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1.In the event of an outbreak of a category A disease in an establishment, food and feed business, animal by–products establishment or other locations, including means of transport, the competent authority shall immediately establish around the affected establishment or location a restricted zone, which comprises:
(a)a protection zone based on the minimum radius from the outbreak set out for the relevant category A disease in Annex V;
(b)a surveillance zone based on the minimum radius from the outbreak set out for the relevant category A disease in Annex V; and
(c)if necessary, on the basis of the criteria set out in paragraph 1 of Article 64 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, further restricted zones around or adjacent to the protection and surveillance zones, where the competent authority shall apply the same measures as those provided for in Section 3 of this Chapter for the surveillance zone.
2.The competent authority shall adapt the boundaries of the initial restricted zone, including the boundaries of the protection, surveillance and the further restricted zones, in the case of the overlapping of two or more restricted zones due to further outbreaks of the category A disease.
3.By way of derogation of paragraph 1, and after carrying out a risk assessment taking into account the disease profile, the competent authority may not establish a restricted zone when an outbreak of a category A disease occurs in the following locations:
(a)establishments keeping animals referred to Article 13(2);
(b)hatcheries;
(c)food and feed businesses, border control posts, animal by-products establishments;
(d)means of transport;
(e)locations where assembly operations or temporal exhibition or veterinary assistance of animals take place; and
(f)any other location which is not an establishment.
1.The competent authority shall without delay compile and keep up to date an inventory of all establishments keeping animals of listed species located in the restricted zone including the species, categories and number of animals in each establishment; for poultry, the number of animals may be estimated.
2.The competent authority may, in order to prevent the spreading of the disease and based on epidemiological information or other evidence, implement preventive killing, in accordance with Article 12(1) and (2), or slaughtering of kept animals of listed species in the establishments located in the restricted zone.
3.The competent authority shall order and supervise that all movements of entire bodies or parts of dead wild and kept animals of listed species from the restricted zone are destined for processing or disposal in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 in a plant approved for those purposes:
(a)within the territory of the Member State; or
(b)in another Member State in accordance with Article 48(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, where it is not feasible to process or dispose the entire bodies or parts of dead animals in an approved plant in the territory of the Member State where the outbreak occurred.
4.The competent authority shall impose specific conditions for the transport of animals and products through the restricted zone in order to ensure that they are performed:
(a)without stopping or unloading in the restricted zone;
(b)prioritising major highways or mainline railways; and
(c)avoiding the vicinity of establishments keeping animals of listed species.
5.Animal by-products originating from and moved outside the restricted zone shall be accompanied by an animal health certificate issued by an official veterinarian stating that they are allowed to be moved from the restricted zone under the conditions established by the competent authority in accordance with this Chapter.
6.The competent authority may decide that the certificate referred to in paragraph 5 shall not be issued for movements of animal by-products within the Member State concerned when that authority considers that an alternative system is in place ensuring that consignments of such products are traceable and that products fulfil the animal health requirements for such movements.
7.Any collection of samples in the establishments in the restricted zone keeping animals of listed species for purposes other than to confirm or rule out the presence of the relevant category A diseases must be authorised by the competent authority.
The competent authority may grant derogations from the provisions set out in this Chapter concerning the measures to be applied in restricted zones, to the extent necessary and after carrying out a risk assessment:
in the further restricted zones referred to in Article 21(1)(c);
in the case that the competent authority decides to establish a restricted zone when an outbreak of a category A disease occurs in establishments and locations referred to in Article 21(3);
in the case that the outbreak occurs in an establishment keeping up to 50 captive birds; or
in establishments and locations referred to in Article 21(3) located in a restricted zone.
1.The competent authority shall ensure that the means of transport used for movements of kept animals of listed species and products thereof within, from, to and through the restricted zone have been:
(a)constructed and maintained in such a way to avoid any leakage or escape of animals, products or any item representing an animal health risk;
(b)cleaned and disinfected immediately after every transport of animals, products or any item representing an animal health risk and, if necessary, subsequently disinfected again, and in any case dried or allowed to dry, before any new loading of animals or products; and
(c)where relevant, subjected to measures for the control of insects and rodents before the transport.
