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Official Journal of the European Union
15.11.2012
DECISIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 13 November 2012
amending Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the inclusion of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the
province of Bolzano in Italy in the list of Member States or regions thereof free of Aujeszky’s
disease
(notified under document C(2012) 7976)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/701/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
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) Ireland,
Northern
Ireland
and
the
Italian
province
of
Bolzano are currently listed in Annex II to Decision
2008/185/EC, as a Member State or region thereof
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June
where approved national control programmes for the
1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community
eradication of Aujeszky’s disease have been implemented.
trade in bovine animals and swine ( 1 ), and in particular
Articles 9(2) and 10(2) thereof,
(5) Ireland,
the
United
Kingdom
as
regards
Northern
Ireland
and Italy as regards the province of Bolzano have now
Whereas:
submitted documentation in support of their application
to declare those Member States and the province of
Bolzano 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
that Directive lays down criteria for the approval of
compulsory national control programmes for certain
(6)
Following the evaluation of the supporting documen
contagious diseases, including Aujeszky’s disease. In
tation submitted by Ireland, by the United Kingdom
addition, Article 10 of that Directive provides that
and by Italy, it is appropriate that Ireland, Northern
where a Member State considers its territory or part
Ireland and the province of Bolzano are no longer
thereof to be free of such diseases, including Aujeszky’s
listed in Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC, but
disease, it is to present appropriate supporting documen
instead be listed in Annex I thereto.
tation to the Commission.
(7) Decision
2008/185/EC
should
therefore
be
amended
(2) Commission
Decision
2008/185/EC
of
21
February
accordingly.
2008 on additional guarantees in intra-Community
trade of pigs relating to Aujeszky’s disease and criteria
to provide information on this disease ( 2 ) lays down the
additional guarantees for movements of pigs between
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
Member States. Those guarantees are linked to the clas
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
sification of Member States according to their Aujeszky’s
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
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
where vaccination is prohibited. Annex II to that
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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Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 November 2012.
For the Commission
Maro EFOVI
Vice-President

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Official Journal of the European Union
15.11.2012
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
IE Ireland All
regions
FR France 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, 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
IT Italy The
province
of
Bolzano
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
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
ES Spain All
regions
HU Hungary All
regions
PL Poland All
regions’

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