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5.10.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
260/19
DECISIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 4 October 2011
amending Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the inclusion of Belgium in the list of Member States
free of Aujeszky’s disease
(notified under document C(2011) 6997)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/648/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
where vaccination is prohibited. Annex II to that
Decision lists Member States or regions thereof where
approved national control programmes for the eradi
cation of Aujeszky’s disease are in place.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(4) Belgium
is
currently
listed
in
Annex
II
to
Decision
2008/185/EC, as a Member State where approved
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
national control programmes for the eradication of
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community
Aujeszky’s disease have been implemented.
trade in bovine animals and swine ( 1 ), and in particular
Articles 9(2) and 10(2) thereof,
(5) Belgium
has
now
submitted
documentation
in
support
of
Whereas:
its application to declare that Member State free from
Aujeszky’s disease.
(1) Directive
64/432/EEC
lays
down
rules
applicable
to
trade
in the Union in bovine animals and swine. Article 9 of
(6)
Following the evaluation of the supporting documen
that Directive lays down criteria for the approval of
tation submitted by that Member State, it is appropriate
compulsory national control programmes for certain
that Belgium be no longer listed in Annex II to Decision
contagious diseases, including Aujeszky’s disease. In
2008/185/EC, but instead be listed in Annex I thereto.
addition, Article 10 of that Directive provides that
where a Member State considers its territory or part
thereof to be free of such diseases, including Aujeszky’s
disease, it is to present appropriate supporting documen
tation to the Commission.
(7) Decision
2008/185/EC
should
therefore
be
amended
accordingly.
(2) Commission
Decision
2008/185/EC
of
21
February
2008 on additional guarantees in intra-Community
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
trade of pigs relating to Aujeszky’s disease and criteria
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
to provide information on this disease ( 2 ) lays down the
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
additional guarantees for movements of pigs between
Member States. Those guarantees are linked to the clas
sification of Member States according to their Aujeszky’s
disease status.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
(3) Annex
I
to
Decision
2008/185/EC
lists
Member
States
or
regions thereof which are free of Aujeszky’s disease and
Article 1
( 1 ) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.
Annexes I and II to Decision 2008/185/EC are replaced by the
( 2 ) OJ L 59, 4.3.2008, p. 19.
text in the Annex to this Decision.

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L 260/20
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
5.10.2011
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 October 2011.
For the Commission
John DALLI
Member of the Commission

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EN
5.10.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
260/21
ANNEX
‘ANNEX I
Member States or regions thereof free of Aujeszky’s disease and where vaccination is prohibited
ISO code Member
State Regions
BE Belgium
All regions
CZ Czech
Republic
All regions
DK Denmark
All regions
DE Germany
All regions
The departments of Ain, Aisne, Allier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-
Maritimes, Ardèche, Ardennes, Ariège, Aube, Aude, Aveyron, Bas-Rhin,
Bouches-du-Rhne, Calvados, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime,
Cher, Corrèze, Cte-d’Or, Ctes-d’Armor, Creuse, Deux-Sèvres,
Dordogne, Doubs, Drme, Essonne, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Finistère, Gard,
Gers, Gironde, Hautes-Alpes, Hauts-de-Seine, Haute Garonne, Haute-
Loire, Haute-Marne, Hautes-Pyrénées, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Sane, Haute-
Savoie, Haute-Vienne, Hérault, Indre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Indre-et-Loire, Isère,
FR France
Jura, Landes, Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Lot, Lot-et-
Garonne, Lozère, Maine-et-Loire, Manche, Marne, Mayenne, Meurthe-
et-Moselle, Meuse, Morbihan, Moselle, Nièvre, Nord, Oise, Orne, Paris,
Pas-de-Calais, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pyrénées-Orientales, Puy-de-Dme,
Réunion, Rhne, Sarthe, Sane-et-Loire, Savoie, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-
Maritime, Seine-Saint-Denis, Somme, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Territoire
de Belfort, Val-de-Marne, Val-d’Oise, Var, Vaucluse, Vendée, Vienne,
Vosges, Yonne, Yvelines
CY Cyprus
All regions
LU Luxembourg
All regions
NL Netherlands
All regions
AT Austria
All regions
SI Slovenia
All regions
SK Slovakia
All regions
FI Finland
All regions
SE Sweden
All regions
UK United
Kingdom
All regions in England, Scotland and Wales

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L 260/22
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
5.10.2011
ANNEX II
Member States or regions thereof where approved national control programmes for the eradication of
Aujeszky’s disease are in place
ISO code Member
State Regions
IE Ireland All
regions
ES Spain All
regions
IT Italy The
province
of
Bolzano
HU Hungary All
regions
PL Poland All
regions
UK United
Kingdom All
regions
in
Northern
Ireland’

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