SECTION 2AAREAS FREE OF EXOTIC DISEASE
F1Article 2eExotic disease-free status
1.
The appropriate authority for a constituent GB territory may declare that territory, or a zone or compartment thereof, free of one or more of the exotic diseases listed in Annex 1A to Regulation 1251/2008 if the condition in paragraph 2 is met.
2.
The condition is that—
(a)
none of the species susceptible to the disease in question are present in the constituent GB territory, zone or compartment;
(b)
the pathogen is known not to be able to survive in the constituent GB territory, zone or compartment and its water source;
(c)
susceptible species are present, but there has not been any observed occurrence of the disease in the constituent GB territory, zone or compartment for at least ten years; or
(d)
the last known occurrence was within the last ten years, but targeted surveillance has not detected the disease on a farm, or in a mollusc farming area, that rears any of the susceptible species.