Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

[F1 1. Holdings with a negligible risk of classical scrapie and a controlled risk of classical scrapie: U.K.

1.1. Member States may establish or supervise an official scheme for the recognition of holdings with a negligible risk of classical scrapie and holdings with a controlled risk of classical scrapie. U.K.

When they do so, they shall maintain a list of holdings of ovine and caprine animals with a negligible risk and holdings with a controlled risk of classical scrapie.

1.2. A holding of ovine animals having the TSE-resistance level I status, as laid down in Annex VII, Chapter C, Part 4, point 1.(a), and where no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed for at least seven years may be recognised as having a negligible risk of classical scrapie. U.K.

A holding of ovine animals, caprine animals, or ovine and caprine animals may also be recognised as having a negligible risk of classical scrapie provided that it has complied with the following conditions for at least seven years:

(a)

ovine and caprine animals are permanently identified and records are maintained, to enable them to be traced back to their holding of birth;

(b)

records of movements of ovine and caprine animals in and out of the holding are maintained;

(c)

only the following ovine and caprine animals may be introduced:

(i)

ovine and caprine animals from holdings with a negligible risk of classical scrapie;

(ii)

ovine and caprine animals from holdings which have met the conditions laid down in points (a) to (i) for a minimum of seven years or for at least the same period of time as the holding where they are to be introduced;

(iii)

ovine animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype.

(d)

the holding is subject to regular checks to verify compliance with the provisions set out in point (a) to (i) by an official veterinarian or a veterinarian authorised for that purpose by the competent authority, to be conducted at least on an annual basis from 1 January 2014 ;

(e)

no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed;

(f)

all ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age slaughtered for human consumption are inspected by an official veterinarian, and all those exhibiting wasting signs, neurological signs or sent for emergency slaughter are tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2.

Until 31 December 2013 , all ovine and caprine animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 3 over 18 months of age that have died or have been killed for reasons other than slaughter for human consumption are tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2.

From 1 January 2014 , all ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age that have died or have been killed for reasons other than slaughter for human consumption shall be tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2.

By way of derogation from the conditions set out in the second and third paragraphs of point (f), Member States may decide to apply the provisions of the first paragraph of point (f) to the ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age with no commercial value culled at the end of their productive life instead of being slaughtered for human consumption.

In addition to the conditions set out in points (a) to (f), the following conditions shall be complied with from 1 January 2014 :

(g)

[F2 only the following ovine and caprine embryos/ova may be introduced:

(i)

embryos/ova from donor animals which have been kept since birth in a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding with a negligible or a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or which meet the following requirements:

• they are permanently identified to enable trace back to their holding of birth

• they have been kept since birth in holdings in which no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed during their residency

• they showed no clinical sign of classical scrapie at the time of embryo/ova collection;

(ii)

ovine embryos/ova carrying at least one ARR allele.]

(h)

only the following ovine and caprine semen may be introduced:

(i)

semen from donor animals which have been kept since birth in a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or which meet the following requirements:

• they are permanently identified to enable trace back to their holding of birth;

• they showed no clinical sign of classical scrapie at the time of semen collection;

(ii)

ovine semen from a ram of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype;

(i)

ovine and caprine animals on the holding have no direct or indirect contact, including sharing grazing, with ovine and caprine animals from holdings of a lower status.

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1148/2014 of 28 October 2014 amending Annexes II, VII, VIII, IX and X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Text with EEA relevance).

1.3. A holding of ovine and/or caprine animals may be recognised as having a controlled risk of classical scrapie provided that it has complied with the following conditions for a period of at least three years: U.K.

(a)

ovine and caprine animals are permanently identified and records are maintained, to enable them to be traced back to their holding of birth;

(b)

records of movements of ovine and caprine animals in and out of the holding are maintained;

(c)

only the following ovine and caprine animals may be introduced:

(i)

ovine and caprine animals from holdings with a negligible or a controlled risk of classical scrapie;

(ii)

ovine and caprine animals from holdings which have met the conditions laid down in points (a) to (i) for a minimum of three years or for at least the same period of time as the holding where they are to be introduced;

(iii)

ovine animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype.

(d)

the holding is subject to regular checks to verify compliance with the provisions set out in point (a) to (i) by an official veterinarian or a veterinarian authorised for that purpose by the competent authority, to be conducted at least on an annual basis from 1 January 2014 ;

(e)

no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed;

(f)

all ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age slaughtered for human consumption are inspected by an official veterinarian, and all those exhibiting wasting signs, neurological signs or sent for emergency slaughter are tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2.

Until 31 December 2013 , all ovine and caprine animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 3 over 18 months of age that have died or have been killed for reasons other than slaughter for human consumption are tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2.

From 1 January 2014 , all ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age that have died or have been killed for reasons other than slaughter for human consumption shall be tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2.

By way of derogation from the conditions set out in the second and third paragraphs of point (f), Member States may decide to apply the provisions of the first paragraph of point (f) to the ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age with no commercial value culled at the end of their productive life instead of being slaughtered for human consumption.

In addition to the conditions set out in points (a) to (f), the following conditions shall be complied with from 1 January 2014 :

(g)

[F2 only the following ovine and caprine embryos/ova may be introduced:

(i)

embryos/ova from donor animals which have been kept since birth in a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding with a negligible or a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or which meet the following requirements:

• they are permanently identified to enable trace back to their holding of birth

• they have been kept since birth in holdings in which no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed during their residency

• they showed no clinical sign of classical scrapie at the time of embryo/ova collection;

(ii)

ovine embryos/ova carrying at least one ARR allele.]

(h)

only the following ovine and caprine semen may be introduced:

(i)

semen from donor animals which have been kept since birth in a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding with a negligible risk or with a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or which meet the following requirements:

• they are permanently identified to enable trace back to their holding of birth;

• they showed no clinical sign of classical scrapie at the time of semen collection;

(ii)

ovine semen from a ram of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype;

(i)

ovine and caprine animals of the holding have no direct or indirect contact, including sharing grazing, with ovine and caprine animals from holdings of lower status.

1.4. If a case of classical scrapie is confirmed in a holding with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding found to have an epidemiological link to a holding with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie as a result of an inquiry referred to in Part 1 of Chapter B of Annex VII, the holding with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie shall be immediately deleted from the list referred to in point 1.1. U.K.

The Member State shall immediately inform the other Member States which have imported ovine and caprine animals originating from, or semen or embryos collected from ovine and caprine animals kept in that holding during the last seven years in the case of a holding with a negligible risk or during the last three years in the case of a holding with a controlled risk.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 630/2013 of 28 June 2013 amending the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Text with EEA relevance).