CHAPTER II

CONTROL OF OUTBREAKS OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
SECTION 6

PROTECTION AND SURVEILLANCE ZONES

Measures to be applied to holdings in the surveillance zone
Article 37
1
Member States shall ensure that the measures provided for in Article 22(1) are applied in the surveillance zone.
2
By way of derogation from the prohibition provided for in Article 22(1)(c) and where there is no or insufficient slaughter capacity available within the surveillance zone, the competent authorities may authorise the removal from holdings situated in the surveillance zone of animals of susceptible species for transporting them directly and under official supervision for slaughter to a slaughterhouse located outside the surveillance zone, subject to the following conditions:
a
the records referred to in Article 22(1) have been subjected to official control, and the epidemiological situation of the holding does not indicate any suspicion of infection or contamination with the foot-and-mouth disease virus, and
b
all the animals of susceptible species on the holding have been subjected with negative result to an inspection by the official veterinarian, and
c
a representative number of animals, taking into account the statistical parameters in point 2.2 of Annex III, has been subjected to thorough clinical examination to rule out the presence or suspicion of clinically infected animals, and
d
the slaughterhouse is designated by the competent authority and located as near to the surveillance zone as possible, and
e
the meat produced from such animals shall be subject to the treatment specified in Article 39.