Date: 2018-04-30Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/663 of 27 April 2018 concerning certain interim protective measures relating to African swine fever in Hungary (notified under document C(2018) 2690) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/663 establishes interim protective measures concerning African swine fever in Hungary. It identifies an infected area within Hungary, where specific control measures must be applied. This decision is valid until June 30, 2018, and is addressed to Hungary.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Infected Area Establishment:**
* Hungary must ensure that the infected area it has established includes at least the areas listed in the Annex of this Decision.
* Within the infected area, measures provided for in Article 15 of Directive 2002/60/EC must be applied.
* **Geographical Scope:**
* The infected area in Hungary includes the territory of the county of Heves located north of the motorway E 71.
* **Duration of Decision:**
* This Decision is applicable until June 30, 2018.
Impact Analysis:
* **Hungary:**
* Impact: Hungary is directly addressed by this decision and is responsible for implementing the specified measures within the defined infected area to control African swine fever.
* Action Required: Hungary must ensure the established infected area includes at least the areas listed in the Annex and apply the measures as per Article 15 of Directive 2002/60/EC.
* **Pig Farmers and Related Industries within the Infected Area:**
* Impact: These stakeholders are affected by the restrictions and control measures implemented within the infected area, which may impact their ability to trade and conduct business as usual.
* Action Required: They must comply with all measures implemented by Hungary according to Article 15 of Directive 2002/60/EC.
* **European Union Member States and Third Countries:**
* Impact: The decision aims to prevent the spread of African swine fever, thus protecting pig populations and trade within the Union and exports to third countries.
* Action Required: No direct action is required, but awareness of the regionalization and restrictions in place within Hungary is necessary.
Key Entities Referenced
African swine fever: An infectious viral disease affecting domestic and feral pig populations, control of which is the subject of this decision.
Hungary: A Member State of the European Union where cases of African swine fever have been identified, leading to interim protective measures.
European Union: The political and economic union to which the decision applies, particularly regarding trade and animal health.
Council Directive 89/662/EEC: Council Directive concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market.
Council Directive 90/425/EEC: Council Directive concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market.
Council Directive 2002/60/EC: Council Directive laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine fever.
Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed: A committee involved in reviewing the decision related to African swine fever control.
Heves County, Hungary: A county in Hungary where an infected area for African swine fever has been established.
L 110/136 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2018
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/663
of 27 April 2018
concerning certain interim protective measures relating to African swine fever in Hungary
(notified under document C(2018) 2690)
(Only the Hungarian text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having 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 (1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks
applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal
market (2), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) African swine fever is an infectious viral disease affecting domestic and feral pig populations and can have
a severe impact on the profitability of pig farming causing disturbance to trade within the Union and exports to
third countries.
(2) In the event of a case of African swine fever in feral pigs, there is a risk that the disease agent might spread to
other feral pig populations and to pig holdings. As a result, it may spread from one Member State to another
Member State and to third countries through trade in live pigs or their products.
(3) Council Directive 2002/60/EC (3) lays down minimum measures to be applied within the Union for the control
of African swine fever. In particular, Article 15 of Directive 2002/60/EC provides for certain measures to be
taken following the confirmation of one or more cases of African swine fever in feral pigs.
(4) Hungary has informed the Commission of the current African swine fever situation on its territory, and in
accordance with Article 15 of Directive 2002/60/EC, it has taken a number of measures including the
establishment of an infected area, where the measures referred to in Article 15 of that Directive are applied, in
order to prevent the spread of that disease.
(5) In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to
trade by third countries, it is necessary to identify at Union level the infected area for African swine fever in
Hungary in collaboration with that Member State.
(6) Accordingly, pending the meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, the infected
area in Hungary should be listed in the Annex to this Decision and the duration of that regionalisation fixed.
(7) This Decision is to be reviewed at the next meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and
Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Hungary shall ensure that the infected area established by Hungary, where the measures provided for in Article 15 of
Directive 2002/60/EC apply, comprises at least the areas listed in the Annex to this Decision.
(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(3) Council Directive 2002/60/EC of 27 June 2002 laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine fever and amending
Directive 92/119/EEC as regards Teschen disease and African swine fever (OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 27).30.4.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 110/137
Article 2
This Decision shall apply until 30 June 2018.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to Hungary.
Done at Brussels, 27 April 2018.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the CommissionL 110/138 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2018
ANNEX
Areas established as the infected area in Hungary as referred to in Article 1 Date until applicable
Territory of the county of Heves located north of the motorway E 71 30 June 2018