Commission Implementing Decision of 27 March 2014 concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States (notified under document C(2014) 1979) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/178/EU) (repealed)

Article 6 Prohibition on the dispatch to other Member States and third countries of live pigs from the areas listed in the Annex

1. The Member States concerned shall ensure that live pigs are not dispatched from their territory to other Member States and third countries, except where those live pigs come from:

(a) areas outside those listed in the Annex;

(b) a holding where no live pigs originating from the areas listed in the Annex have been introduced during a period of at least 30 days immediately prior to the date of dispatch.

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Member States concerned may authorise the dispatch of live pigs from a holding located in the areas listed in the Part I of the Annex provided that those live pigs comply with the following conditions:

(a) they have been resident for a period of at least 40 days or since birth on the holding and no live pigs have been introduced into that holding during the a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of the dispatch;

(b) they come from a holding which implements bio-security requirements for African swine fever as establised by the competent authority;

(c) they have been subjected to laboratory testing for African swine fever carried out with negative results on samples taken in accordance with the sampling procedures as laid down in the plan for the eradication of African swine fever referred to in the second paragraph of Article 1 of this Decision within a period of 15 days prior to the date of the movement and a clinical examination for African swine fever has been carried out by an official veterinarian in accordance with the checking and sampling procedures laid down in Part A of Chapter IV of the Annex to Decision 2003/422/EC on the date of shipment; or

(d) they come from a holding which has been subjected at least twice a year, with an interval of at least 4 months, to inspections by the competent veterinary authority, which:

(i)

followed the guidelines and procedures laid down in Chapter IV of the Annex to Decision 2003/422/EC;

(ii)

included a clinical examination and sampling in accordance with the checking and sampling procedures laid down in Part A of Chapter IV of the Annex to Decision 2003/422/EC;

(iii)

checked the effective application of the measures provided for provisions laid down in the second indent and in the fourth to seventh indents of Article 15(2)(b) of Directive 2002/60/EC.

3. For consignments of the live pigs referred to in this Article, the following additional wording shall be added to the corresponding health certificates referred to in:

(a) Article 5(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC, or

(b) Article 3(1) of Decision 93/444/EEC:

‘Pigs in compliance with Article 6(2) of Commission Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU(1).’

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OJ L 95, 29.3.2014, p. 48.’