2002/209/EC: Commission Decision of 11 March 2002 updating the conditions for the granting of authorisation for the removal of pigs from holdings located within the protection and surveillance zones established in Spain in relation to classical swine fever and establishing conditions for the marking and use of pigmeat in application of Article 11 of Council Directive 2001/89/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 985)

Commission Decision
of 11 March 2002
updating the conditions for the granting of authorisation for the removal of pigs from holdings located within the protection and surveillance zones established in Spain in relation to classical swine fever and establishing conditions for the marking and use of pigmeat in application of Article 11 of Council Directive 2001/89/EC
(notified under document number C(2002) 985)
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/209/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever(1), and in particular Article 11(1)(f), Article 25(3) and Article 29(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In the last three months outbreaks of classical swine fever were declared in the Comarca of Osona, in the Province of Barcelona in Catalonia by the veterinary authorities of Spain.
(2) In accordance with Articles 9, 10 and 11 of Directive 2001/89/EC protection and surveillance zones were immediately established around outbreak sites in Spain.
(3) In relation to these outbreaks of disease, the Commission adopted: (i) Decision 2001/925/EC(2), as last amended by Decision 2002/162/EC(3), concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain; (ii) Decision 2002/33/EC(4), as last amended by Decision 2002/162/EC, on the use of two slaughterhouses, in accordance with Article 10(1)(b) of Directive 2001/89/EC, by Spain; and (iii) Decision 2002/41/EC(5), as last amended by Decision 2002/162/EC, concerning certain further detailed conditions for the granting of authorisation for the removal of pigs from the holdings located within the protection and surveillance zones established in Spain in relation to classical swine fever.
(4) The provisions for the use of a health mark on fresh meat are given in Council Directive 64/433/EEC(6) on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat, as last amended by Directive 95/23/EC(7).
(5) In accordance with Article 11(1)(f) of Directive 2001/89/EC, Spain has submitted a request for the adoption of a derogation concerning the marking and use of pigmeat coming from pigs kept on holdings situated in the surveillance zones established in the Comarca of Osona and slaughtered in accordance with a specific authorisation issued by the competent authority.
(6) In the light of the Spanish request and of the evolution in the epidemiological situation, is appropriate to update the conditions for the granting of authorisation for the removal of pigs from holdings located in the protection and surveillance zones established in Spain in relation to classical swine fever and to introduce conditions on the marking and use of pigmeat in application of Article 11 of Directive 2001/89/EC. For the sake of clarity it is appropriate to repeal Decision 2001/41/EC.
(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 (section Animal Health and Welfare),