27.12. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 339/33 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 11 December 1984 amending Directive 80/217/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (84/645/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof, Having regard to the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas Directive 80/217/EEC (#), as last amended by Directive 81/476/EEC (), introduced Community measures to be applied in the event of suspected or confirmed cases of classical swine fever; Whereas, in view of the way in which the disease has developed, the measures implemented should be stepped up; Whereas the conditions for carrying out the protective vaccination of herds threatened with contamination and the conditions for controlling the movement of livestock should be specified; Whereas, in the event of the disease assuming serious epizootic proportions, it must be possible to make regional measures, in particular preventive vaccination, compulsory; whereas, to this end, provision should be made for a rapid procedure for initiating close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission; Whereas, in order to increase the effectiveness of Community recommendations regarding the intensification of measures to combat swine fever, it scems necessary to provide for the suspension of Community financial aid by way of derogation from Decision 80/1096/EEC (¢), 1) O No C 19, 26. 1. 1984, p. 6. ‘) O] No C 127, 14, 5. 1984, p. 186. ) OJ No C 206, 6. 8. 1984, p. 44. (°) OJ No L 186, 8. 7. 1981, p. 20. 'y OJ No L 325,1.12. 1980, p. 5. proposal  from the HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 80/217/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. In the seventh indent of Article 5 (1), ‘15 days’ is replaced by ‘30 days’. 2. Artcle 9 is amended as follows: (i) in paragraph 1, ‘2 kilometres’ is replaced by ‘3 kilometres’; (ii) the second indent of paragraph 2 (a) is replaced by the following: € — the pigs may not be removed from the holding on which they are kept during the first 15 days. Between the 15th day and the 30th day the pigs may not be removed from the said holding except to be transported under official supervision directly to a slaughterhouse for the purpose of immediate slaughter. Such transport may be authorized by the competent authority only after the official veterinarian has carried out an examination of all pigs on the holding and confirmed that none of the pigs ~ is suspected of being infected with swine fever,”; , (i) in paragraph 2 (b), ‘15 days’ is replaced by ‘30 days’. 3. Article 14 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 14 1.  Member States shall ensure that in general the following measures are applied: — the use of specific immune-serum or sero- vaccination is prohibited, — the manufacture, sale for any purpose, distribution and use of swine fever vaccine are placed under official control, — requirements relating to swine fever vaccine established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16 are observed, — swine fever vaccines imported from third countries are authorized and checked by the