Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2444 of 17 December 2015 laying down standard requirements for the submission by Member States of national programmes for the eradication, control and surveillance of animal diseases and zoonoses for Union financing and repealing Decision 2008/425/EC (notified under document C(2015) 9192) (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 2444)

ANNEX V U.K.

4. Measures of the submitted programme to be implemented U.K.

4.1. Summary of measures under the programme: U.K.

4.2. Organisation, supervision and role of all stakeholders (1) involved in the programme: U.K.

4.3. Description and demarcation of the geographical and administrative areas in which the programme is to be implemented (2) : U.K.

4.4. The targets to be attained by the completion date of the programme and the anticipated benefits thereof: U.K.

4.5. Appropriate indicators to measure the achievement of the targets of the programme: U.K.

4.6. Description of the measures of the programme (3) : U.K.

4.6.1.

Notification of the disease

4.6.2.

Target animals and animal population

4.6.3.

Identification of animals and registration of holdings

4.6.4.

Qualifications of animals and herds(4)

4.6.5.

Rules on the movement of animals

4.6.6.

Tests used and sampling schemes

4.6.7.

Vaccines used and vaccination schemes

4.6.8.

Information and assessment on bio-security measures management and infrastructure in place in the holdings involved

4.6.9.

Measures in case of a positive result(5)

4.6.10.

Compensation scheme for owners of slaughtered and killed animals(6)

4.6.11.

Control on the implementation of the programme and reporting(7)

(1)

Describe the authorities in charge of supervising and coordinating the departments responsible for implementing the programme and the different operators involved. Describe the responsibilities of all stakeholders involved.

(2)

Describe the name and denomination, the administrative boundaries, and the surface of the administrative and geographical areas in which the programme is to be applied. Illustrate with maps.

(3)

A comprehensive description needs to be provided of all measures unless reference can be made to Union legislation. The national legislation in which the measures are laid down is also mentioned.

(4)

To mention only if applicable.

(5)

A description is provided of the measures as regards positive animals (description of the slaughter policy, destination of carcasses, use or treatment of animal products, the destruction of all products which could transmit the disease or the treatment of such products to avoid any possible contamination, a procedure for the disinfection of infected holdings, the therapeutic or preventive treatment chosen, a procedure for the restocking with healthy animals of holdings which have been depopulated by slaughter and the creation of a surveillance zone around the infected holding,).

(6)

Not for BT.

(7)

Describe the process and control that will be carried out in order to ensure the proper monitoring of the implementation of the programme.