Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1898
of 26 October 2016
amending Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to classical swine fever in certain Member States
(notified under document C(2016) 6710)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market
1, and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market
2, and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Commission Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU
3 lays down animal health control measures in relation to classical swine fever in the Member States or areas thereof listed in the Annex thereto. Those measures include prohibitions on the dispatch of live pigs, porcine semen, ova and embryo, pigmeat as well as meat preparations and meat products consisting of or containing pigmeat from certain areas of the Member States concerned.
(2)The evolution of the current epidemiological situation in the Union as regards classical swine fever should be considered in the assessment of the risk represented by the animal health situation as regards that disease. It is appropriate to provide for certain derogations for the dispatch of live pigs, fresh pigmeat and of certain meat preparations and meat products from areas listed in the Annex to Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU. The additional animal health requirements applicable, in case such derogations are granted, should also be described in that Implementing Decision.
(3)Council Directive 64/432/EEC
4 provides that health certificates are to accompany the movements of live animals. Where derogations from the prohibition on the dispatch of live pigs from the areas listed in the Annex to Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU are applied to live pigs intended for intra-Union trade, those health certificates should include a reference to that Implementing Decision so as to ensure that adequate and accurate health information is provided in the relevant certificates.
(4)Article 6 of Council Directive 2001/89/EC
5 recognises the existence of holdings consisting of different production units and allows the application of derogations related to different levels of risks that can be recognised by the competent authority. This should be reflected in the derogations provided for in Article 4 (a) of Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU.
(5)The Annex to Commission Decision 2002/106/EC
6 details the serological monitoring and sampling procedures and provides details on the prescribed tests. Where derogations to the requirements of Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU are to be made in that implementing Decision, such measures should make reference to the relevant parts of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC.
(6)Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: