CHAPTER IICONTROL OF OUTBREAKS OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE

SECTION 9RECOVERY OF THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND INFECTION FREE STATUS

Article 60Recovery of status following eradication of foot-and-mouth disease without emergency vaccination

1.

A Member State or region of a Member State regionalised in accordance with Article 45 shall recover its previous foot-and-mouth disease and infection free status following the control and eradication of one or more outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination under the following conditions:

(a)

all the measures provided for in Articles 36 and 44 have been completed, and

(b)

at least one of the following conditions applies:

  1. (i)

    the relevant recommendations in the foot-and-mouth disease Chapter, as last amended, of the Animal Health Code of the OIE are met;

  2. (ii)

    at least three months have elapsed after the last recorded outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and clinical and laboratory surveillance carried out in accordance with Annex III has confirmed the absence of infection with the foot-and-mouth disease virus in the Member State or region concerned.

2.

Decisions on recovering a foot-and-mouth disease and infection-free status shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to Article 89(3).