27.12. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 339/27 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 11 December 1984 amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 72/461/EEC as regards certain measures relating to foot-and-mouth disease and swine vesicular disease (84/643/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 proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Commuittee (3), Whereas Directive 64/432/EEC (#), as last amended by Directive 83/646/EEC (%), lays down the conditions to be met, as regards health, by live cattle and pigs intended for intra-Community trade; Whereas the Member States currently apply different policies in the matter of the control and prevention of foot-and-mouth disease; whereas it is important to provide all the Member States, regardless of the health policy pursued, with appropriate guarantees, which are strictly necessary until such time as harmonized measures to combat foot-and-mouth disease are implemented; Whereas certain guarantees which may be required in respect of swine vesicular disease must be maintained within the framework of the rules applicable to intra-Community trade in live pigs, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 64/432/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. In Arucle 3 (3): — point (a) is deleted, — points (b), (c), (d) and (e) become points (a), (b), (c) and (d) respectively. (') O No C122,5.5.1984, p. 7. () Of No C 172, 2. 7. 1984, p. 185. (*) OJ No C 248, 17. 9. 1984, p. 16. (*) () ‘) O] No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64. ‘) O] No L 360, 23. 12. 1983, p. 44. In Article 3 (6): — point (a) is deleted, — points (b) and (c) become points (a) and (b) respectively. In the third sentence of Article 3 (7) (c) the phrase ‘paragraph 3 (b) and (c)’ is replaced by ‘paragraph 3 (a) and (b). Article 4 (a) and (b) is replaced by the following: ‘Article 4a - As regards the additional guarantees which may be required in respect of foot-and-mouth disease and - swine vesicular disease, the following rules shall apply: 1. Member States which have been free of foot-and-mouth disease for at least two years, which do not practise vaccination and which do not allow on to their territory animals which have been vaccinated less than one year previously may make the introduction on to their territory of live cattle and pigs subject to the following conditions: A. where the animals come from a Member State satisfying the same criteria, a guarantee that they have not been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease; B. where the animals come from a Member State which has been free of foot-and-mouth disease for at least two years, which practises vaccination and which allows vaccinated animals on to its territory: (a) a guarantee that the animals have not been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease; (b) a guarantee that the cattle have reacted negatively to a foot-and-mouth virus test carried out by the laryngo-pharyngeal scrape method (probang test); (c) a guarantee that the cattle and pigs have reacted negatively to a serological test carried out to detect the presence of foot-and-mouth antibodies;