29. 6. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 171/29 COMMISSION DECISION of 16 June 1983 amending for the third time Decision 83/216/EEC concerning certain measures of protection against classical swine fever (83/321/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 persistence of the disease and its extension to other parts of the territory has led the Commission to amend that Decision by Decisions 83/259/EEC (*) and 83/262/EEC (), the measures applying being those in intra-Community trade of live pigs ; Whereas, in the light of the evolution of the disease, it is considered necessary to maintain the measures for live pigs coming from certain regions which are con- sidered as presenting a high risk of spreading the disease ; 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. () O] No L 378, 31. 12. 1982, p. 57. () OJ No L 121, 7. 5. 1983, p. 21. () OJ No L 143, 2. 6. 1983, p. 44. () O] No L 143, 2. 6. 1983, p. 48. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1, Commission Decision 83/216/EEC is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 1 is replaced by the following : ‘Article 1 The Member States shall forbid the introduction into their territory of live pigs 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, Unterfranken, Miinster and Kéln. 2. In Article 2, ‘19 May 1983’ is replaced by ‘16 June 1983’ ' 3. Article 4 is deleted. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 June 1983. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission