Article 1

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

(1)

the following Article 3b is inserted:

Article 3bDerogation from the prohibition on the dispatch of live pigs from the areas listed in Part II of the Annex for the purpose of immediate slaughter

By way of derogation from the prohibition provided for in point (a) of Article 2, the Member States concerned may authorise the dispatch of live pigs for the purpose of immediate slaughter from a holding located in the areas listed in Part II of the Annex (the holding of dispatch) to other areas in the territory of the same Member State provided that:

(a)

prior to dispatch, the pigs have been resident on the holding of dispatch for a period of at least 30 days or since birth;

(b)

the pigs comply with the requirements laid down in either point 2 or 3 of Article 3;

(c)

all the pigs in the holding of dispatch originate only from a single, separate breeding holding located in the areas listed in either Part I or II of the Annex in the territory of the same Member State (the breeding holding);

(d)

the competent authority has granted prior authorisation for the movement of the pigs from the breeding holding to the holding of dispatch, based on a risk assessment related to the risk mitigation measures in place in both the breeding holding and the holding of dispatch;

(e)

both the holding of dispatch and the breeding holding have a common biosecurity plan approved in advance by the competent authority;

(f)

the competent authority checks regularly, and at least once every 3 months, the implementation of the common biosecurity plan referred to in point (e);

(g)

the consignment of pigs is transported for immediate slaughter directly, without stopping or unloading, to a slaughterhouse approved in accordance with Article 12 and specifically designated by the competent authority for that purpose;

(h)

the competent authority has been notified in advance of the intention to send the consignment of live pigs to the slaughterhouse for immediate slaughter;

(i)

the transport of the consignment of live pigs to the slaughterhouse within and through areas located outside of the areas listed in Part II of the Annex is carried out along transport routes specified in advance and the vehicles used for such transportation are cleaned, disinfected and, if necessary, disinsected as soon as possible after unloading;

(j)

each truck and any other vehicles that are used for the transport of the consignment of live pigs has been individually registered with the competent authority for that purpose;

(k)

the competent authority is systematically informed of any dispatch and arrival of consignments of live pigs from the breeding holding to the holding of dispatch;

(l)

surveillance in both the holding of dispatch and the breeding holding is reinforced by the application to all pigs older than 4 months of the procedures set out in point 4 of Part A of Chapter IV of the Annex to Decision 2003/422/EC.

;

(2)

in Article 9(2), point (d) is deleted;

(3)

in Article 11, the following paragraph 4 is added:

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Member States concerned with areas listed in Part II of the Annex may authorise the dispatch of fresh pig meat referred to in paragraph 1 and pig meat preparations and pig meat products consisting of, or containing such pig meat, to other Member States and third countries provided that such pig meat preparations and pig meat products are derived from pigs that comply with the requirements laid down in Article 3b.

(4)

in Article 15(2), the following subparagraph is added:

By way of derogation from paragraph 1(b), the Member States concerned may authorise the dispatch of meat from feral pigs from the areas listed in Parts I and II of the Annex to other areas in the territory of the same Member State or to other Member States, provided that such meat:

(a)

has been produced and processed in accordance with Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/99/EC and undergone heat treatment as prescribed by either point (a) or (d) of Annex III to that Directive;

(b)

is subjected to veterinary certification in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2002/99/EC;

(c)

is accompanied by the appropriate intra-Union trade health certificate as set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 599/2004 and Part II of that certificate must be completed by the following sentence: “Products in accordance with Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU.”

;

(5)

The Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.