Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002Show full title

Article 8 Union reporting on the final results of the implementation of approved eradication programmes

1. Member States shall submit to the Commission the final report of their approved eradication programmes within 4 months of their completion.

2. The final report referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover:

(a) in case of compulsory eradication programmes, the period of application of these programmes from the last report submitted in accordance with point (b) of Article 7(2) until completion;

(b) in case of optional eradication programmes, the entire period of application from approval until completion.

3. The final report referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain the information specified in points (e) to (n) of Article 11(1) and in Article 11(2), as relevant, with the exception of the information previously provided in reports referred to in Article 7(1), when the Member States request:

(a) the recognition of disease-free status; or

(b) the extension of the period of application of eradication programmes in accordance with the second sentence of Article 15(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 or the second sentence of Article 49(2) of that Delegated Regulation.

4. When the Member State does not request the recognition for a category C disease of disease-free status or the extension of the period of application of eradication programes as referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 3, the Member State shall not submit the final report referred to in paragraph 1. Instead, the Member State shall submit to the Commission a declaration confirming that the eradication programme did not achieve disease eradication and that the extension of its period of application is not requested.

5. The final report referred to in paragraph 1 shall be submitted electronically via the ADIS.