PART II TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS

CHAPTER I Disease control measures for category A diseases in kept terrestrial animals

Section 2 Disease control measures in the event of the official confirmation of a category A disease in kept animals

Article 14Additional disease control measures in the event of an outbreak of a category A disease in kept terrestrial animals in an establishment

1.The competent authority may establish, in addition to the measures provided for in Article 12, sampling procedures for kept animals of non-listed species and wild animals of listed species, based on the information obtained from the epidemiological enquiry referred to in Article 57 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/429.

2.The competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment of the further spread of the relevant category A disease and taking into account the possibility of applying other risk-mitigating measures, order the killing of kept animals of non-listed species and wild animals in such a way as to avoid any risk of spreading the category A disease during killing, transport and until disposal of the entire bodies or parts of the dead animals.