No L 280/24 Official Journal of-the European Communities 3.710. 87 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 22 September 1987 amending Directive 80/1095/EEC laying down conditions designed to render and keep the territory of the Community free from classical swine fever (87/487/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Decision 87/230/EEC of 7 April 1987 amending Directive 80/1095/EEC and Deci- sions 80/1096/EEC and 82/18/EEC with regard to the duration and the financial areas of measures for the eradi- cation of classical swine fever (), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (%), , Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas Council Directive 80/1095/EEC (%) lays down that Member States which are not officially swine fever- free must carry out national programmes with a view to eradicating the disease during a six-year period ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Decision 87/230/EEC, the Council is to decide in particular on the necessary measures which must be implemented by the Member States in order to achieve the eradication of classical swine fever in the Community; whereas such measures are likely to have repercussions on the entire set of Commu- nity regulations adopted to date with regard to animal health policy problems in the trade of animals and meat ; . whereas in order to guarantee the effectiveness of these measures, the provisions of these regulations should be amended as appropriate ; Whereas, because of a serious outbreak of classical swine fever in their territory during the period covered by Directive 80/1095/EEC, certain Member States have ex- perienced difficulties in completing their eradication programme ; - Whereas the disease has, thanks to the measures adopted to combat it, in particular the setting-up of vaccination areas, been brought under control ; whereas, therefore, the Member States concerned could continue to implement () OJ No L 99, 11. 4. 1987, p. 16. ) O] No C 295, 21. 11. 1986, p. 5. () OJ No C 76, 23. 3. 1987, p. 169. () OJ No C 83, 30. 3. 1987, p. 3. () OJ No L 325, 1. 12. 1980, p. 1. the control operations with a view to making the terri- tories in question free from classical swine fever and whereas an additional * four-year period is therefore required ; whereas these measures may prove necessary in those Member States from which the disease has already been eradicated ; Whereas in the light of those developments provision should be made for coordinating the arrangements for dlscontlnulng systematic vaccination where that type of vaccination is performed ; Whereas the establishment and maintenance of officially swine fever-free or swine fever-free Member States or parts of Member States will contribute to the free movement of live pigs and pigmeat as well as to improvements in the productivity of breeding herds and, as a result, to the income of those working in this sector, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE : Article 1 Directive 80/1095/EEC is amended as follows : 1. In Article 2: — in point 1, second indent, ‘in the preceding 12 months’ is inserted after ‘there are no pigs which have been vaccinated against swine fever, — in point 2, second subparagraph and in point 3, second subparagraph, ‘in the preceding 12 months’ is inserted after ‘in which the following contain no pigs which have been vaccinated against swine fever’. 2. The following Article is inserted: ‘Article 3a 1.  Any Member State which is not officially swine fever-free upon completion of the measure specified in Article 3 shall prepare a new plan for completlng the eradication of the disease. 2. The period for implementing the new plan shall be such that the total period for implementing the measures specified in Article 3 and in this Article is 10 years. The new plan must meet the requirements laid down in Article 4a and be approved in accordance with Article 5§ (3) of Decision 80/1096/EEC ('). () OJ No L 325, 1. 12. 1980, p. S’