2.The cleaning and disinfection of the means of transport referred to in paragraph 1 shall be performed:
(a)in accordance with the instructions or procedures provided for by the competent authority using the appropriate biocidal products to ensure the destruction of the relevant category A disease agent; and
(b)adequately documented.
1.The competent authority shall order without delay the application of the following measures in establishments in the protection zone keeping animals of listed species, other than the establishment in which the category A disease has been confirmed:
(a)to keep animals of listed species separate from wild animals and animals of non-listed species;
(b)to implement additional surveillance in order to identify any further spread of the category A disease to the establishments, including any increased morbidity or mortality or significant drop in production data; any such increase or drop shall be immediately notified to the competent authority;
(c)when appropriate, to implement adequate means of controlling insects and rodents and other disease vectors in and around the establishment;
(d)to use appropriate means of disinfection at the entrances and exits of the establishment;
(e)to apply appropriate biosecurity measures to all persons in contact with kept animals of listed species or entering or leaving the establishment as well as to means of transport in order to avoid any risk of spread of the relevant category A disease;
(f)to keep records of all persons visiting the establishment, maintain them up to date in order to facilitate disease surveillance and control and made them available to the competent authority upon request;
(g)to dispose entire bodies or parts of dead or killed kept animals of listed species according to Article 22(3).
2.By way of derogation of point (f) of paragraph 1 the records on visitors are not required in establishments where animals referred to in Article 13(2) are kept, if visitors have no access to the areas where the animals are kept.
1.The competent authority shall ensure that official veterinarians carry out at least one visit to all the establishments referred to in Article 25, as soon as possible and without unjustified delay, after the official confirmation of an outbreak of a category A disease.
2.When carrying out the visits referred to in paragraph 1, official veterinarians shall perform at least the following activities:
(a)documentary checks, including production, health and traceability records analysis;
(b)verification of the implementation of the measures applied to prevent the introduction or spread of the relevant category A disease in accordance with Article 25;
(c)clinical examination of kept animals of listed species; and
(d)if necessary, collection of samples of animals for laboratory examination in order to confirm or rule out the presence of the relevant category A disease.
3.The competent authority may require further veterinary visits to the establishments in the protection zone to follow up on the situation.
4.The competent authority shall keep a record of activities and visits referred to in paragraph 1, 2 and 3 and the findings thereof.
5.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where the radius of the protection zone set in Annex V is larger than 3 km, the competent authority may decide to require not the visit to all the establishments referred to in Article 25 but the visit of a representative number of those establishments in accordance with point A.3 of Annex I.
1.The competent authority shall prohibit the activities, including movements, concerning animals of listed species and their products and other materials within, from and to the protection zone in accordance with the table in Annex VI.
2.The competent authority may extend the prohibitions provided for in paragraph 1 to:
(a)animals of non-listed species and products from such animals; and
(b)activities, including movements, other than those set out in Annex VI.
3.The following products are exempted from prohibitions provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2:
(a)products of animal origin considered as safe commodities, in accordance with Annex VII, as regards the relevant disease;
(b)products of animal origin which have undergone the relevant treatment in accordance with Annex VII;
(c)products or other materials likely to spread the disease obtained or produced before the monitoring period set out in Annex II for the relevant disease calculated backwards from the date on which the suspicion was notified;
(d)products produced in the protection zone which have been obtained from kept animals of listed species:
kept outside the protection zone;
kept and slaughtered outside the protection zone; or
kept outside the protection zone and slaughtered in the protection zone;
(e)derived products.
4.Prohibitions provided for in paragraph 1 and 2 shall apply to products referred to in paragraph 3 if:
(a)the products were not clearly separated, during the production process, storage and transport, from products not eligible for dispatch outside the restricted zone pursuant to this Regulation; or
(b)the competent authority has epidemiological evidences of spreading of the disease to, from or through those products.
1.By way of derogation from prohibitions provided for in Article 27, the competent authority may authorise movements of animals and products in the cases covered by Articles 29 to 38 and under the specific conditions provided for in those Articles and the general conditions laid down in paragraphs 2 to 7 of this Article.
