1.Member States shall ensure that the presence and suspected presence of classical swine fever are compulsorily and immediately notifiable to the competent authority.
2.Without prejudice to existing Community provisions on notification of outbreaks of animal diseases, the Member State in whose territory classical swine fever is confirmed shall:
(a)give notification of the disease and provide information to the Commission and the other Member States in accordance with Annex I on:
(a)the outbreaks of classical swine fever which are confirmed in holdings,
the cases of classical swine fever which are confirmed in a slaughterhouse or in means of transport,
the primary cases of classical swine fever which are confirmed in feral pigs,
the results of the epidemiological enquiry carried out in accordance with Article 8;
(b)provide information to the Commission and the other Member States on the further cases confirmed in feral pigs in a classical swine fever infected area in accordance with Article 16(3)(a) and (4).
3.The provisions of Annex I may be supplemented or amended in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2).