The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health voted in favour of European Commission proposals with regard to classical swine fever (CSF) in certain areas in France, Luxembourg, Germany and Spain.
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These areas, from where the export of live pigs and porcine semen, ova and embryos is banned, have been changed for the four countries and the periods when restrictions apply have been extended. In France the area has been reduced to the parts of the departments Moselle and Meurthe-et-Moselle close to the Luxembourg border.
In Luxembourg, due to two new outbreaks in the last few days, the area has been extended to the whole territory of the country.
In Germany, the part of North Rhine-Westphalia where the restrictions apply has been extended because of new cases in wild boar. In these three Member States, the measures are now applicable until 31 October 2002.
In Spain, no new outbreaks have been reported since five weeks. The restrictive measures will now only apply in the comarca of Osona, compared previously to the whole province of Barcelona and three comarcas in the province of Gerona. The measures in Spain are applicable until 31 July 2002.
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By GlobalDataThe proposals will now be adopted by the Commission. The situation will be reviewed at the next meeting of the Committee, scheduled for 2-3 July.