Prior to granting the authorisation, the competent authority shall assess the risks deriving from that authorisation and the assessment must indicate that the risk of spreading the category A disease is negligible.
2.All authorised movements must be performed:
(a)exclusively via designated routes,
(b)prioritising major highways or mainline railways,
(c)avoiding the vicinity of establishments keeping animals of listed species; and
(d)without unloading or stopping, until the unloading in the establishment of destination.
3.The competent authority of the establishment of origin shall designate the establishment of destination for movements from or to the protection zone. If the competent authority of the establishment of origin is different from the competent authority of the establishment of destination, it shall inform the competent authority of the establishment of destination about such designation.
4.The competent authority of the establishment of origin shall verify that the establishment of destination agrees to be designated and to receive each consignment of animals or products.
5.When authorising movements of animals from the protection zone, the competent authority shall ensure that such movements do not pose a risk of spreading of the category A disease based on:
(a)a clinical examination, with favourable results, of animals kept in the establishment, including those animals to be moved;
(b)if necessary, a laboratory examination, with favourable results, of animals kept in the establishment, including those animals to be moved; and
(c)the outcome of the visits referred to in Article 26.
6.When authorising the transport of products from the protection zone, the competent authority shall order and supervise that:
(a)during the whole production process and their storage, products were clearly separated from products not eligible for dispatch outside the restricted zone in accordance with this Regulation; and
(b)products will not be transported with products not eligible for dispatch outside the restricted zone pursuant to this Regulation.
7.When granting an authorisation pursuant to paragraph 1, the competent authority shall ensure that supplementary biosecurity measures are applied from the moment of loading, during all transport operations and until the unloading in the designated establishment of destination in accordance with its instructions.
1.The competent authority may authorise movements of kept animals of listed species from establishments located in the protection zone to a slaughterhouse located:
(a)as near as possible to the establishment of origin, within the protection zone;
(b)in the surveillance zone, when it is not possible to slaughter the animals in the protection zone; or
(c)as near as possible to the surveillance zone when it is not possible to slaughter the animals in the restricted zone.
2.The competent authority shall only grant authorisations provided for in paragraph 1 under the following conditions:
(a)the means of transport must be sealed at the moment of loading by the competent authority of dispatch or under its supervision;
(b)the competent authority of the slaughterhouse shall:
be informed in advance by the slaughterhouse operator of the intention to receive kept animals of listed species;
confirm the absence of any signs indicative of the category A disease during the ante and post mortem inspections;
supervise the slaughterhouse operator having effective procedures in place to ensure that kept animals of listed species originating in the protection zone are kept separately and slaughtered separately from such animals or at different times, preferably at the end of the working day of arrival;
confirm the slaughter of the animals to the competent authority of the establishment of origin of the animals;
supervise the slaughterhouse operator cleaning and disinfecting the premises where the animals have been kept and slaughtered and the completion of the cleaning and disinfection is completed before other kept animals of listed species are kept or slaughtered in those premises; and
supervise the obtaining of meat from such animals complying with the conditions laid down in Article 33.
3.The competent authority may authorise movements of kept animals of listed species from establishments located outside the protection zone to a slaughterhouse located in the protection zone if:
(a)the animals are kept separately from other animals originating from the protection zone and are slaughtered separately from those animals or at a different time;
(b)the fresh meat obtained is cut, transported and stored separately from fresh meat obtained from animals originating in the protection zone; and
(c)the cleaning and disinfection of the means of transport referred to in Article 24 takes place under official supervision after unloading the animals.
4.By way of derogation of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 the competent authority may authorise the processing and use of animal by-products, obtained from animals slaughtered in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 as category 3 material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 in a plant approved for processing or disposal of animal by-products, located on its territory, or in another Member State, where it is not feasible to process or dispose them in an approved plant in the territory of the Member State where the outbreak occurred.
In case the animal by-products referred to in the first subparagraph are moved to a plant located in another Member State, the Member State of destination and the Member States of passage shall authorise such dispatch and the competent authority of destination shall authorise the processing and use of those animal by-products as category 3 material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
1.The competent authority may authorise movements of day-old-chicks from an establishment located in the protection zone to an establishment located in the same Member State but, if possible, outside the restricted zone, provided that:
(a)in the case of day-old-chicks hatched from eggs originating in the restricted zone:
the means of transport is sealed at the moment of loading by the competent authority or under its supervision;
the establishment of destination is placed under official surveillance by the official veterinarians following the arrival of the animals; and
if moved outside the restricted zone, the poultry remain in the establishment of destination at least for a period of 21 days.
