Council Directive of 21 December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (82/894/EEC)

[F1 ANNEX I U.K. Diseases which are subject to notification

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision of 27 November 2012 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (notified under document C(2012) 8518) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/737/EU).

A. Diseases of terrestrial animals U.K.

• List A.1:

  • African horse sickness

  • African swine fever

  • Anthrax

  • Avian influenza (HPAI in poultry, captive birds and wild birds and LPAI in poultry and captive birds)

  • Bluetongue

  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

  • Classical swine fever

  • Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

  • Dourine

  • Equine encephalomyelitis of the following types:

    • Eastern equine encephalomyelitis

    • Japanese encephalitis

    • Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis

    • West Nile fever

    • Western equine encephalomyelitis

  • Equine infectious anaemia

  • Foot-and-mouth disease

  • Glanders

  • Lumpy skin disease

  • Newcastle disease

  • Peste des petits ruminants

  • Infection with rabies virus

  • Rift Valley fever

  • Rinderpest

  • Sheep pox and goat pox

  • Small hive beetle infestation ( Aethina tumida )

  • Swine vesicular disease

  • Tropilaelaps infestation of honey bees

  • Vesicular stomatitis

• List A.2:

  • Bovine brucellosis

  • Bovine tuberculosis

  • Enzootic bovine leukosis

  • Caprine and ovine brucellosis (excluding Brucella ovis ).

B. Diseases of aquaculture animals U.K.

• Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis

• Infectious haematopoietic necrosis

• Infectious salmon anaemia

• Infection with Perkinsus marinus

• Infection with Mikrocytos mackini

• Infection with Marteilia refringens

• Infection with Bonamia ostreae

• Infection with Bonamia exitiosa

• Koi herpes virus disease

• Taura syndrome

• Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia

• White spot disease

• Yellowhead disease.]

[F2 ANNEX II U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Decision of 30 July 2008 amending Council Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Community to include certain diseases in the list of notifiable diseases and to delete porcine enterovirus encephalomyelitis from that list (notified under document number C(2008) 3943) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/650/EC).

A. Information to be given under the notification required by Articles 3 and 4 in relation to primary and secondary outbreaks of the diseases listed in paragraphs A and B of Annex I: U.K.

1.

Date of dispatch;

2.

Time of dispatch;

3.

Country of origin;

4.

Name of disease and type of virus, where appropriate;

5.

Serial number of outbreak;

6.

Type of outbreak;

7.

Reference number of outbreak linked to this outbreak;

8.

Region and geographical location of the holding;

9.

Other region affected by restrictions;

10.

Date of confirmation;

11.

Date of suspicion;

12.

Date of estimation of first infection;

13.

Origin of disease;

14.

Control measures taken;

15.

Number of susceptible animals on premises (a) cattle, (b) pigs, (c) sheep, (d) goats, (e) poultry, (f) equidae, (g) in the case of diseases of aquaculture animals the weight or the number × 1 000 of susceptible animals must be given (h) wild species, (i) in the case of diseases of bees the number of susceptible hives must be given;

16.

Number of animals clinically affected on premises (a) cattle, (b) pigs, (c) sheep, (d) goats, (e) poultry, (f) equidae, (g) in the case of diseases of aquaculture animals the weight or the number × 1 000 of clinically affected animals must be given, (h) wild species, (i) in the case of diseases of bees the number of clinically affected hives must be given;

17.

Number of animals that have died on premises (a) cattle, (b) pigs, (c) sheep, (d) goats, (e) poultry, (f) equidae, (g) in the case of diseases of aquaculture animals the weight or the number × 1 000 of animals that have died in the premises must be given, (h) wild species;

18.

Number of stock slaughtered (a) cattle, (b) pigs, (c) sheep, (d) goats,(e) poultry, (f) equidae, (g) in the case of diseases of aquaculture animals, where applicable (only for crustaceans and fish) the weight or the number × 1 000 of animals that have been slaughtered must be given, (h) wild species;

19.

Number of carcasses destroyed (a) cattle, (b) pigs, (c) sheep, (d) goats, (e) poultry, (f) equidae, (g) in the case of diseases of aquaculture animals, where applicable, the weight or number × 1 000 of animals that have been removed and disposed of must be given, (h) wild species, (i) in the case of diseases of bees the number of destroyed hives must be given;

20.

(Estimated) date of completion of killing (where applicable);

21.

(Estimated) date of completion of destruction (where applicable).

B. In the case of swine fever the additional information: U.K.

1.

Distance from nearest pig holding;

2.

Number and type (breeding, fattening and piglets (1) of pigs on the infected premises);

3.

Number and type of pigs (breeding, fattening and piglets (1) clinically affected on the infected premises);

4.

Method of diagnosis;

5.

If not on premises then whether confirmed in a slaughterhouse or in a means of transport;

6.

Confirmation of primary cases (2) in feral pigs.

[F1 C. In the case of diseases of terrestrial animals referred to in list A.2 of Annex I: U.K.

• The confirmation of any outbreak, infection or presence of the disease agent in a herd as laid down in Annexes A and D to Directive 64/432/EEC or in a holding as laid down in Annex A to Council Directive 91/68/EEC (3) , or the withdrawal of the officially free status to any such herd or holding due to the laboratory or epidemiological investigation as laid down in Annexes A and D to Directive 64/432/EEC or in Annex A to Directive 91/68/EEC in a Member State or region thereof officially free from the diseases in accordance with those Directives and not epidemiologically linked with a previous outbreak shall be notified as a primary outbreak as defined in Article 2(d) and shall be notified to the Commission and Member States within one week.

• Any other confirmation of an outbreak, infection or presence of the disease agent or withdrawal of the officially free status to any herd or holding due to the laboratory or epidemiological investigation as laid down in Annexes A and D to Directive 64/432/EEC or in Annex A to Directive 91/68/EEC in a Member State or region thereof officially free from the diseases in accordance with those Directives shall be notified as secondary outbreaks, in accordance with Article 4(1) of this Directive.

• Secondary outbreaks shall be notified to the Commission and the Member States on a monthly basis.

• In the case of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and ovine and caprine brucellosis the name of the pathogen species shall also be included in the notification when known.]

[F3 D. In the case of diseases of aquaculture animals referred to in point B of Annex I: U.K.

• The confirmation of any outbreak of an exotic disease and of outbreaks of non-exotic diseases in previously disease-free Member States, zones or compartments as defined in Council Directive 2006/88/EC (4) shall be notified as primary outbreaks.

• Other outbreaks than those mentioned in the first indent shall be notified as secondary outbreaks in accordance with Article 4(1) of this Directive.

• Secondary outbreaks shall be notified to the Commission and the Member States on monthly basis. The name and description of the zone or compartment shall also be included in the notification.] ]

Textual Amendments

F3 Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision of 27 November 2012 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (notified under document C(2012) 8518) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/737/EU).

(1)

[F2 Animals under approximately three months old.]

(2)

[F2 A primary case of swine fever in feral pigs means those cases occurring in free areas, i.e. outside of restricted areas for classical swine fever in feral pigs.]

(3)

[F2 [F1 OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19 .] ]

(4)

[F2 [F3 OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14 .] ]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision of 27 November 2012 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (notified under document C(2012) 8518) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/737/EU).

F2 Substituted by Commission Decision of 30 July 2008 amending Council Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Community to include certain diseases in the list of notifiable diseases and to delete porcine enterovirus encephalomyelitis from that list (notified under document number C(2008) 3943) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/650/EC).

F3 Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision of 27 November 2012 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (notified under document C(2012) 8518) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/737/EU).