Article 2

Lithuania shall ensure that:

(a)

no pigs are transported from holdings within the areas listed in Part A of Annex I;

(b)

the transport of slaughter pigs coming from holdings situated outside the areas listed in Part A of Annex I to slaughterhouses located within those areas and the transit of pigs through those areas is only allowed:

(i)

via major roads or railways; and

(ii)

in accordance with the detailed instructions provided for by the competent authority to prevent such pigs coming into direct or indirect contact with other pigs during transport and in the slaughterhouse;

(c)

no pigs are dispatched from the areas listed in Part B of Annex I to other areas in Lithuania, except for the direct transport of:

(i)

slaughter pigs to a slaughterhouse for immediate slaughter, provided that the pigs originate from one single holding;

(ii)

breeding and production pigs to a holding, provided that the pigs have been resident for at least 30 days, or since birth if less than 30 days of age, on a single holding:

  • which has not received live pigs during the 30-day period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs, and

  • on which the clinical examinations carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(2) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results.