Council Directive of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals (91/68/EEC)

Article 7 U.K.

1. A Member State which has a compulsory or voluntary national control programme or a national monitoring programme for one of the infectious or contagious diseases [F1 referred to in Annex B, Section III] for all or part of its territory may submit the said programme to the Commission, outlining in particular:

• the distribution of the disease in the Member State,

• the reasons for the programme, taking into consideration the importance of the disease and the programme's likely benefit in relation to its cost,

• the geographical area in which the programme will be implemented,

• the various status categories to be applied to the holdings, the standards which must be attained in each category, and the test procedures to be used,

• the programme monitoring procedures,

• the action to be taken if, for any reason, a holding loses its status,

• the measures to be taken if the results of the tests carried out in accordance with the provisions of the programme are positive.

2. The Commission shall examine the programmes presented by the Member States. Programmes as referred to in paragraph 1 may be approved, in compliance with the criteria laid down in paragraph 1, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 15. According to the same procedure, the additional guarantees, general or limited, which may be required in intra-Community trade, shall be defined at the same time or at the latest three months after approval of the programmes. Such guarantees must not exceed those which the Member State implements nationally.

3. Programmes submitted by Member States may be amended or supplemented in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15. Amendments or additions to programmes which have already been approved or to guarantees which have been defined in accordance with paragraph 2 may be approved under the same procedure.

4. Programmes approved in accordance with this Article shall benefit from the Community funding provided for in Article 24 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(1) for the diseases and under the conditions laid down therein.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Directive 2001/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 amending Council Directive 91/68/EEC as regards scrapie.

(1)

OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19.