29.3.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 95/47 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 27 March 2014 concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States (notified under document C(2014) 1979) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/178/EV) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (!), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof, 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 (), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (}), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Council Directive 2002/60/EC (¥) lays down the minimum measures to be applied within the Union for the control of African swine fever, including the measures to be taken in the event of an outbreak of African swine fever and in cases where African swine fever is suspected or confirmed in feral pigs. Those measures include plans to be developed and implemented by Member States, and approved by the Commission, for the eradication of African swine fever from a feral pig population. (2)  Commission Decision 2005/363/EC (°) was adopted in response to the presence of African swine fever in Sardinia, Italy. That Decision lays down animal health rules on the movement, dispatch and marking of pigs and certain pig products from Sardinia, in order to () OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13. () OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. () OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11. (*) Council Directive 2002/60/EC of 27 June 2002 laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine fever and amending Directive 92/119/EEC as regards Teschen disease and African swine fever (O] L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 27). (°) Commission Decision 2005/363/EC of 2 May 2005 concerning animal health protection measures against African swine fever in Sardinia, Italy (O] L 118, 5.5.2005, p. 39). prevent the spread of that disease to other areas of the Union. (3 In addition, Commission Decision 2005/362/EC (°) approved a plan submitted by Italy to the Commission for the eradication of African swine fever in feral pigs in Sardinia. (4) In 2014, cases of African swine fever in feral pigs, more specifically in wildboar, occurred in Lithuania and Poland due to the introduction of the African swine fever virus from neighbouring third countries where that disease is present. In order to focus the control measures and to prevent disease spread as well as to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade by third countries, a Union list of infected areas in those countries was urgently established in collaboration with the Member States concerned by means of Commission Implementing Decision 2014/93/EU (') and Commission Implementing Decision 2014/134/EU (%) which both apply until 30 April 2014. (5)  African swine fever can be considered an endemic disease in the domestic and feral pig populations of certain third countries bordering the Union and represents a permanent threat for the Union. (6)  The disease situation is liable to endanger the pig herds in other regions of Lithuania, Italy and Poland and also in other Member States, notably in view of trade in commodities from porcine animals. (7)  Lithuania and Poland have taken measures to combat African swine fever within the framework of Directive 2002/60/EC and they are due to submit their plan for the eradication of African swine fever in feral pigs to the Commission for approval in accordance with Article 16 of that Directive. (°) Commission Decision 2005/362/EC of 2 May 2005 approving the plan for the eradication of African swine fever in feral pigs in Sardina, Italy (OJ L 118, 5.5.2005, p. 37). (7) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/93/EU of 14 February 2014 concerning certain protective measures relating to African swine fever in Lithuania (O] L 46, 18.2.2014, p. 20). (®) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/134/EU of 12 March 2014 concerning certain protective measures relating to African swine fever in Poland (O] L 74, 14.3.2014, p. 63).