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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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 and in particular the third sentence of Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2005/779/EC of 8 November 2005 concerning animal health protection measures against swine vesicular disease in Italy was adopted in response to the presence of that disease in Italy. That Decision lays down animal health rules as regards swine vesicular disease for regions of that Member State that are recognised as free from swine vesicular disease and those not recognised as free from that disease. Those regions are listed in the Annexes to Decision 2005/779/EC.

(2) A programme for the eradication and monitoring of swine vesicular disease has been implemented in Italy for several years, with a view to achieving disease-free status in all regions of Italy.

(3) Italy has submitted information to the Commission as regards the swine vesicular disease-free status of Sicily, demonstrating that the disease has been eradicated from that region. Following the examination of that information and given the favourable results of the implementation of the yearly eradication and monitoring programmes in Italy, it is appropriate that Sicily be recognised as free from swine vesicular disease.

(4) Decision 2005/779/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2005/779/EC is amended as follows:

1. In Annex I, the following entry is inserted after the entry for Sardinia:

— Sicily.

2. In Annex II, the entry for Sicily is deleted.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2008. For the Commission Androulla Vassiliou Member of the Commission

Versions

1. 2008-12-18

Cited by

• Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2030 of 13 November 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants as regards Annex I (Text with EEA relevance) Regulation · Grade B

  Decision 2009/2, adopted by the CLRTAP Executive Body at its 27th Session from 14 to 18 December 2009, identified short-chain chlorinated paraffins (hereinafter SCCPs) as a persistent organic pollutant. As such, they were added to the Protocol for elimination, subject to two exemptions: use as fire retardants in rubber used in conveyor belts in the mining industry or in dam sealants. Decision 2009/2 obliges the Parties to the Protocol to eliminate these two uses once suitable alternatives are available. 2/EC was implemented in the law of the Union by Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2012, whi

• Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2030 of 13 November 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants as regards Annex I (Text with EEA relevance) Regulation · Grade B

  The SCCPs entry in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 provides for derogation for the production, placing on the market, and use of SCCPs in conveyor belts in the mining industry and in dam sealants. To comply with Decision 2009/2, according to that entry, as soon as new information on details of uses and safer alternative substances or technologies become available, the Commission must review the derogations with a view to phasing out the remaining uses of SCCPs. Such review, whilst mandated by Decision 2009/2, is in line with Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 850/2004.

• Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2030 of 13 November 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants as regards Annex I (Text with EEA relevance) Regulation · Grade B

  In accordance with Decision 2009/2 and the SCCPs entry in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004, the review of the exemptions should focus on the existence of suitable alternatives for the two remaining uses. Once such alternatives are identified, the exemptions should be deleted from the entry.

• Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2030 of 13 November 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants as regards Annex I (Text with EEA relevance) Regulation · Grade B

  There are suitable alternatives to the use of SCCPs in conveyor belts in the mining industry and in dam sealants. Consequently, the Commission is obliged by Decision 2009/2 and the review clause in the SCCPs entry in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 to eliminate those two uses. Although the industry appears to have voluntarily phased out those two uses, the exemptions in the entry should be deleted to ensure full compliance with the thrust of the international agreement to eliminate the use of persistent organic pollutants.