84/459/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 September 1984 amending for the eighth time Decision 83/453/EEC concerning certain measures of protection against classical swine fever

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 13 September 1984
amending for the eighth time Decision 83/453/EEC concerning certain measures of protection against classical swine fever
(84/459/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
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), as last amended by Directive 84/336/EEC (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, following the outbreak of classical swine fever which occurred successively in several Member States, the Council adopted, on 31 August 1983, under Decision 83/453/EEC (3), certain protection measures against classical swine fever, to be applied for various periods depending on the risk of the spread of the disease;
Whereas, since that time, the development of the disease has required a number of changes as regards the area to which the measures in respect of intra-Community trade in live pigs apply;
Whereas the persistence and the increase in the number of new outbreaks in certain parts of the territory of the Netherlands have led to the creation of new zones of emergency vaccination and necessitated the extension to these parts of the Netherlands of the measures to be applied to trade in live pigs;
Whereas the improvement of the situation as regards the disease in Belgium and Italy justifies the lifting of the restrictions hitherto applicable to those two States;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,