(b)in the case of day-old-chicks hatched from eggs originating outside the restricted zone, the hatchery of dispatch can ensure that no contact has occurred between those eggs and any other hatching eggs or day-old chicks originating in the restricted zone.
2.The competent authority may authorise movements of ready-to-lay poultry from establishments located in the protection zone to establishments located in the same Member State and, if possible, within the restricted zone, provided that:
(a)in the establishment of destination there is no other kept animal of listed species;
(b)the means of transport is sealed at the moment of loading by the competent authority or under its supervision;
(c)the establishment of destination is placed under official surveillance by the official veterinarians following the arrival of the animals; and
(d)if moved outside the restricted zone, the animals remain on the establishment of destination at least for a period of 21 days.
1.The competent authority may authorise movements of hatching eggs either:
(a)from an establishment located in the protection zone to a hatchery located in the same Member State; or
(b)from an establishment located in the same member State to a hatchery located in the protection zone.
2.The authorisation provided for in paragraph 1(a) shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a)the parent flocks from which the hatching eggs are derived have undergone a clinical examination and have been sampled for laboratory examination with favourable results;
(b)the hatching eggs and their packaging are disinfected before dispatch and the tracing back of the hatching eggs can be ensured; and
(c)the hatching eggs must be transported in means of transport sealed by the competent authority.
3.The competent authority may authorise movements of hatching eggs from an establishment located in the protection zone to an establishment for in-house hatching located in the same Member State, if:
(a)the parent flocks from which the hatching eggs are derived have undergone a clinical examination and have been sampled for laboratory examination with favourable results;
(b)the establishment of destination is placed under official supervision until 21 days following hatching of the eggs;
(c)the poultry must remain on the establishment of destination during the period referred to in (b); and
(d)the requirements referred to in paragraph 2(b) and (c) are complied with.
The competent authority may authorise movements of semen collected from animals of listed species kept in approved germinal product establishments, excluding hatcheries, located in the protection zone after the estimated date of earliest infection of the affected establishment subject to the following conditions:
all the disease control measures relating to the category A disease have been lifted in the protection zone in accordance with Article 39;
all kept animals of listed species in the semen collection centre have undergone a clinical examination and have been sampled for laboratory examination in order to rule out the presence of the category A disease in the semen collection centre; and
the donor animal has been subjected with favourable result to a laboratory examination on a sample taken not earlier than seven days after the monitoring period set out in Annex II for the relevant disease, calculated forwards from the date on which the semen was collected.
1.The competent authority may authorise movements of fresh meat and raw milk obtained from animals of listed species kept in establishments located in the protection zone if:
(a)they are moved to a processing establishment to undergo one of the relevant risk-mitigating treatments set out in Annex VII; or
(b)in the case of fresh meat of poultry:
it has been marked in accordance with paragraph 1 of Annex IX from the moment it was obtained in the slaughterhouse; and
it is not intended to another Member State.
2.The competent authority shall ensure that movements to a processing establishment referred to in paragraph 1(a) comply with the following conditions:
(a)fresh meat must be marked in accordance with point 2 of Annex IX in the slaughterhouse after the post-mortem inspection and must bear such mark until it is treated;
(b)the movement of fresh meat and raw milk from the establishment of origin to the processing establishment must be carried out in sealed containers; and
(c)the processing establishment must be located in the same restricted zone or as near as possible to the restricted zone and must operate under the supervision of official veterinarians.
The competent authority may authorise the movement of eggs for human consumption from establishments located in the protection zone to the following destinations within the same Member State:
to a packing centre, provided that they are packed in:
a disposable packaging; or
a packaging which can be cleaned and disinfected in such way as to destroy the relevant category A disease agent;
to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products as set out in Chapter II of Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, in order to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1).
