PART III U.K. DISEASE AWARENESS, PREPAREDNESS AND CONTROL

TITLE II U.K. DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Disease control measures for listed diseases as referred to in points (b) and (c) of Article 9(1)

Section 3 U.K. Disease control measures in the event of confirmation of disease in kept animals

Article 80 U.K. Disease control measures to be taken by the competent authority for listed diseases referred to in Article 9(1)(c)

1. In the event of an official confirmation in accordance with Article 77(1) of an outbreak of a listed disease as referred to in point (c) of Article 9(1) in kept animals in a Member State that has opted for an eradication programme covering the relevant parts of its territory or zones or compartments thereof, as provided for in Article 31(2), as relevant for that listed disease and that outbreak, the competent authority shall apply the disease control measures laid down in the optional eradication programme.

2. The competent authority may take disease control measures additional to those provided for in paragraph 1 which may include one or more of the measures laid down in Articles 53 to 69 and shall be proportionate to the risk posed by the listed disease in question and shall take into account:

(a) the disease profile;

(b) the kept animals affected;

(c) economic and social impacts.

3. In the event of an official confirmation in accordance with Article 77(1) of an outbreak of a listed disease as referred to in point (c) of Article 9(1) in kept animals in a Member State, zone or compartment that has obtained disease–free status in accordance with Article 36 or Article 37, and in order to maintain that status, the competent authority shall take one or more of the measures laid down in Articles 53 to 69. Those measures shall be proportionate to the risk posed by the listed disease in question and shall take into account:

(a) the disease profile;

(b) the kept animals affected;

(c) economic and social impacts.