{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-975/introduction", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-975/introduction.json", "legislation": "eudn/2019/975", "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/975 of 13 June 2019 amending the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States (notified under document C(2019) 4495) (Text with EEA relevance)", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-975", "path": "introduction", "kind": "introduction", "number": null, "heading": "Introductory text", "text": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/975\nof 13 June 2019\namending the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States\n(notified under document C(2019) 4495)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving 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, and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary checks applicable in intra-Union trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market, and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU lays down animal health control measures in relation to African swine fever in certain Member States, where there have been confirmed cases of that disease in domestic or feral pigs (the Member States concerned). The Annex to that Implementing Decision demarcates and lists certain areas of the Member States concerned in Parts I to IV thereof, differentiated by the level of risk based on the epidemiological situation as regards that disease. The Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU has been amended several times to take account of changes in the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards African swine fever that need to be reflected in that Annex. The Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU was last amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/950, following instances of African swine fever in Poland and Hungary.\n(2)\nSince the date of adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/950, there have been further instances of African swine fever in domestic pigs in Lithuania that also need to be reflected in the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU.\n(3)\nIn June 2019, two outbreaks of African swine fever in domestic pigs were observed in Lithuania in the districts of Šakiai and Marijampolė in areas currently listed in Part II of the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU. These outbreaks of African swine fever in domestic pigs constitute an increased level of risk which should be reflected in that Annex. Accordingly, these areas of Lithuania affected by African swine fever should be listed in Part III of the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU instead of in Part II thereof.\n(4)\nIn June 2019, a few cases of African swine fever in feral pigs were observed in the county of Elblaski in Poland in close proximity to areas listed in Part I of the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU. These cases of African swine fever in feral pigs constitute an increased level of risk which should be reflected in that Annex. Accordingly, this area of Poland affected by African swine fever should be listed in Part II of the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU instead of in Part I thereof.\n(5)\nIn order to take account of recent developments in the epidemiological evolution of African swine fever in the Union, and in order to combat the risks associated with the spread of that disease in a proactive manner, new high-risk areas of a sufficient size should be demarcated for Lithuania and Poland and duly listed in Parts I, II and III of the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU. The Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:", "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.", "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "footnote", "label": "f1", "text": "OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f2", "text": "OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f3", "text": "OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f4", "text": "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)." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f5", "text": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/950 of 7 June 2019 amending the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States (OJ L 152, 11.6.2019, p. 97)." } ], "outstanding_effects": [], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/975/introduction", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:40.695264+00:00" }, "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0", "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/", "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives." }