Council Directive of 21 December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (82/894/EEC)

Article 3 U.K.

1. Each Member State shall notify directly to both the Commission and the other Member States within 24 hours:

• the primary outbreak of any of the diseases listed in Annex I which is confirmed in its territory;

• the removal — after the eradication of the last outbreak — of restrictions from its territory in relation to the outbreak of any of the diseases listed in Annex I;

2. The notifications referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the information featured in Annex II and shall be communicated by telex.

3. In the case of classical swine fever, the information provided under Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980 introducing Community measures for the control of classical swine fever(1), as last amended by Directive 80/1274/EEC(2), shall be considered to be sufficient.

(1)

OJ No L 47, 21.2.1980, p. 11.

(2)

OJ No L 375, 31.12.1980, p. 75.