Commission Regulation (EC) No 737/2002

of 29 April 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 416/2002 adopting exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1365/2000(2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In response to the outbreak of classical swine fever in certain production regions in Spain, Commission Regulation (EC) No 416/2002(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 574/2002(4), adopted exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Spain.

(2) Following the appearance of new cases of classical swine fever in Spain, the Spanish authorities established new protection and surveillance zones on 12 April 2002. The list of eligible zones given in Annex II to the Regulation concerned should therefore be updated in the light of the current veterinary situation from 16 April 2002.

(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 416/2002 is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 16 April 2002.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2002.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 63, 6.3.2002, p. 19.

(4) OJ L 87, 4.4.2002, p. 26.

ANNEX

"ANNEX II

In the province of Barcelona, the protection and surveillance zones defined in Annexes I and II of the "Ordre" of the Generalitat de Cataluña of 9 April 2002, published in DOGC (Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya) No 3614 of 12 April 2002, p. 6317."