The competent authority may authorise movements of manure, including litter and used bedding, from establishments located in the protection zone for the purpose of their disposal in a designated landfill located within the same Member State only after processing in accordance with Article 13(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1069/2009.
The competent authority may authorise movements of feed materials of plant origin and straw produced in the protection zone provided that:
they were produced in locations not keeping animals of listed species;
they were produced in feed processing establishments not keeping animals of listed species and the raw plant material originates:
from locations referred to in point (a); or
from outside the protection zone;
they are intended for use within the protection zone; or
they have undergone at least one of the risk-mitigating treatments in accordance with Annex VIII.
1.The competent authority may authorise movements of kept animals of listed species from establishments located in the protection zone to a plant approved for processing or disposal of animal by-products in which:
(a)the kept animals are immediately killed; and
(b)the resulting animal by-products are disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
2.The competent authority may authorise movements of products from establishments and locations in the protection zone to a plant approved for processing or disposal of animal by-products, in which the products are disposed of or processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
1.The competent authority shall apply the relevant measures referred to in Article 25, and Articles 27 to 38 in food and feed businesses, border control posts, animal by-products establishments or any other location of relevance in the protection zone, including means of transport.
2.In the establishments and locations referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority may apply additional measures adapted to the specific situation in order to prevent the spread of the category A disease within and from the protection zone.
1.The competent authority may lift the measures provided for in Section 1 and 2 of this Chapter only if the minimum period set out in Annex X has elapsed and the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a)the preliminary cleaning and disinfection and, where relevant, control of insects and rodents, has been performed in accordance with Article 15 in the affected establishment; and
(b)in all establishments keeping animals of listed species in the protection zone, animals of listed species have undergone, with favourable results, clinical and when necessary laboratory examinations in accordance with Article 26.
2.Where the relevant category A disease is transmitted by a listed vector, as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2018/1882, the competent authority may:
(a)establish the duration of the measures in the protection zone on a case by case basis, taking into account any factor influencing the risk of the disease spreading; and
(b)provide for the introduction of sentinel animals.
3.After the lifting of the measures referred to in paragraph 1, the measures provided for in Section 3 of this Chapter shall apply in the protection zone for at least the additional period set out in Annex X.
The competent authority shall order the application, without delay, of the measures provided for in Article 25 in all the establishments in the surveillance zone keeping animals of listed species.
The competent authority shall ensure that official veterinarians carry out visits to a sample of establishments keeping animals of listed species in the surveillance zone in accordance with Article 26 and point A.3 of Annex I.
The competent authority shall apply prohibitions, exemptions and derogations to activities, including movements concerning animals of listed species, the products thereof and other material, from and to the surveillance zone in accordance with Article 27.
1.By way of derogation from Article 42, the competent authority may authorise movements of animals and products only in the cases covered by Articles 44 to 52, under the specific conditions provided for in those Articles and the general conditions laid down in paragraphs 2 to 7 of this Article.
Prior to granting the authorisation, the competent authority shall assess the risks deriving from that authorisation. The assessment must indicate that the risk of spreading the category A disease is negligible.
2.All authorised movements shall be performed:
(a)prioritising major highways or mainline railways;
(b)avoiding the vicinity of establishments keeping animals of listed species; and
(c)without unloading or stopping, until the unloading in the establishment of destination.
3.The competent authority of the establishment of origin shall designate the establishment of destination for movements from or to the surveillance zone. If the competent authority is not the same as in the establishment of destination, it shall inform the competent authority of the establishment of destination about such designation.
4.The competent authority of the establishment of origin shall verify that the establishment of destination agrees to be designated and to receive each consignment of animals or products.
5.When authorising movements of animals from the surveillance zone, the competent authority shall ensure that such movements do not pose a risk of spreading the category A disease based on:
(a)a clinical examination with favourable results of animals kept in the establishment, including those animals to be moved;
(b)if necessary, a laboratory examination with favourable results of animals kept in the establishment, including those animals to be moved; and
(c)the outcome of the visits referred to in Article 41, if available.
6.When authorising the transport of products from the surveillance zone, the competent authority must ensure that:
(a)during the whole production process and storage, products were clearly separated from products not eligible for dispatch outside the restricted zone pursuant this Regulation;
(b)products will not be transported with products not eligible for dispatch outside the restricted zone pursuant this Regulation.
