Council Directive 2003/85/ECShow full title

Article 52 U.K. Protective vaccination

1. Member States applying protective vaccination shall ensure that:

(a) the vaccination zone shall be regionalised in accordance with Article 45, where necessary in close cooperation with neighbouring Member States;

(b) vaccination shall be carried out swiftly and in conformity with the rules of hygiene and bio-security so as to avoid the spread of foot-and-mouth disease virus;

(c) all measures applied in the vaccination zone shall be carried out without prejudice to the measures provided for in Section 7;

(d) where the vaccination zone includes parts of or the entire protection or surveillance zone:

(i)

the measures applicable for the protection zone or surveillance zone in accordance with this Directive shall be maintained within that part of the vaccination zone until such measures have been removed in accordance with Article 36 or Article 44;

(ii)

after the measures applied in the protection zone and surveillance zone have been removed, the measures applicable for the vaccination zone as provided for in Articles 54 to 58 shall continue to apply.

2. Member States applying protective vaccination shall ensure that the vaccination zone is surrounded by a surveillance area (surveillance zone as defined by OIE) of at least 10 km width from the perimeters of the vaccination zone:

(a) in which vaccination is prohibited;

(b) in which intensified surveillance is carried out;

(c) in which the movement of animals of susceptible species is subject to controls by the competent authorities;

(d) which remains in place until the foot-and-mouth disease and infection free status is recovered in accordance with Article 61.