Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Section 2 U.K. Criteria for the application of the disease prevention and control rules referred to in point (b) of Article 9(1)

The diseases for which the disease prevention and control rules referred to in point (b) of Article 9(1) apply shall be controlled in all Member States with the goal of eradicating them throughout the Union.

Those diseases need to fulfil the following criteria:

(a)

the disease in question is endemic in nature and is present in the whole or part of the Union territory. However, several Member States or zones of the Union are free of the disease; and

(b)

the disease is moderately to highly transmissible; in addition to direct and indirect transmission, there may also be possibilities of airborne, waterborne or vector–borne spread. It may affect single or multiple animal species and may result in high morbidity, with in general low mortality.

In addition to the criteria set out in points (a) and (b), those diseases need to fulfil one or more of the following criteria:

(c)

the disease in question has a zoonotic potential with significant consequences for public health, including epidemic potential or possible significant threats to food safety;

(d)

the disease in question has a significant impact on the economy of the Union causing substantial costs, mainly related to its direct impact on the health and productivity of animals;

(e)

the disease has a significant impact on one or more of the following:

(i)

society, with in particular an impact on labour markets;

(ii)

animal welfare, by causing suffering to large numbers of animals;

(iii)

the environment, due to the direct impact of the disease or due to the measures taken to control it;

(iv)

in the long term, biodiversity or the protection of endangered species or breeds, including the possible disappearance of, or long-term damage to, those species or breeds.

A disease to which the measures referred to in point (a) of Article 9(1) apply, which has not been successfully and promptly eradicated in a part of the Union, and has, in that part of the Union, obtained an endemic character, may be subject to disease prevention and control measures under point (b) of Article 9(1), in that part of the Union.