Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents, amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC and repealing Council Directive 92/117/EEC

C.Each year the following details on each zoonotic agent and data category concerned must be described with their consequences:U.K.

(a)

changes in the systems already described;

(b)

changes in previously described methods;

(c)

results of the investigations and of further typing or other method of characterisation in laboratories (for each category reported on separately);

(d)

national evaluation of the recent situation, the trend and the sources of infection;

(e)

relevance as zoonotic disease;

(f)

relevance to human cases, as a source of human infection, of findings in animals and food;

(g)

control strategies recognised that could be used to prevent or minimise transmission of the zoonotic agent to humans;

(h)

if necessary, any specific action decided in the Member State or suggested for the Community as a whole on the basis of the recent situation.