7.When granting derogations provided for in paragraph 1, the competent authority shall ensure that supplementary biosecurity measures are applied from the moment of loading, during all transport operations and until the unloading in the designated establishment of destination in accordance with its instructions.
1.The competent authority may authorise movements of kept animals of listed species originating in the surveillance zone to a slaughterhouse located:
(a)as near as possible to the establishment of origin, within the restricted zone; or
(b)outside the restricted zone, as near as possible to the surveillance zone, when it is not possible to slaughter the animals in the restricted zone, and after carrying out a risk assessment.
2.The meat obtained from animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the measures provided for in Article 49.
3.The competent authority may authorise movements of kept animals of listed species originating outside the surveillance zone to a slaughterhouse situated in the surveillance zone.
4.The competent authority may authorise the processing and use of animal by-products, obtained from animals slaughtered in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 as category 3 material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 in a plant approved for processing or disposal of animal by-products, located on their territory, or in another Member State, where it is not feasible to process or dispose them in an approved plant in the territory of the Member State where the outbreak occurred.
In case the animal by-products referred to in the first subparagraph are moved to a plant located in another Member State, the Member State of destination and the Member States of passage shall authorise such dispatch and the competent authority of destination shall authorise the processing and use of those animal by-products as category 3 material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
1.The competent authority may authorise the movement of kept ungulates of listed species to pastures situated within the surveillance zone, provided that:
(a)a period of 15 days has elapsed after the preliminary cleaning and disinfection referred to in Article 15 has been completed and approved; and
(b)the animals do not come into contact with animals of listed species from other establishments.
2.The competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment, authorise the movement of kept animals of listed species of ungulates to an establishment belonging to the same supply chain, located in or outside the surveillance zone, to complete the production cycle before slaughter. If the establishment of destination is located outside the surveillance zone, the competent authority shall apply in that establishment the measures provided for in Articles 40, Article 41 and Article 42 as long as the disease control measures in the surveillance zone of origin are maintained as provided for in Article 55.
1.The competent authority may authorise movements of day-old chicks originating in the surveillance zone:
(a)to establishments in the same Member State where they were hatched from eggs originating from establishments within the surveillance zone, if:
the establishment of destination is placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the animals; and
if moved outside the restricted zone, the animals remain in the establishments of destination for at least 21 days;
(b)to establishments in the same Member State where they were hatched from eggs originating outside the restricted zone, if the hatchery of dispatch can ensure that no contact has occurred between those eggs and any other hatching eggs or day-old chicks obtained from animals kept within the restricted zone.
2.The competent authority may authorise movements of ready-to-lay poultry from establishments in the surveillance zone to establishments in the same Member State, if:
(a)in the establishment of destination there is no other kept animal of listed species;
(b)the establishment of destination is placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the ready-to-lay poultry; and
(c)the poultry remain on the establishment of destination for at least 21 days.
1.The competent authority may authorise movements of hatching eggs from an establishment located in the same Member State to:
(a)a hatchery located in the surveillance zone; or
(b)an establishment for in-house hatching located in the surveillance zone.
2.The competent authority may authorise movements of hatching eggs from an establishment located in the surveillance zone to a hatchery in the same Member State or to an establishment for in-house hatching located in the same Member State, only if the hatching eggs and their packaging are disinfected before dispatch and the tracing back of these eggs can be ensured.
The competent authority may authorise movements of semen collected from animals of listed species kept in approved germinal product establishments, excluding hatcheries, located in the surveillance zone after the estimated date of earliest infection of the affected establishment provided that:
all the disease control measures relating to the relevant category A disease have been lifted in the surveillance zone in accordance with Article 55;
all the kept animals of listed species in the semen collection centre have undergone a clinical examination and have been sampled for laboratory examinations in order to rule out the presence of the category A disease in the semen collection centre;
the donor animal has been subjected with favourable results to a laboratory examination on a sample taken not earlier than seven days after the monitoring period set out in Annex II for the relevant disease, calculated forwards from the date on which the semen was collected.
