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Document 32016D1452
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1452 of 2 September 2016 concerning certain interim protective measures relating to African swine fever in Poland (notified under document C(2016) 5708) (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1452 of 2 September 2016 concerning certain interim protective measures relating to African swine fever in Poland (notified under document C(2016) 5708) (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1452 of 2 September 2016 concerning certain interim protective measures relating to African swine fever in Poland (notified under document C(2016) 5708) (Text with EEA relevance)
C/2016/5708
OJ L 237, 3.9.2016, p. 12–19
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 02/10/2016; Repealed by 32016D1770
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 237/12 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2016/1452
of 2 September 2016
concerning certain interim protective measures relating to African swine fever in Poland
(notified under document C(2016) 5708)
(Only the Polish text is authentic)
(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(3) 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(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
African swine fever is an infectious viral disease affecting domestic and feral pig populations and can have a severe impact on the profitability of pig farming causing disturbance to trade within the Union and exports to third countries. |
(2) |
In the event of an outbreak of African swine fever, there is a risk that the disease agent may spread to other pig holdings and to feral pigs. As a result, it may spread from one Member State to another Member State and to third countries through trade in live pigs or their products. |
(3) |
Council Directive 2002/60/EC (3) lays down minimum measures to be applied within the Union for the control of African swine fever. Article 9 of Directive 2002/60/EC provides for the establishment of protection and surveillance zones in the event of outbreaks of that disease where the measures laid down in Articles 10 and 11 of that Directive are to apply. |
(4) |
Poland has informed the Commission of the current African swine fever situation on its territory, and in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2002/60/EC, it has established protection and surveillance zones where the measures referred to in Articles 10 and 11 of that Directive are applied. |
(5) |
In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade being imposed by third countries, it is necessary to describe at Union level the areas established as protection and surveillance zones for African swine fever in Poland in collaboration with that Member State. |
(6) |
In August 2016, one outbreak occurred in domestic pigs in the powiat moniecki in Poland. Given that Poland provides preliminary evidence that this outbreak is linked to human activity and that there are indications that African swine fever is not circulating in the feral pig population in the areas concerned, specific measures in addition to those laid down by Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU (4) are required taking into account that this is the fifteenth outbreak of this disease in pigs, this year and that these outbreaks occurred in different areas of Poland which were already under restriction. |
(7) |
In order to adequately respond to this situation in a precautionary and efficient manner, it is important to lay down, specific measures restricting the movement of animals and their products in the areas described in the Annex to this Decision. These measures are justified because of the typology of outbreaks reported in domestic pigs and their underlying causes. |
(8) |
Given the relatively large distances between the most recent outbreaks which are provisionally ascribed by Poland to the human factor as well as recent epidemiological data and in order to prevent further outbreaks, it is now necessary and proportionate to now cover significantly larger regions. |
(9) |
The measures laid down in this Decision should consist in the application of the measures provided for by Directive 2002/60/EC, in particular with respect to the strict limitations of the movement and transport of pigs as provided for by Articles 10 and 11 of that Directive in areas as described in the Annex to this Decision. |
(10) |
In order to respond in a coherent and proportionate manner to this new epidemiological scenario, the measures provided for in this Decision need to be reviewed together with Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU at the next Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed. The review will need to take into account, in particular, the result of the investigations relating to the preliminary information on several of the outbreaks in domestic pigs notified by Poland in 2016, which indicates that they are not linked to wild boar but rather to human activity, as well as the result of further surveillance and other relevant epidemiological information. |
(11) |
Accordingly, pending the next meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, the areas identified as protection and surveillance zones in Poland should be set out in the Annex to this Decision and the duration of that regionalisation fixed. |
(12) |
This Decision is to be reviewed at the next meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Poland shall ensure that the protection and surveillance zones established in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2002/60/EC comprise at least the areas listed as the protection and surveillance zones in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall apply until 15 October 2016.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Poland.
Done at Brussels, 2 September 2016.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(3) Council Directive 2002/60/EC of 27 June 2002 laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine fever and amending Directive 92/119/EEC as regards Teschen disease and African swine fever (OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 27).
(4) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU of 9 October 2014 concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States and repealing Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU (OJ L 295, 11.10.2014, p. 63).
ANNEX
Poland |
Areas as referred to in Article 1 |
Date until applicable |
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Protection zone |
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
The borders of this protection zone are as follows:
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15 October 2016 |
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Surveillance zone |
The area indicated below:
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15 October 2016 |