L 183/46 Official Journal of the European Union 22.7.2003 COMMISSION DECISION of 18 July 2003 concerning protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg (notified under document number C(2003) 2535) (Text with EEA relevance) (2003/526/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 90/425[/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (*), as last amended by Directive 2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (%), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) In response to classical swine fever in certain bordering parts of France, Germany and Luxembourg, the Commis- sion has adopted: Decision 2002/626/EC of 25 July 2002 approving the plan submitted by France for the eradication of classical swine fever from feral pigs in Moselle and Meurthe-et-Moselle (*); Decision 2002/1009/ EC of 27 December 2002 concerning protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg (*); Decision 2003/ 135/EC of 27 February 2003 on the approval of the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever in Germany, in the federal states of Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland (%); Decision 2003/136/EC of 27 February 2003 on the approval of the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and emergency vaccina- tion of feral pigs against classical swine fever in Luxem- bourg (°); Decision 2003/363/EC of 14 May 2003 approving the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of Belgium (’). 2)  In the light of the current epidemiological situation and location of the most recent cases of disease in the feral pigs it is appropriate to apply the measures which had 1 () OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. () OJ L 315,19.11.2002, p. 14. () OJ L 200, 30.7.2002, p. 37. () OJL126,20.5.1999, p. 21. () OJL 53, 28.2.2003, p. 47. (9 OJL 53, 28.2.2003, p. 52. () OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 43. been established by Decision 2002/1009/EC, and to amend the areas of France and Germany where these measures shall apply. (3)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor- dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Atrticle 1 This Decision shall apply without prejudice to the plans submitted by the Member States and approved by the Commis- sion by Decisions 2002/626/EC, 2003/135/EC, 2003/136/EC and 2003/363/EC. Atticle 2 1. Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Germany (hereinafter: ‘the Member States concerned’) shall ensure that no pigs are dispatched from those Member States unless the pigs: (a) come from an area outside the areas described in the Annex; and (b) come from a holding where no live pigs proceeding from the areas listed in the Annex have been introduced during the 30-day period immediately prior to the dispatch of the pigs in question. 2. The Member States concerned shall ensure that the transit of pigs through the areas described in the Annex only takes place on major roads or railways, without any stops by the vehicle transporting the pigs.