those protection zones have been prohibited.
(3) However, Italy has submitted two requests for an exemption from that prohibition for the transport of pigs for slaughter coming from outside those protection zones, on public and private roads within the protection zones, in order to transport them to slaughterhouses situated in the protection zones.
(4) It is appropriate to provide for those two exemptions, subject to the condition that Italy takes strict control and precaution measures that guarantee that there is no risk of the spread of the disease.
(5) Commission Decision 2007/123/EC of 20 February 2007 was adopted to grant a similar exemption for a slaughterhouse in the protection zone around an outbreak of swine vesicular disease in the municipality of Romano di Lombardia, Province of Bergamo, Italy. The measures provided for in that protection zone are no longer applied. Accordingly, Decision 2007/123/EC should be repealed.
(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,