{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-77/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/77",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 25 January 2008 approving the plans for 2008 for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of those pigs against that disease in Bulgaria (notified under document number C(2008) 270) (Only the Bulgarian text is authentic) (2008/77/EC)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 25 January 2008\napproving the plans for 2008 for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of those pigs against that disease in Bulgaria\n(notified under document number C(2008) 270)\n(Only the Bulgarian text is authentic)\n(2008/77/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 16(1) and the fourth subparagraph of Article 20(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nDirective 2001/89/EC introduces minimum Community measures for the control of classical swine fever. Those measures include the provision that Member States are to submit to the Commission, following the confirmation of a primary case of classical swine fever in feral pigs, a plan of the measures to eradicate that disease. That Directive also contains provisions concerning the emergency vaccination of feral pigs.\n(2)\nClassical swine fever is present in feral pigs in Bulgaria.\n(3)\nBulgaria has put in place a programme to survey and control classical swine fever in the whole territory of that Member State. That programme is still ongoing.\n(4)\nCommission Decision 2006/800/EC of 23 November 2006 approving the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of those pigs against that disease in Bulgaria was adopted as one of a number of measures to combat classical swine fever. Decision 2006/800/EC applies until 31 December 2007.\n(5)\nBulgaria submitted to the Commission for approval on 15 October 2007 a plan for 2008 for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and a plan for the emergency vaccination of such pigs in the whole territory of that Member State.\n(6)\nThose plans submitted by Bulgaria have been examined by the Commission and found to comply with Directive 2001/89/EC. Accordingly, they should be approved.\n(7)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 2007/729/EC (OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 26)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 325, 24.11.2006, p. 35. Decision as amended by Decision 2007/624/EC (OJ L 253, 28.9.2007, p. 43)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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