L 170/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 6. 98 COMMISSION DECISION of 29 May 1998 concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of live animals of bovine and porcine species from certain European countries (notified under document number C(1998) 1450) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/372/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Council Directive 72/462/EEC, of 12 December 1972, on health and veterinary inspection problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (3), and in particular Articles 6, 8 and 11, Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for import of domestic animals of the bovine and porcine species from Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Estonia, Croatia, Slovak Republic and Czech Republic, were established by Commission Decisions 92/322/EEC (°), 92/323/EEC (), 92/325/EEC (%), 92/402/EEC (%), 93/181/EEC ("), 93/182/EEC (¥), 93/183/EEC (°), 93/184/EEC (), 94/321/EC ('), 96/185/EC (%), 96/186/EC (%) respectively; Whereas, with a view to the internal market, numerous health measures have been established in the framework of trade inside the Community; whereas the realisation of this objective necessitates, in parallel, an adaptation of the health conditions required for importation of domestic animals of the bovine and porcine species from certain European countries; Whereas this adaptation must take into account the dif- ferent epidemiological situations in the European coun- tries concerned, and indeed in the different parts of their territories; whereas, given the existence of similar health 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28. 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31. 177, 30. 6. 1992, p. 1. 177, 30. 6. 1992, p. 18. 177, 30. 6. 1992, p. S2. 224, 8. 8. 1992, p. 18. 78, 31. 3. 1993, p. 1. 78, 31. 3. 1993, p. 11. 78, 31. 3. 1993, p. 21. 78, 31. 3. 1993, p. 31. 143, 8. 6. 1994, p. 11. 59, 8. 3. 1996, p. 23. 59, 8. 3. 1996, p. 41. 000000000 (LS ST St S et N S i ai el el el i 0000 SSSS situations between the various parts of those countries, it is necessary to take account of this fact in establishing a new system of health guarantees; Whereas, as a result, it is appropriate to establish different health certificates in accordance with the conditions required for the importation of domestic animals of the bovine and porcine species from those different categories of countries or parts of countries; Whereas, in order to clarify and simplify the Community legislation it is necessary to group together the health conditions required for imports of domestic animals of the bovine and porcine species from certain European countries and to repeal the decisions in force for those countries; Whereas the animal health situation of Albania, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macdedonia, and Russia does not allow the conditions for the imports of domestic animals of the bovine and porcine species to be estab- lished; Whereas each responsible veterinary authority of the concerned countries must confirm that their country or parts of their country have during the last 24 months been free from foot-and-mouth disease and during the last 12 months been free from rinderpest, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia encephalomyelitis (Teschen disease), swine vesicular disease and vesicular exanthema; whereas no vaccinations have been carried out against any of those diseases during the past 12 months; Whereas, in addition, the responsible veterinary author- ities of the concerned countries must undertake to notify the European Commission and the Member States, by telex or fax, within 24 hours of the confirmation of the occurrence of any of the abovementioned diseases or of the adoption of vaccination against any of them or, within an appropriate period, of any proposed changes in their import rules concerning bovine animals or swine or the semen or embryos thereof; whereas certain authorities have also undertaken to notify the Commission period- ically with updated information on monitoring and disease control plans for the abovementioned diseases in particular classical swine fever;