2007/488/EC: Commission Decision of 11 July 2007 granting exemptions to Italy under Council Directive 92/119/EEC for the transport of pigs for slaughter on public and private roads to a slaughterhouse within protection zones in Cremona (notified under document number C(2007) 3314)
2007/488/EC: Commission Decision of 11 July 2007 granting exemptions to Italy under Council Directive 92/119/EEC for the transport of pigs for slaughter on public and private roads to a slaughterhouse within protection zones in Cremona (notified under document number C(2007) 3314)
Directive 92/119/EEC Β· Decision Β· 4 articles
Data as of 2026-07-04 Β· Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. Β· Read the official text β
Italy may authorise the transport of pigs for slaughter coming from outside the protection zones established on 7 and 15 May 2007 around the outbreaks of swine vesicular disease that occurred in the municipalities of Salvirola and Fiesco and the protection zone established on 14 June 2007 around the outbreak that occurred in the municipality of Offanengo, (the pigs), on public and private roads within those protection zones, to slaughterhouses β2037 M/Sβ and β523Mβ (the slaughterhouse), subject to the conditions set out in Article 2.
The conditions applying to the exemptions provided for in Article 1 are as follows:
(a)
the dispatch of the pigs must be notified at least 24 hours in advance by the official veterinarian for the holding of origin to the official veterinarian for the slaughterhouse;
(b)
the transport of the pigs to the slaughterhouse must be via a corridor; details of that corridor must be laid down in advance by Italy;
(c)
vehicles carrying the pigs must be sealed by the competent authority before or on entry to the corridor; at the time of sealing, the competent authority must record the registration number of the vehicle and the number of pigs transported therein;
(d)
on arrival at the slaughterhouse, the competent authority shall:
(i)
inspect and remove the seal on the vehicle;
(ii)
be present at the unloading of the pigs;
(iii)
record the registration number of the vehicle and the number of pigs therein;
(e)
any vehicle carrying pigs to the slaughterhouse shall undergo, immediately following unloading, cleaning and disinfection under official control and in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority, before the vehicle leaves the slaughterhouse.
