CHAPTER VICONTROL PROGRAMMES AND VACCINATION
SECTION 1Surveillance and eradication programmes
Article 46Period of application of programmes
1
Programmes shall continue to be applied until:
a
the requirements laid down in Annex V have been fulfilled, and the Member State, zone or compartment is declared free of the disease;
or
b
the programme is withdrawn, namely if it no longer fulfils its purpose, by the competent authority of the Member State concerned, or by the Commission.
2
If the programme is withdrawn as provided for in paragraph 1(b), the Member State concerned shall apply the containment measures in Article 39 from the date of withdrawal of the programme.