[F1Article 2aU.K.Non-exotic disease-free status for a constituent GB territory
1.The appropriate authority for a constituent GB territory may declare that territory free of one or more of the non-exotic diseases listed in Annex 1A to Regulation 1251/2008 if—
(a)the conditions in paragraph 2 and, where applicable, paragraph 3 are met; and
(b)the requirements for surveillance, buffer zones, sampling and diagnostic methods set out in Decision (EU) 2015/1554 have been met.
2.The first condition is that—
(a)none of the species susceptible to the disease in question are present in the constituent GB territory;
(b)the pathogen is known not to be able to survive in the constituent GB territory and its water source; or
(c)the conditions in Part 1 of Annex 5 to Directive 2006/88/EC are met.
3.Where adjoining constituent GB territories or water catchment areas shared with a neighbouring constituent GB territory are not declared disease-free, the second condition is that appropriate buffer zones have been established to protect the disease-free territory from passive introduction of the disease.]
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