L 19/20 Official Journal of the European Union 22.1.2011 COMMISSION DECISION of 19 January 2011 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in Bulgaria (notified under document C(2011) 179) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/44/EU) 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, Whereas: (1)~ On 5 January 2011 Bulgaria reported a case of foot-and- mouth disease in a wild boar shot in Burgas region in the South-East of Bulgaria within a zone of reinforced surveillance along the border with Turkey. The Commission therefore adopted Decision 2011/8/EU of 6 January 2011 concerning certain interim protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in Bulgaria (3). (2)  On 9 January 2011 Bulgaria reported outbreaks of foot- and-mouth disease in livestock in the same area. The new epidemiological situation requires to review the measures previously adopted, also in the light of the information provided by Bulgaria and the discussions with Member States at the meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health of 12 January 2011. (3)  The foot-and-mouth disease situation in Bulgaria is liable to endanger the herds of other Member States in view of trade in live biungulate animals and the placing on the market of certain of their products. (4)  Bulgaria has taken measures in the framework of Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and- mouth disease (), in particular the measures provided for in Section 3 of Chapter II and in Article 85(4) thereof. (5)  The whole territory of Bulgaria is subject to the restrictions of Articles 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 11 of () OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13. () O] L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. () OJ L 6, 11.1.2011, p. 15. (4 O] L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1. (10) (11) () (©) () 0] O] 0] Commission Decision 2008/855/EC of 3 November 2008 concerning animal health control measures relating to classical swine fever in certain Member States (°). However, being listed in Part II of the Annex to that Decision allows Bulgaria to dispatch under certain health conditions fresh pig meat and meat preparations and products produced from such meat. The disease situation in Bulgaria makes it necessary to reinforce the control measures for foot-and-mouth disease taken by the competent authorities in Bulgaria. It is appropriate to define as a permanent measure the high and low risk areas in the affected Member State and to provide for a prohibition on the dispatch of susceptible animals from the high and low risk areas and on the dispatch of products derived from susceptible animals from the high risk area. The Decision should also provide for the rules applicable to the dispatch from those areas of safe products that either had been produced before the restrictions, from raw material sourced from outside the restricted areas or that had undergone a treatment proven effective in inactivating possible foot-and-mouth disease virus. The size of the defined risk areas is a direct function of the outcome of tracing of possible contacts to the infected holding and takes into account the possibility to implement sufficient controls on the movement of animals and products. At this point of time and based on information provided by Bulgaria, the whole of Burgas region should currently remain a high risk area. The prohibition of dispatch should only cover products derived from animals of susceptible species coming from or obtained from animals originating in the high risk areas listed in Annex I and should not affect transit through these areas of such products coming from or obtained from animals originating in other areas. Council Directive 64/432/EEC (°) concerns animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine. Council Directive 91/68/EEC (’) concerns animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals. L 302, 13.11.2008, p. 19. 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64. L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19.