{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1568/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2020/1568",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1568 of 27 October 2020 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(2020) 7547) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1568",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1568\nof 27 October 2020\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(2020) 7547)\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) 2020/1535, following changes in the epidemiological situation as regards that disease in Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.\n(2)\nSince the date of adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1535, there have been new occurrences of African swine fever in feral pigs in Poland.\n(3)\nIn late October 2020, one case of African swine fever in a feral pig was observed in the district of gorzowski in Poland in an area currently listed in Part I of the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU. This case of African swine fever in a feral pig constitutes an increased level of risk, which should be reflected in that Annex. Accordingly, this area of Poland currently listed in Part I of the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU, affected by this recent case of African swine fever, should now be listed in Part II of that Annex instead of in Part I thereof, and the current boundaries of Part I also need to be redefined and enlarged to take account of this recent case.\n(4)\nIn order to take account of recent developments in the epidemiological situation 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 Poland and duly listed in Parts I and II of the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU.\n(5)\nGiven the urgency of the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards the spread of African swine fever, it is important that the amendments made to the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU by this Decision take effect as soon as possible.\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) 2020/1535 of 21 October 2020 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 351, 22.10.2020, p. 37)."
    }
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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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