Question 24703 — breeding

Summary

Mr. Yves Daniel questions the Minister of Agriculture and Food on the obligation for domestic swine producers to completely enclose their farm to avoid any contact with wild swine fever and thus avoid the possible spread of African swine fever. Indeed, the decree of October 16, 2018 relating to biosecurity measures applicable in farms holding suids within the framework of the prevention of African swine fever and other regulated health dangers stipulates, in IV of Article 4 that “all farms must have a protection system to avoid any direct contact between domestic swine kept on the farm and wild swine, as defined by instruction from the minister responsible for agriculture or by the guides to good hygiene practices mentioned in I. of Article 3 of this decree. In practice, domestic swine producers are required, before January 1, 2021, to enclose their farm with a solid wall 1.3 m high or with a protection system comprising two fences, both to avoid any intrusion by wild boars but also to avoid any snout-to-snout contact between kept pigs and wild boars. If, in Pays de Loire, the The operators concerned have the possibility of requesting State aid via a call for projects, this only amounts to 30% of the total amount of work undertaken. However, most suid farms are large and the length of fence to be installed is therefore significant. The investment remaining to be borne by operators is in fact very significant, too important even, in view of their available financial resources. To the extent that these investments are not of their making, that they follow a decree and that they are made with the aim of protecting public health, it does not seem fair that it is up to the operators alone to bear the remainder. Also, he would like to know what measures the Minister intends to take, by January 1, 2021, so that operators are fully financially assisted in the construction of the fences returned mandatory by the biosecurity order applying to domestic swine farms in order to protect their animals from African swine fever.

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