No L 9/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 12.°1. 89 N COUNCIL DECISION of 14 December 1988 “derogating from prohibitions relating to African swine fever for certain areas in : Spain (89/21/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra- Community trade in bovine animals and swine (*), as last amended by Directive 88/406/EEC (%), and in particular Article 9a thereof, ~ Having regard to Council Directive 72/461/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra- Community trade in fresh meat (%), as last amended by Directive 87/489/EEC (*), and in particular Article 8a thereof, ’ Having regard to Council Directive 80/215/EEC of 22 January 1980 on animal health problems affecting intra- Community trade in meat products (°), as last amended by Directive 87/491/EEC (), and in particular Article 7a thereof, Whereas, pursuant to Article 9a (1) of Directive 64/432/EEC, Atrticle 8a (1) of Directive 72/461/EEC and Article 7a (1) of Directive 80/215/EEC, a derogation from the prohibition on the export of live swine, fresh pigmeat and certain meat products may be granted for one or more parts of the territory of a Member State where African swine fever has been recorded within the previous 12 months; Whereas a derogation as referred to in the above provisions, complies with Article 9b (1) of Directive 64/432/EEC, Article 8b (1) of Directive 72/461/EEC and Article 7b (1) of Directive 80/215/EEC; whereas .in particular it takes account of the methods for monitoring and eradicating African swine fever, of disease-free status for at least 12 months, of the part or parts of the territory and their administrative and geographical boundaries, of the protective measures taken to prevent the spread of the disease and of the measures taken to monitor the movements of swine ; (") OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64. () OF No L 194, 22. 7. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 24. (9 OJ No L 280, 3. 10. 1987, p. 28. ) O] No L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 4. (9 OJ No L 279, 2. 10. 1987, p. 27. Whereas the Spanish authorities have undertaken, in particular in a letter of 14 October 1988 to the Commission, to implement all measures. providing the necessary guarantees ; Whereas the Spanish authorities have also undertaken to implement, by 14 December 1988 at the latest, the measures set out below; Whereas to that end: — a ban has been introduced on movements of swine and fresh pigmeat from areas where African swine fever has been recorded to areas designated as qualifying under a derogation relating to intra- Community trade ; whereas pigmeat products which have undergone treatment involving natural fermen- tation and maturation of the type laid down for products such as Serrano ham, Chorizo and Lomo manufactured in areas where African swine fever has been recorded may be marketed and consumed in the areas designated as qualifying under a derogation provided that the fresh pigmeat used for the manufacture comes from swine which have undergone a serological test immediately prior to slaughter and have been found free of antibodies of the African swine fever virus, — meat products from the area designated as qualifying under a derogation relating to intra-Community trade must be stored and transported separately from meat products from areas where African swine fever has been recorded, — a system for the identification of slaughter pigs, which forms part of the national identification system for swine, has been adopted throughout Spain,, — the serological screening programme for African swine fever must continue to be applied throughout Spain, — the systematic slaughter policy is also to apply to a pig herd where only one or a few sero-positive pigs are identified in the said herd, — the systematic slaughter policy is to provide in all parts of Spain that: (a) an epidemiological investigation is to be carried out. The investigation is to take account of movement to and from the infected site of persons, livestock, vehicles, meat and any other material which may carry the African swine fever virus ;