No L 228/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 8. 85 COMMISSION DECISION of 19 July 1985 amending Decision 85/341/EEC concerning certain protective measures against African swine fever in Belgium (85/403/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 85/320/EEC (3, and in particular Articles 9, 9a and 9b thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 72/461/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra- Community trade in fresh meat (%), as last amended by Directive 85/322/EEC (¥), and in particular Article 8, 8a and 8b thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 80/215/EEC of 22 January 1980 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products (), as last amended by Directive 81/321/EEC (%), and in parti- cular Articles 7, 7a and 7b thereof, Whereas an outbreak of African swine fever has occurred in Belgium ; Whereas this outbreak is liable to endanger the herds of other Member States, in view of the trade in live pigs, fresh pigmeat and pigmeat products; Whereas, following this outbreak of African swine fever, the Commission adopted, inter alia, Decision 85/341/EEC () ; Whereas, in view of the stringent measures adopted by the Belgian authorities, the restrictions on trade could () OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64. (3 O] No L 168, 28. 6. 1985, p. 36. () OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 24. () OJ No L 168, 28. 6. 1985, p. 41. () OJ No L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 4. () OJ No L 168, 28. 6. 1985, p. 39. () OJ No L 179, 11. 7. 1985, p. 32. be applied on a regional basis, provided the disease is confined to a specific part of the Belgian territory; Whereas it is necessary to adjust the scope of the restrictive measures to take account of the way in which the disease has developed and of the action taken by the Belgian authorities ; Whereas, in the case of the exclusion of certain meat products from the prohibition measures it is necessary to lay down in accordance with Article 7 of Directive 80/215/EEC the precise treatments to which the products must be subjected ; Whereas the Belgian authorities marked pigmeat in the infection zone with the national identification mark during the period of acute infection and did not use the mark specified in Article Sa of Directive 72/461/EEC ; whereas the risk of infection presented by meat on which the latter mark has been used is reduced ; Whereas this Decision will be reviewed should its implementation create difficulties for the disposal of Community products ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 Decision 85/341/EEC is hereby amended as follows : 1. In Article 1 (2) 21 June 1985 is replaced by ‘19 July 1985’ 2. In Article 2 (3) 21 June 1985 is replaced by ‘19 July 1985’. 3. In Article 2, the following is added as paragraph 4 : ‘4. (a) The restrictive measures described in para- graph 1 are hereby lifted in respect of the communes of Staden and Lendelede.