Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 429)

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

TITLE II U.K. DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES

CHAPTER 1 U.K. Disease control measures for listed diseases as referred to in point (a) of Article 9(1)

Section 4 U.K. Disease control measures in the event of confirmation of disease in kept animals

Article 68 U.K. Maintaining disease control measures in restricted zones and delegated acts

1. The competent authority shall continue to apply the disease control measures provided for in this Section until the following conditions are met:

(a) the disease control measures appropriate to the listed disease referred to in point (a) of Article 9(1) for which they were applied have been carried out;

(b) the final cleaning, disinfection, control of insects and rodents, or other necessary biosecurity measures has been carried out as appropriate for:

(i)

the listed disease referred to in point (a) of Article 9(1) for which the disease control measures have been applied;

(ii)

the affected species of kept animals;

(iii)

the type of production;

(c) adequate surveillance, as appropriate for the listed disease referred to in point (a) of Article 9(1) for which the disease control measures have been applied, and for the type of establishment or location concerned, has been carried out in the restricted zone substantiating the eradication of that listed disease.

2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 264 concerning detailed rules for the disease control measures to be taken by the competent authority, as provided for in paragraph 1, in relation to:

(a) the final procedures for cleaning, disinfection, control of insects and rodents, or other necessary biosecurity measures and, where appropriate, the use of biocidal products for those purposes;

(b) the design, means, methods, frequency, intensity, targeted animal population and sampling patterns of surveillance aimed at the restoration of disease–free status after the outbreak;

(c) repopulation of the restricted zone concerned after the completion of the disease control measures provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, taking into account the conditions for repopulation provided for in Article 61(3).

3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 264 concerning detailed rules for the disease control measures to be taken by the competent authority, as provided for in paragraph 1, in relation to other disease control measures necessary for the restoration of disease–free status.