Article 2U.K.

[F1Pigs intended for slaughter dispatched to Great Britain must come from a member State or region thereof listed in Annex I or must comply with the following additional conditions:]

1.

Aujeszky’s disease must be compulsorily notifiable in the Member State of origin;

2.

a plan for the control and eradication of Aujeszky’s disease is in place in the Member State or regions of origin of the pigs, fulfilling the criteria laid down in Article 1(2);

3.

all the pigs in question must be transported directly to the slaughterhouse of destination and either:

(a)

they come from a holding which fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 1(3); or

(b)

they have been vaccinated against Aujeszky’s disease at least 15 days prior to their shipment and come from a holding of origin where:

(i)

in the framework of the plan referred to in point (2), Aujeszky’s disease monitoring and eradication measures have been regularly applied under the supervision of the competent authority for the previous 12 months;

(ii)

they had remained for at least 30 days before dispatch and where no clinical or pathological evidence of this disease has been detected at the moment of completion of the health certificate [F2accompanying the consignment]; or

(c)

they have not been vaccinated and they proceed from a holding where:

(i)

in the framework of the plan referred to in point 2, Aujeszky’s disease monitoring and eradication measures have been regularly applied under the supervision of the competent authority in the previous 12 months and no clinical, pathological or serological evidence of Aujeszky’s disease has been recorded in the previous six months;

(ii)

vaccination against Aujeszky’s disease and introduction of vaccinated pigs have been forbidden by the competent authority, since the holding is in the process of reaching the highest status as regards Aujeszky’s disease in accordance to the plan referred to in point (2);

(iii)

they have lived for at least 90 days before dispatch.

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