Article 3
1.
By way of derogation from Article 2(a), the competent authority may authorise the transport of pigs from a holding situated within the areas listed in Part A of Annex I but outside a protection or surveillance zone:
(a)
directly to a slaughterhouse situated within those areas, or in exceptional cases, to designated slaughterhouses in Lithuania located outside those areas, for immediate slaughter, provided that the pigs are dispatched from a holding on which the clinical examinations carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(3) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results;
(b)
to a holding situated within those areas, provided that the pigs have been resident for at least 45 days, or since birth if less than 45 days of age, on a single holding of origin:
- (i)
which has not received live pigs during the 45-day period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs;
- (ii)
on which the clinical examinations carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(2) and the second to fourth paragraph of Chapter IV(D)(4) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results;
(c)
to a holding situated within those areas, provided that the pigs have been resident for at least 45 days, or since birth if less than 45 days of age, on a single holding of origin:
- (i)
which has not received live pigs during the 20-day period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs, provided that during the six-month period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs the holding of origin has not received any other pigs than gilts from one and the same single holding;
- (ii)
on which the clinical examinations carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(2) and the second to fourth paragraph of Chapter IV(D)(4) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results;
(d)
to a holding situated within those areas, provided that the pigs have been resident for at least 45 days, or since birth if less than 45 days of age, on a single holding of origin and that:
- (i)
the holding of origin has not received any other pigs than gilts, which have been subjected to laboratory tests, carried out on samples taken within 10 days of the date of dispatch, with negative results for the following:
a test for the detection of antibodies,
two consecutive tests at seven days interval for the detection of the classical swine fever virus genome (RT-PCR) carried out in the national reference laboratory;
- (ii)
the clinical examinations carried out in that holding of origin in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(2) and the second to fourth paragraph of Chapter IV(D)(4) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results.
2.
By way derogation from Article 2(a), the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of pigs from a holding situated within a surveillance zone to a designated holding in which no pigs are present and which is situated within the same surveillance zone, provided that:
(a)
the conditions in Article 11(1)(f) and Article 11(2) of Directive 2001/89/EC are applied at the designated holding of destination;
(b)
the examinations provided for in Chapter IV(D)(2) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results on the holding from which the pigs are dispatched.
3.
By way derogation from Article 2(a), the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of pigs from a holding situated within a surveillance zone to a designated holding in the protection zone, provided that:
(a)
the designated holding of destination is situated at least 10 km from the national border with another Member State or third country and no pigs have been present on that holding for at least 21 days following the date of completion of the cleaning and disinfection in accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2001/89/EC;
(b)
the designated holding of destination has undergone a third cleansing and disinfection under veterinary supervision prior to the introduction of the pigs;
(c)
all the pigs arrive at the designated holding of destination within a period of 20 days;
(d)
pigs in the designated holding of destination are subjected to a serological examination in accordance with Chapter IV(E) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC, carried out on samples taken not earlier than 40 days following the date of the arrival of the last pigs at that holding;
(e)
no pigs leave the designated holding of destination except if moved for direct slaughter in a slaughterhouse situated in the areas listed in Part A of Annex I, provided that the examinations referred to in point (d) have been completed with negative results.
4.
The competent authority shall record the transports of pigs referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and notify the Commission thereof in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.