Commission Implementing Decision of 9 October 2014 concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States and repealing Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU (notified under document C(2014) 7222) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/709/EU)

[F1 Article 16a U.K. Channelling procedure

The competent authority shall ensure that the channelling procedure complies with the following requirements:

1.

each truck and other vehicles that are used for the transport of live pigs have been:

(a)

individually registered by the competent authority of the Member State of dispatch for the purpose of the transport of live pigs using the channelling procedure;

(b)

sealed by the official veterinarian after loading; only the official from the competent authority may break the seal and replace it with a new one; each loading or replacement of seals must be notified to the competent authority;

2.

the transport takes place:

(a)

directly, without stopping;

(b)

taking the route that has been authorised by the competent authority;

3.

the official veterinarian responsible for the holding of destination must confirm each arrival to the competent authority of origin;

4.

after unloading of the live pigs the truck or vehicle and any other equipment which have been used in the transport of these pigs, are cleaned and disinfected in their entirety within the closed area of the place of destination under the supervision of the official veterinarian. Article 12(a) of Directive 2002/60/EC shall apply;

5.

before the first dispatch from areas listed in Part III of the Annex takes place, the competent authority of origin shall ensure that the necessary arrangements are in place with the relevant authorities within the meaning of point (c) of Annex VI to Directive 2002/60/EC in order to ensure that the emergency plan, the chain of command and full cooperation of services in case of accidents during the transport, a major breakdown of the truck or other vehicle or any fraudulent action of the operator. The operators of the trucks shall immediately notify the competent authority of any accident or major breakdown of the truck or the vehicle.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2433 of 18 December 2015 amending Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU as regards the animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States (notified under document C(2015) 9168) (Text with EEA relevance).