
Article 1 

1. Germany shall ensure that no pigs are dispatched from its territory to other Member States and to third countries.
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, Germany may authorise the direct transport of slaughter pigs to a slaughterhouse outside Germany for immediate slaughter, provided that the pigs have been resident for at least 60 days, or since birth if less than 60 days of age, on a single holding which
(a) is situated outside the areas listed in Annex I, and
(b) has not received live pigs during the 60-day period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs,
(c) on which the examinations in accordance with Chapter IV (D) (3) of Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results.
3. The competent veterinary authority of Germany shall ensure that the notification of the dispatch of pigs to other Member States is communicated to the central and local veterinary authorities of the Member State of destination and any Member State of transit at least three days before the date of dispatch.
Article 2 

1. Without prejudice to the measures provided for in Directive 2001/89/EC, and in particular Articles 9, 10 and 11 thereof, Germany shall ensure that
(a) no pigs are transported from and to holdings situated within the areas listed in Annex I;
(b) transport of pigs for slaughter coming from holdings situated outside the area listed in Annex I to slaughterhouses located within those areas and transit of pigs through those areas is only allowed:
((i)) via major roads or railways; and
((ii)) in accordance with the detailed instructions provided for by the competent authority to prevent the pigs in question coming into direct or indirect contact with other pigs during transport.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a) and not earlier than 10 days after coming into force of this Decision the competent authority may authorise the transport of pigs from a holding situated within the areas listed in Annex I:
(a) directly to a slaughterhouse situated within those areas; or
(b) in exceptional cases, to designated slaughterhouses in Germany located outside those areas, for immediate slaughter, provided the pigs are dispatched from a holding on which the examinations in accordance with Chapter IV (D) (3) of Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results.
Article 3 
Germany shall ensure that no consignments of the following commodities are dispatched to other Member States and to third countries:

((a)) porcine semen, unless the semen originates from boars kept at a collection centre referred to in Article 3(a) of Directive 90/429/EEC and situated outside the areas listed in Annex I;
((b)) ova and embryos of swine, unless the ova and embryos originate from swine kept at a holding situated outside the areas listed in Annex I.
Article 4 
Germany shall ensure that the health certificate provided for in:

((a)) Directive 64/432/EEC accompanying pigs dispatched from Germany must be completed by the following:
‘Animals in accordance with Commission Decision 2006/274/EC of 6 April 2006 concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany’.
((b)) Directive 90/429/EEC accompanying semen from boars dispatched from Germany must be completed by the following:
‘Semen in accordance with Commission Decision 2006/274/EC of 6 April 2006 concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany’.
((c)) Decision 95/483/EC accompanying ova and embryos of swine dispatched from Germany must be completed by the following:
‘Ova/Embryos (delete as appropriate) in accordance with Commission Decision 2006/274/EC of 6 April 2006 concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany’.
Article 5 
Germany shall ensure that:

1.. within the areas listed in Annex I risk based zones are defined by the competent authorities and that at least the services provided by persons in direct contact to pigs or requiring entering the housing areas for pigs and the use of vehicles for transport of feed, manure or dead animals to and from pig holdings situated in the areas listed in Annexe I are limited to those compartments and are not shared with other parts of the Community, unless after thorough cleansing and disinfection of the vehicles, equipment and any other fomite and a minimum absence of any contact to pigs or pig holdings of at least 3 days;
2.. in the areas listed in Annex I surveillance measures are carried out in accordance with the principles set up in Annex II;
3.. preventive disease control measures are applied as necessary, in accordance with Article 4 (3) (a) of Council Directive 2001/89/EC;
4.. an appropriate information campaign is addressed to pig farmers.
Article 6 

1. Member States shall not send pigs to slaughterhouses in the areas listed in Annex I.
2. Member States shall ensure that:
(a) vehicles which have been used for the transport of pigs in Germany or have entered a holding where pigs are kept in Germany are cleaned and disinfected twice after each operation; and suspended from transport of pigs for not less than 3 days;
(b) the transporters furnish proof to the competent authority of such disinfection.
Article 7 
The Member States shall amend the measures they apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision and they shall give immediate appropriate publicity to the measures adopted. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Article 8 
This Decision shall apply until 15 May 2006.
Article 9 
Decision 2006/254/EC is repealed.
Article 10 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 April 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

Areas in Germany referred to in Articles 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6:
The whole of the territory of North Rhine-Westfalia.

ANNEX II

In accordance with Article 5(2), Germany shall ensure that in the areas listed in Annex I the following surveillance measures are implemented:

((a)) any case of a contagious disease in pig holdings for which a treatment with antibiotic or other antibacterial drugs is indicated, shall be reported to the competent veterinary authorities without delay and before treatment is commenced,
((b)) in the pig holdings referred to in (a), the clinical examinations and sampling procedures laid down in Chapter IV (A) of the Annex to Commission Decision 2002/106/EC are carried out by a veterinarian without delay.
