Article 9U.K.
1.Member States shall ensure that the following measures are applied in the protection zone:
(a)all holdings containing equidae within the zone are identified;
(b)the official veterinarian conducts:
(b)periodic visits to all holdings containing equidae,
a clinical examination of the said equidae including, if necessary, the collection of samples for laboratory examination; a record of visits and findings must be kept;
(c)equidae leave the holding on which they are kept only for transport directly under official supervision for emergency slaughter to a slaughterhouse located in that zone or, if that zone has no slaughterhouse, to a slaughterhouse in the surveillance zone designated by the competent authority.
2.In addition to the measures provided for in paragraph 1, a decision to carry out systematic vaccination of equidae against African horse sickness and to identify them in the protection zone may be taken under the procedure laid down in Article 19.