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Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

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[F14. Following the decision to implement option 3 laid down in point 2.2.2.(d) or the derogation provided for in point 2.2.2.(c)(iii), the following measures shall immediately apply to the holding: U.K.

4.1.

The holding shall be subjected to an intensified TSE monitoring protocol including the testing for the presence of TSE in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2, of all of the following animals which are over the age of 18 months, except ovine animals of the ARR/ARR genotype:

(a)

animals which have been slaughtered for human consumption;

(b)

animals which have died or been killed on the holding but which were not killed in the framework of a disease eradication campaign.

4.2.

Only the following ovine animals may be introduced to the holding:

(a)

male ovine animals of the ARR/ARR genotype;

(b)

female ovine animals carrying at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele.

However, by way of derogation from points (a) and (b), a Member State may allow the animals referred to in points (c) and (d) to be introduced to the holding where the breed reared in the holding is listed by the Member State as a local breed in danger of being lost to farming in accordance with Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 (1) , and where the frequency of the ARR allele within the breed is low:

(c)

male ovine animals carrying at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele;

(d)

female ovine animals carrying no VRQ allele.

4.3.

Only the following breeding rams and ovine germinal products may be used in the holding:

(a)

male ovine animals of the ARR/ARR genotype;

(b)

semen from rams of the ARR/ARR genotype;

(c)

embryos carrying at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele.

However, by way of derogation from points (a), (b) and (c), a Member State may allow the breeding rams and ovine germinal products referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) to be used in the holding where the breed reared in the holding is listed by the Member State as a local breed in danger of being lost to farming in accordance with Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006, and where the frequency of the ARR allele within the breed is low:

(d)

male ovine animals carrying at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele;

(e)

semen from male ovine animals carrying at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele;

(f)

embryos carrying no VRQ allele.

4.4.

Movement of animals from the holding shall be allowed for the purposes of destruction, or shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a)

rams and ewes of the ARR/ARR genotype may be moved from the holding for all purposes, including breeding, provided that they are moved to other holdings which are subject to the application of measures in accordance with point 2.2.2.(c) or 2.2.2.(d);

(b)

the following animals may be moved from the holding to go directly for slaughter for human consumption:

  • either ovine animals carrying at least one ARR allele and, if the Member State so decides, lambs and kids less than three months old on the date of slaughter;

  • or all animals when the Member State has decided to apply the derogation from option 2 laid down in point 2.2.2.(c)(iii) or option 3 laid down in point 2.2.2.(d).

(c)

if the Member State so decides, lambs and kids may be moved to one other holding located within its territory solely for the purposes of fattening prior to slaughter subject to compliance with the following conditions:

  • the holding of destination shall not contain any ovine or caprine animals other than those being fattened prior to slaughter;

  • at the end of the fattening period, the lambs and kids originating from the holdings subject to the eradication measures shall be transported directly to a slaughterhouse located within the territory of the same Member State to be slaughtered not later than when they are 12 months of age.

4.5.

Movement of germinal products from the holding shall be subject to the following conditions: the Member State shall ensure that no semen, embryo and ova are dispatched from the holding.

4.6.

Common grazing of all ovine and caprine animals in the holding with ovine and caprine animals of other holdings shall be prohibited during the lambing and kidding period.

Outside of the lambing and kidding period, common grazing shall be subject to restrictions to be determined by the Member State, based on a reasoned consideration of all the epidemiological factors.

4.7.

The restrictions set out in point 2.2.2.(a) and in points 4.1 to 4.6 shall continue to apply for a period of two years following the detection of the last TSE case, other than atypical scrapie, on the holdings where option 3 laid down in point 2.2.2.(d) has been implemented. If a case of atypical scrapie is confirmed during this two-year period the holding shall also be subject to the measures referred to in point 2.2.3.

In holdings where the derogation from option 2 provided for in point 2.2.2.(c)(iii) has been implemented, the restrictions set out in point 2.2.2.(a) and in points 4.1 to 4.6 shall apply until the complete destruction or slaughtering for human consumption of the animals identified for killing in accordance with point 2.2.2.(c), after which the restrictions laid out in point 3 shall be applicable.]

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