26.1.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 23[9 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 24 January 2012 amending Decision 2008/855/EC as regards the dispatch to other Member States of certain meat and meat products from holdings situated in the areas listed in Part III of the Annex thereto (notified under document C(2012) 181) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/40/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, Whereas: (1)  Commission Decision 2008/855/EC of 3 November 2008 concerning animal health control measures relating to classical swine fever in certain Member States (°) lays down certain control measures applicable in relation to classical swine fever in the Member States or regions thereof set out in the Annex thereto. (2)  Article 7(1) of Decision 2008/855/EC provides that Member States concerned with areas listed in Part III of the Annex thereto are to ensure that no consignments of fresh pigmeat from holdings located in the areas listed in Part III of that Annex, and meat preparations and meat products consisting of or containing such meat are dispatched from those areas to other Member States. (3)  Part IIl of that Annex currently lists the whole territory of Romania. (4)  Romania has provided information to the Commission showing that the classical swine fever situation in that Member State has significantly improved since the adoption of Decision 2008/855/EC. (5)  Romania has requested that the dispatch to other Member States of fresh pigmeat and meat preparations and meat products consisting of or containing fresh meat OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13. () OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. OJ L 302, 13.11.2008, p. 19. from pigs kept in that Member State be permitted, provided that the safety of those commodities is ensured by means of a channelled system. (6)  Such system would consist of holdings or one or more epidemiological units operating a common bio-security management system and an established supply chain, to ensure a distinct health status for classical swine fever for the subpopulation of pigs kept therein. Those holdings or epidemiological units are situated in areas in which surveillance, control and bio-security measures are being applied. (7)  The holdings belonging to the channelled system and the establishments which are producing, storing and processing fresh pigmeat and meat preparations and meat products consisting of or containing such meat should be approved by the competent authority and notified to the Commission, provided that they meet the additional health conditions laid down in Decision 2008/855/EC. (8)  In addition, the production, storage and processing of such meat and meat preparations and meat products consisting of or containing such meat should be carried out separately from that of other products consisting of or containing meat derived from pigs from holdings outside the channelling system located in the areas listed in Part III of the Annex to Decision 2008/855/EC. (9 In order to ensure the safety of meat, meat products and meat preparations produced under the channelling system, regular inspections should be carried out by the competent authority in the holdings which form part of the channelled system. (10)  Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (%) establishes the minimum Union measures for the control of classical swine fever. That Directive provides that, as soon as confirmation of a primary case of classical swine fever in feral pigs has taken place, in order to reduce the spread of the disease, the competent authority of a Member State is to immediately order a number of measures detailed in that Directive. (11)  The regular inspections carried out by the competent authority in the holdings which form part of the chan- nelled system should in particular verify that those measures are effectively applied. () O] L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.