Article 50U.K.Minimum requirements for an eradication programme
The competent authority shall base the eradication programme for a specific category B or C disease in a Member State, zone, or compartment on:
(a)
the determination of the health status of the Member State, zone or compartment by ascertaining the health status of all establishments where animals from the listed species are kept;
(b)
the implementation of disease control measures in all establishments where suspected and confirmed cases are detected;
(c)
the implementation of biosecurity and other risk mitigating measures to reduce the risk of the listed species in an establishment becoming infected;
(d)
in certain cases, vaccination, as part of the eradication programme.