No L 116/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 5.90 COUNCIL DECISION of 25 April 1990 on financial aid from the Community for the eradication of African swine fever in Sardinia (90/217/BEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard: to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (*), Having regard to the opinion of the- European Parli- ament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (), ' Whereas African swine fever appeared in Sardinia in 1978 and in Community has already provided for financial assistance to Italy under Council Decision 80/1097/EEC of 11 November 1980 on financial aid from the Commu- nity for the eradication of African swine fever in Sardi- nia (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85(°); Whereas the continued presence of this disease prevents the free movement of live pigs, fresh pigmeat and certain pigmeat products; Whereas the- final -eradication of this - disease constitutes an essential prerequisite for the establishment — with tegard to trade in live pigs and pigmeat — of the internal market in the pig sector as well as for increasing the productivity of breeding and, consequently, improving the standard of living of persons engaged in this sector; Whereas the Italian Republic must present a new plan for the eradication of African swine fever within a period of five years; Whereas this eradication plan must include certain measures which ensure that the action taken is effective and a change in strategy; whereas adoption of these measures and their. adaptation to developments in the situation must involve a procedure in which the Member States and the Commission are-closely associated; () OJ No C 327, 30. 12. 1989, p. 54. () OJ No C 113, 7. 5. 1990. () OJ No C 62, 12. 3. 1990, p. 43. () OJ No L 325, 1. 12. 1980, p. 8. () OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8. Whereas the Member States should be kept regularly informed of the progress of the measures undertaken, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The Italian- Republic- shall draw up a new plan for the eradication of African swine fever in Sardinia. Article 2 The plan referred to in Article 1 must provide for, apart from an indication of the-organization that is to imple- ment and coordinate it: 1. measures to eliminate outbreaks of African swine fever, and more particularly : (a) the immediate killing and destruction of all the animals of porcine species on those holdings : — where a clinical case of African swine feveris diagnosed, — which, as a result of an epizootiological investi- gation,-can be considered as contaminated. Killing and-destruction shall be effected in such a way as to avoid any danger of spreading the virus ; (b) the cleansing and disinfection of, and elimination - of insect and rodent pests from, the holdings referred to in the first indent of (a) after the elimi- nation of the pigs; (c) immediate and adequate compensation for the owners of holdings whose pigs have been slaught- ered in accordance with (a); (d) a delay for health reasons before. restocking of holdings, the duration of-such delay being at least one month-after slaughter and the completion of the. operations provided for in paragraph (b) for holdings operating in enclosed premises: and -at least three months for other holdings;. (e) the gradual restocking of holdings by the prior introduction - of ‘sentinel’ pigs, in which the absence of African swine fever antibodies has been checked prior to their entry into the holding and again one month later; (f) continous serological surveillance of holdings until they are fully restocked ;