1.The competent authority may authorise movements of fresh meat and raw milk obtained from animals of listed species kept in establishments located in the surveillance zone if, either:
(a)the fresh meat or the raw milk is moved to a processing establishment to undergo one of the risk-mitigating treatments set out in Annex VII; or
(b)the fresh meat is obtained from poultry.
2.The competent authority shall ensure that fresh meat and the raw milk moved pursuant paragraph 1(a), comply with the following:
(a)fresh meat is marked in accordance with Annex IX when it is obtained in the slaughterhouse and keeps such mark until it is treated; and
(b)the treatment is applied in an establishment situated in the same restricted zone or as near as possible of the restricted zone, which operates under the supervision of official veterinarians.
1.The competent authority may authorise movements of eggs for human consumption from establishments in the surveillance zone to a packing centre located in the same Member State provided that they are packed in:
(a)a disposable packaging; or
(b)a packaging which can be cleaned and disinfected in such way as to destroy the category A disease agent.
2.The competent authority may authorise movements of eggs for human consumption from establishments located in the surveillance zone to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products located in the same Member State if:
(a)the establishment for the manufacture of egg products complies with Chapter II of Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; and
(b)the eggs are moved to the establishment for the manufacture of egg products in order to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004.
The competent authority may authorise the movement of manure, including litter and used bedding, from establishments located in the surveillance zone:
without processing, to a landfill, previously authorised for that purpose by the competent authority, located in the same surveillance zone; or
following processing, to a landfill, previously authorised for that purpose by the competent authority, located in the territory in the Member State.
The competent authority may authorise movements of feed materials of plant origin or straw produced in the surveillance zone provided that the feed materials or the straw:
were produced in locations not keeping animals of listed species, other than feed processing establishments;
were produced in feed processing establishments not keeping animals of listed species and the raw plant material originates:
from locations referred to in paragraph (a); or
from outside the surveillance zone;
are intended for use within the surveillance zone;
have undergone at least one of the risk-mitigating treatments set out in Annex VIII.
1.The competent authority may authorise movements of kept animals of listed species from establishments located in the surveillance zone to a plant approved for processing or disposal of animal by-products where:
(a)the kept animals are immediately killed; and
(b)the resulting animal by-products are disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
2.The competent authority may authorise movements of products from establishments and other locations in the surveillance zone to a plant approved for processing or disposal of animal by-products where they are disposed of or processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
1.The competent authority shall apply the relevant measures referred to in Article 40, and Articles 42 to 53 in food and feed businesses, border control posts, animal by-products establishments or any other location of relevance in the surveillance zone, including means of transport.
2.In the establishments and locations referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority may apply additional measures adapted to the specific situation in order to prevent the spread of the category A disease within and from the surveillance zone.
1.The competent authority may lift the disease control measures applied in the surveillance zone pursuant to Sections 1 and 3 of this Chapter only if the period set out in Annex XI has elapsed and the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a)the requirements provided for in Article 39 have been met in the protection zone; and
(b)a representative number of establishments keeping animals of listed species have undergone, with favourable results, visits carried out by official veterinarians, in accordance with Article 41.
2.Where the relevant category A disease is transmitted by a listed vector, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1882, the competent authority may:
(a)set the duration of the measures in the surveillance zone on a case by case basis taking into account factors influencing the risk of spreading the disease; and
(b)provide for the introduction of sentinel animals.
1.Where prohibitions of movement of animals provided for in Articles 27 and Article 42 are maintained beyond the period set out in Annex XI because of the official confirmation of further outbreaks of the category A disease, the competent authority may, under exceptional circumstances, authorise the movement of kept animals of listed species from an establishment within the restricted zone in cases not covered by derogations provided for in Articles 27 and Article 42, if:
(a)the operator has submitted a reasoned application for that authorisation;
(b)the risks derived from authorising such movements have been assessed prior to the authorisation and the assessment indicates that the risk of spreading of the category A disease is negligible;
(c)official veterinarians have carried out clinical examinations and have collect samples for laboratory examinations from animals of listed species, including those to be moved, which have yielded favourable results.
2.Where movements of animals are authorised pursuant paragraph 1, the competent authority shall ensure that the transport complies with the requirements laid down in Article 24.
Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1).