1.Member States shall ensure that the presence or the suspected presence of African swine fever is compulsorily and immediately notifiable to the competent authority.
2.Without prejudice to existing Community provisions on notification of outbreaks of animal diseases, the Member State in whose territory African swine fever is confirmed shall:
(a)give notification of the disease and provide information to the Commission and the other Member States in accordance with Annex I on:
(a)the outbreaks of African swine fever which are confirmed in holdings,
the cases of African swine fever which are confirmed in a slaughterhouse or in means of transport,
the primary cases of African swine fever which are confirmed in feral pigs,
the results of the epidemiological inquiry carried out in accordance with Article 8;
(b)provide information to the Commission and the other Member States on the further cases confirmed in feral pigs in an African swine fever infected area in accordance with Article 16(3)(a) and (4).