Article 1

Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 3, point 1 is replaced by the following:

1.the pigs have been resident for a period of at least 30 days, or since birth, on the holding and no live pigs have been introduced from the areas listed in Parts II, III and IV of the Annex during a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of the movement into:(a)

that holding; or

(b)

the production unit where the pigs to be dispatched under this Article are kept; the production unit may only be defined by the competent authority provided that the official veterinarian confirms that the structure, size and distance between the production units and the operations carried out there are such that the production units provide completely separate facilities for housing, keeping and feeding, so that the virus cannot spread from one production unit to another, and

;

(2)

in Article 4, point 5 is replaced by the following:

on arrival at the slaughterhouse, these pigs are kept and slaughtered separately from other pigs and are slaughtered on a specific day in which only these pigs from the areas listed in Part III of the Annex are slaughtered or at the end of a slaughter day during which no other pigs are slaughtered thereafter;

;

(3)

in Article 8, point (a) of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

(a)

they have been uninterruptedly resident on the holding for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of the dispatch or since birth and no live pigs have been introduced into that holding from the areas listed in Parts II, III and IV of the Annex during a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of the dispatch;

;

(4)

the following Article 12a is inserted:

Article 12aDerogation for slaughterhouses, cutting plants and meat processing establishments located in protection and surveillance zones

Without prejudice to Articles 4, 5 and 6 and Articles 11, 12 and 13 of this Decision, and by way of derogation from the prohibition provided in Article 3(3)(a) of Directive 2002/99/EC, the Member States concerned may authorise the dispatch of pig meat, pig meat preparations, pig meat products and any other products consisting of or containing pig meat from slaughterhouses, cutting plants and meat processing establishments which are located in protection and surveillance zones as laid down by Directive 2002/60/EC, provided that such products:

(a)

have been produced, stored and processed in establishments located in areas listed in Parts I, II or III of the Annex and approved in accordance with Article 12; and

(b)

are derived from pigs originating in and coming from holdings not located in the areas listed in Parts II, III or IV of the Annex or from pigs originating in and coming from holdings located in the areas listed in Part II of the Annex provided that they comply with the requirements laid down in point 1 of Article 3 and in point 2 or point 3 of Article 3; and

(c)

are marked in accordance with Article 16.

;

(5)

Article 15 is amended as follows:

(a)

point (a) of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

(a)

no live feral pigs are dispatched from the Member States listed in the Annex, except in case of areas free from African swine fever separated by effective geographical barriers from the areas included in the Annex, to other Member States or from the areas listed in the Annex to any other areas, whether or not listed in the Annex in the territory of the same Member State;

;

(b)

the following paragraphs 3 and 4 are added:

By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a), the Member States concerned may authorise the dispatch of live feral pigs from the areas not listed in the Annex to other areas in the territory of the same Member State not listed in the Annex and to other Member States, provided that:

(a)

the former feral pigs have been resident for a period of at least 30 days on the holding and no live pigs have been introduced into that holding during a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of the movement;

(b)

the holding implements biosecurity measures;

(c)

the former feral pigs comply with the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 and in paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of Article 3.

For consignments of live feral pigs complying with the conditions of the derogation provided for in paragraph 3, the following additional wording shall be added to the corresponding veterinary documents and/or health certificates referred to in Article 5(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC and Article 3(1) of Decision 93/444/EEC: ‘Pigs in compliance with Article 15(3) of Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU’.

;

(6)

the following Article 15a is inserted:

Article 15aInformation to be provided by passenger transport operators and postal services

Passenger transport operators, including airport and port operators, travel agencies and postal services shall draw the attention of their customers to the rules laid down in this Decision, in particular by providing information on the rules set out in Articles 2 and 15 to travellers moving from the territory of any of the Member States concerned and customers of postal services in an appropriate way.

;

(7)

the Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.