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Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
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Monitoring in bovine animals shall be carried out in accordance with the laboratory methods laid down in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3(1)(b).
subject to ‘special emergency slaughtering’ as defined in Article 2(n) of Council Directive 64/433/EEC (1) , or
slaughtered in accordance with Annex I, Chapter VI, point 28(c), to Directive 64/433/EEC, except animals without clinical signs of disease slaughtered in the context of a disease eradication campaign,
shall be tested for BSE.
subject to normal slaughter for human consumption, or
slaughtered in the context of a disease eradication campaign in accordance with Annex I, Chapter VI, point 28(c), to Directive 64/433/EEC, but showing no clinical signs of disease,
shall be tested for BSE.
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F2 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 688/2006 of 4 May 2006 amending Annexes III and XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and specified risk material of bovine animals in Sweden (Text with EEA relevance).
killed for destruction pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 716/96 (2) ,
killed in the framework of an epidemic, such as foot-and-mouth disease,
slaughtered for human consumption,
shall be tested for BSE.
All animals born between 1 August 1995 and 1 August 1996 killed for destruction pursuant Regulation (EC) No 716/96 shall be tested for BSE.]
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In addition to the testing referred to in points 2 to 4, Member States may on a voluntary basis decide to test other bovine animals on their territory, in particular where those animals originate from countries with indigenous BSE, have consumed potentially contaminated feedingstuffs or were born or derived from BSE infected dams.
Monitoring in ovine and caprine animals shall be carried out in accordance with the laboratory methods laid down in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2.(b).
Member States shall test healthy slaughtered ovine animals in accordance with the minimum sample sizes listed in Table A of this point and the sampling rules set out in point 4.
a Minimum sample sizes are set to take account of the size of the number of healthy slaughtered ovine animals and are intended to provide achievable targets. The minimum sample sizes above 30 000 allow the detection of a prevalence of 0,003 % with a 95 % confidence. | |
Member State | Minimum sample size in healthy slaughtered ovine animals a |
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Germany | 37 500 |
Greece | 23 000 |
Spain | 41 800 |
France | 42 400 |
Ireland | 40 500 |
Italy | 43 700 |
the Netherlands | 23 300 |
Austria | 14 300 |
Poland | 23 300 |
Portugal | 14 300 |
United Kingdom | 44 000 |
Other Member States | all |
By way of derogation from the minimum sample sizes listed in Table A Cyprus may decide to test only a minimum of two ovine animals sent for slaughter for human consumption from every flock where no TSE cases have been registered.
Member States shall test healthy slaughtered caprine animals in accordance with the minimum sample sizes listed in Table B of this point and the sampling rules set out in point 4.
a Minimum sample sizes are set to take account of the size of the number of healthy slaughtered caprine animals and the prevalence of BSE in the individual Member State. They are also intended to provide achievable targets. The minimum sample sizes above 60 000 allow the detection of a prevalence of 0,0017 % with a 95 % confidence. | |
Member State | Minimum sample size in healthy slaughtered caprine animals a |
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Greece | 20 000 |
Spain | 125 500 |
France | 93 000 |
Italy | 60 000 |
Cyprus | 5 000 |
Austria | 5 000 |
Other Member States | all |
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Member States shall test in accordance with the sampling rules set out in point 4 and the minimum sample sizes indicated in Table C and Table D, ovine and caprine animals which have died or been killed, but which were not:
killed in the framework of a disease eradication campaign, or
slaughtered for human consumption.
a Minimum sample sizes are set to take account of the size of the ovine and caprine populations in the individual Member States and are intended to provide achievable targets. | |
Member State population of ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram | Minimum sample size of dead ovine animals a |
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> 750 000 | 20 000 |
100 000 - 750 000 | 3 000 |
40 000 - 100 000 | 100 % up to 1 000 |
< 40 000 | 100 % up to 200 |
a Minimum sample sizes are set to take account of the size of the ovine and caprine populations in the individual Member States and are intended to provide achievable targets.] | |
Member State population of goats which have already kidded and goats mated | Minimum sample size of dead caprine animals a |
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> 750 000 | 10 000 |
250 000 - 750 000 | 3 000 |
40 000 - 250 000 | 100 % up to 1 000 |
< 40 000 | 100 % up to 200 |
The animals shall be over 18 months of age or have more than two permanent incisors erupted through the gum.
The age of the animals shall be estimated on the basis of dentition, obvious signs of maturity, or any other reliable information.
The sample selection shall be designed with a view to avoid the over-representation of any group as regards the origin, age, breed, production type or any other characteristic.
Multiple sampling in the same flock shall be avoided, wherever possible.
The Member States shall put in place a system to check, on a targeted or other basis, that animals are not being diverted from sampling.
The sampling shall be representative for each region and season.
However, Member States may decide to exclude from the sampling remote areas with a low animal density, where no collection of dead animals is organised. Member States making use of this derogation shall inform the Commission thereof, and shall submit a list of those remote areas where the derogation applies. The derogation shall not cover more than 10 % of the ovine and caprine population in the Member State concerned.
From 1 October 2003 , animals over 12 months or which have a permanent incisor erupted through the gum, and which are killed for destruction in accordance with the provisions of Annex VII, point 2(b)(i) or (ii) or point 2(c), shall be tested based on the selection of a simple random sample, in accordance with the sample size indicated in the following table.
Number of animals over 12 months or which have a permanent incisor erupted through the gum, killed for destruction in the herd or flock | Minimum sample size |
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70 or less | All eligible animals |
80 | 68 |
90 | 73 |
100 | 78 |
120 | 86 |
140 | 92 |
160 | 97 |
180 | 101 |
200 | 105 |
250 | 112 |
300 | 117 |
350 | 121 |
400 | 124 |
450 | 127 |
500 or more | 150 |
Where possible, the killing and subsequent sampling shall be delayed until the result of primary molecular testing carried out for the further examination of positive scrapie cases under the provisions of Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2.(c)(i) is known.
In addition to the monitoring programmes set out in points 2, 3 and 4, Member States may on a voluntary basis carry out monitoring in other animals, in particular:
animals used for dairy production,
animals originating from countries with indigenous TSEs,
animals which have consumed potentially contaminated feedingstuffs,
animals born or derived from TSE infected dams.
Textual Amendments
F4 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 36/2005 of 12 January 2005 amending Annexes III and X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards epidemio-surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals (Text with EEA relevance).
Member States may on a voluntary basis carry out monitoring for TSEs in animal species other than bovine, ovine and caprine animals.] ]
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