CHAPTER VICONTROL PROGRAMMES AND VACCINATION
SECTION 1Surveillance and eradication programmes
Article 46Period of application of programmes
1.
Programmes shall continue to be applied until:
(a)
the requirements laid down in Annex V have been fulfilled, and the Member State, zone or compartment is declared free of the disease;
or
(b)
the programme is withdrawn, namely if it no longer fulfils its purpose, by the competent authority of the Member State concerned, or by the Commission.
2.
If the programme is withdrawn as provided for in paragraph 1(b), the Member State concerned shall apply the containment measures in Article 39 from the date of withdrawal of the programme.