No L 143/44 Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 6. 83 COMMISSION DECISION of 17 May 1983 amending Decision 83/216/EEC concerning certain measures of protection against classical swine fever (83/259/EEC) THE COMMISSION 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 82/893/EEC (3, and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas following the epizootic of classical swine fever which was declared in certain regions of the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Commission adopted Decision 83/216/EEC of 21 . April 1983 concerning certain measures of protection against classical swine fever(%); Whereas since then the disease has spread to other parts of the German territory ; whereas those measures should therefore be extended to these new parts of the territory ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision _ are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing. Veterinary Committee, () OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64. ] No L 378, 31. 12. 1982, p. 57. J No L 121, 7. 5. 1983, p. 21. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 Article 1 of Commission Decision 83/216/EEC of 21 April 1983 is hereby replaced by the following : ‘Article 1 Member States shall forbid the introduction into . their territory of live pigs intended for breeding or fattening coming from a “Kreis” in which classical swine fever has occurred within the last 28 days prior to consignment and situated in the following regions of the Federal Republic of Germany : Diisseldorf, Braunschweig, Kéln, Unterfranken and Miinster.’ Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 May 1983. \ For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission