Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 of 26 October 2007 on implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongue (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 1266)

1. Introductory Text

2. CHAPTER 1 SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS

   1. Article 1. Subject matter

   2. Article 2. Definitions

3. CHAPTER 2 MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

   1. Article 3. Notification of bluetongue

   2. Article 4. Bluetongue monitoring and surveillance programmes

   3. Article 5. Epidemiological information

4. CHAPTER 3 RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENTS OF ANIMALS AND OF THEIR SEMEN, OVA AND EMBRYOS

   1. Article 6. Restricted zones

   2. Article 7. Conditions for movements within the same restricted zone

   3. Article 8. Conditions for exemption from the exit ban provided for in Directive 2000/75/EC

   4. Article 9. Further conditions for the transit of animals

5. CHAPTER 4 FINAL PROVISIONS

   1. Article 10. Repeal

   2. Article 11. Entry into force

6. Signature

7. 1. ANNEX I

      Minimum requirements for bluetongue monitoring and surveillance programmes (referred to in Article 4)

      1. 1. Minimum requirements for bluetongue monitoring programmes to be implemented by...

      2. 2. Minimum requirements for bluetongue surveillance programmes to be implemented by...

   2. ANNEX II

      Information to be transmitted by the Member States to the BT-Net system (referred to in Article 5(2))

      1. The information to be transmitted by the Member States to...

      2. 1. Bluetongue serological/virological data

      3. 2. Bluetongue entomological data

      4. 3. Bluetongue vaccination data

   3. ANNEX III

      Conditions for exemption from the exit ban (referred to in Articles 7(2)(a) and 8(1)(a))

      1. A. Animals

      2. B. Semen of animals

      3. C. Ova and embryos of animals

         1. 1. In vivo derived embryos and ova of bovine animals must...

         2. 2. In vivo derived embryos and ova of animals other than...

   4. ANNEX IV

      Criteria for the designation of slaughterhouses for exemption from the exit ban (referred to in the second paragraph of Article 8(4))

      1. For the purpose of the risk assessment for the designation...

      2. the data available through the monitoring and surveillance programmes, especially...

   5. ANNEX V

      Criteria for the definition of the seasonally vector-free period (referred to in Article 9(3))

      1. For the purpose of determining a bluetongue seasonally-free zone, the...

      2. 1. General criteria

         1. (a) A bluetongue monitoring and/or surveillance programme must be in place....

         2. (b) The specific criteria and thresholds used for the determination of...

         3. (c) The criteria used for the determination of the seasonal vector-free...

      3. 2. Specific criteria

         1. (a) No bluetongue virus circulation within the epidemiologically relevant geographical area,...

         2. (b) Cessation of vector and likely vector activity, as demonstrated through...

         3. (c) Captures of Culicoides species proven or suspected to be the...

      4. 3. Additional criteria

         1. (a) Temperature conditions that impact on the behaviour of the vectors...