2008/476/EC: Commission Decision of 6 June 2008 amending Decision 2008/185/EC to include the departments of Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan and Nord, France, in the list of regions free of Aujeszky’s disease (notified under document number C(2008) 2387) (Text with EEA relevance)

24.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 163/34
COMMISSION DECISION
of 6 June 2008
amending Decision 2008/185/EC to include the departments of Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan and Nord, France, in the list of regions free of Aujeszky’s disease
(notified under document number C(2008) 2387)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/476/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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), and in particular Articles 9(2) and 10(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 64/432/EEC lays down rules applicable to intra-Community trade in certain animals. Article 9 of that Directive provides for compulsory national programmes for certain contagious disease, including Aujeszky’s disease, to be submitted to the Commission for approval. In addition, Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC provides for Member States to submit documentation to the Commission concerning the status of those diseases in their territory.
(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) contains a list of Member States or regions thereof free of Aujeszky’s disease and where vaccination is prohibited in Annex I thereto. Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC contains a list of Member States or regions thereof where disease control programme for that disease are in place.
(3) A programme for the eradication of Aujeszky’s disease has been implemented in France for several years and the departments of Côtes-d’Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan and Nord are listed as regions where an approved Aujeszky’s disease control programme is in place.
(4) France has submitted supporting documentation to the Commission as regards the Aujeszky’s disease-free status of the departments of Côtes-d’Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan and Nord demonstrating that the disease has been eradicated from those departments.
(5) The Commission has examined the documentation submitted by France and found it to comply with Article 10(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC. Accordingly, those departments should be included in the list in Annex I to Decision 2008/185/EC.
(6) Decision 2008/185/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,