L 345/30 Official Journal of the European Union 28.12.2005 COMMISSION DECISION of 23 December 2005 amending Decision 2003/135/EC as regards the extension of the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever in certain areas of the Federal States of North Rhine-Westfalia and Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) (notified under document number C(2005) 5621) (Only the German and French texts are authentic) (2005/950/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (1), and in particular Articles 16(1) and 20(2) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Decision 2003/135/EC of 27 February 2003 on the approval of the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever in Germany, in the Federal States of Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland (2 was adopted as one of a number of measures to combat classical swine fever. (2)  The disease was successfully eradicated in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the approved eradication plan adopted for certain areas of this Federal State was lifted by Commission Decision 2005/58/EC of 26 January 2005 amending Decision 2003/135/EC as regards the termination of the eradication and vacci- nation plans in the Federal States of Lower-Saxony and North Rhine-Westfalia and the eradication plan in the Federal States of Saarland (Germany) (). (3)  The German authorities have informed the Commission on the re-occurrence during October 2005 of the disease in feral pigs in certain areas of North Rhine-Westfalia and have amended the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever accordingly and notified it to the Commission. () OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5. Directive as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession. (® OJ L 53, 28.2.2003, p. 47. Decision as last amended by Decision 2005/236/EC (O] L 72, 18.3.2005, p. 44). () OJ L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 45. (@)  In the light of the epidemiological information, the eradi- cation plan in Germany should be extended to areas in the district of Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia and the districts of Ahrweiler and Daun in Rhineland-Pala- tinate. In addition, the emergency vaccination plan for feral pigs against classical swine fever should be amended to cover those areas. (5)  Decision 2003/135/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. (6)  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 The Annex to Decision 2003/135/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision. Atrticle 2 This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic. Done at Brussels, 23 December 2005. For the Commission Markos KYPRIANOU Member of the Commission