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 (c. 999)

[F1 ANNEX VII U.K. CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 630/2013 of 28 June 2013 amending the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Text with EEA relevance).

CHAPTER C U.K. Minimum requirements for a breeding programme for resistance to TSEs in ovine animals in accordance with article 6A

PART 4 U.K. The framework for the recognition of the TSE-resistant status of flocks of ovine animals

1. The framework for the recognition of the TSE-resistant status of flocks of ovine animals shall recognise the TSE-resistant status of flocks of ovine animals that as a result of participation in the breeding programme as provided for in Article 6a, satisfy the criteria required in that programme. U.K.

That recognition shall be granted on at least the following two levels:

(a)

level I flocks shall be flocks composed entirely of ovine animals of the ARR/ARR genotype;

(b)

level II flocks shall be flocks whose progeny have been sired exclusively by rams of the ARR/ARR genotype.

Member States may decide to grant recognition on further levels to suit national requirements.

2. Regular random sampling of ovine animals from TSE-resistant flocks shall be carried out: U.K.

(a)

on the holding or at the slaughterhouse to verify their genotype;

(b)

in the case of level I flocks, in animals over 18 months of age at the slaughterhouse, for TSE testing in accordance with Annex III.]