CHAPTER 3U.K.RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENTS OF ANIMALS AND OF THEIR SEMEN, OVA AND EMBRYOS

Article 6U.K.Restricted zones

[F11.Each authority who in relation to any constituent part of the United Kingdom is the appropriate Minister must—

(a)draw up and keep updated a list of the restricted zones in that constituent part of Great Britain;

(b)make that information available to the public, together with details of the bluetongue virus serotypes circulating in each zone;

(c)share that information with each other authority who in relation to any constituent part of Great Britain is the appropriate Minister and notify them of any change in the situation of those zones within 24 hours.]

[F22.Before taking any decision to remove an epidemiologically relevant geographical area from a restricted zone, the appropriate Minister must demonstrate the absence of bluetongue virus circulation in that area during a period of two years, including at least two vector activity seasons, following the implementation of the bluetongue monitoring and surveillance programme in accordance with paragraph 3 of Annex 1.]

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Article 7U.K.Conditions for movements within the same restricted zone

1.Movements of animals within the same restricted zone where the same bluetongue virus serotype or serotypes are circulating shall be allowed by the competent authority provided that the animals to be moved do not show any clinical signs of bluetongue on the day of transport.

2.However, movements of animals from a protection zone to a surveillance zone may only be allowed if:

(a)the animals comply with the conditions set out in Annex III; or

(b)the animals comply with any other appropriate animal health guarantees based on a positive outcome of a risk assessment of measures against the spread of the bluetongue virus and protection against attacks by vectors, required by the competent authority of the place of origin and approved by the competent authority of the place of destination, prior to the movement of such animals;

(c)the animals are destined for immediate slaughter.

[F62a.[F7The appropriate Minister] may demarcate an epidemiological relevant geographical area in a restricted zone as a ‘provisionally free area’ provided that for a period of one year, including one full vector season, monitoring and surveillance in accordance with point 3 of Annex I has demonstrated the absence of bluetongue virus circulation in that part of the restricted zone for that specific bluetongue serotype or combination of serotypes.

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Movements of animals within the same restricted zone from an area where the same bluetongue virus serotype or serotypes are circulating to a part of the same restricted zone demarcated as a ‘provisionally free area’ may only be permitted if:

(a)the animals comply with the conditions set out in Annex III; or

(b)the animals comply with any other appropriate animal health guarantees based on a positive outcome of a risk assessment of measures against the spread of the bluetongue virus and protection against attacks by vectors, required by the competent authority of the place of origin and approved by the competent authority of the place of destination, prior to the movement of such animals; or

(c)the animals are destined for immediate slaughter.]

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Article 8U.K.Conditions for exemption from the exit ban provided for in Directive 2000/75/EC

1.Movements of animals, their semen, ova and embryos, from a holding or semen collection or storage centre located in a restricted zone to another holding or semen collection or storage centre shall be exempted from the exit ban established pursuant to Article 9(1)(c) and point 1 of Article 10 of Directive 2000/75/EC provided that the animals, their semen, ova and embryos comply with:

(a)the conditions set out in Annex III to this Regulation; or

(b)comply with any other appropriate animal health guarantees based on a positive outcome of a risk assessment of measures against the spread of the bluetongue virus and protection against attacks by vectors, required by the competent authority of the place of origin and approved by the competent authority of the place of destination, prior to the movement of such animals.

2.[F11Each authority who in relation to any constituent part of Great Britain is the appropriate Minister must inform each other such authority] of the animal health guarantees referred to in paragraph 1(b).

3.A channelling procedure shall be set up, under the control of the competent authority of the place of destination, to ensure that the animals, their semen, ova and embryos moved in accordance with the conditions provided for in paragraph 1(b), are not subsequently moved to another [F12part of Great Britain mentioned in Article 2(h)] unless the animals comply with the conditions provided for in paragraph 1(a).

4.Movements of animals from a holding located in a restricted zone for immediate slaughter shall be exempted from the exit ban established pursuant to Article 9(1)(c) and point 1 of Article 10 of Directive 2000/75/EC provided that:

(a)no case of bluetongue has been recorded in the holding of origin for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of dispatch;

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(c)the competent authority at the place of dispatch notifies the intended movement of the animals to the competent authority of the place of destination at least 48 hours prior to the loading of the animals.

5.Notwithstanding paragraph 4(b), the competent authority of the place of destination may require, on the basis of a risk assessment, the competent authority of the place of origin to set up a channelling procedure for the transport of the animals referred to therein towards designated slaughterhouses.

Any such designated slaughterhouses shall be identified on the basis of a risk assessment that shall take into account the criteria set out in Annex IV.

[F6Information on the designated slaughterhouses shall be made available to the F14... public.]

[F155a.Movements of animals not certified in accordance with paragraph 1 from a holding located in a restricted zone directly, to the exit point F16..., for export F17... shall be exempted from the exit ban established pursuant to Article 9(1)(c) and point 1 of Article 10 of Directive 2000/75/EC provided that:

(a)no case of bluetongue has been recorded in the holding of origin for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of dispatch;

(b)the animals are transported to the exit point

[F136.For the animals, their semen, ova and embryos referred to in paragraphs 1, 4 and 5a of this Article, the following additional wording shall be added to the corresponding health certificates F18...:

‘… (Animals semen, ova and embryos indicate as appropriate) in compliance with … (Articles 8(1)(a) or 8(1)(b) or 8(4) or 8(5a), indicate as appropriate) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007’.]

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[F6Article 9U.K. Further conditions for the transit of animals

1.The transit of animals shall be allowed by the competent authority provided that:

(a)after adequate cleansing and disinfection at the place of loading, the means in which the animals are transported are treated with authorised insecticides and/or repellents. This treatment must in any case take place prior to leaving or entering the restricted zone;

(b)when a rest period of more than one day is foreseen at a control post during the movement through a restricted zone, the animals are protected against attacks by vectors in a vector protected establishment in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex II.

2.Paragraph 1 shall not apply if the transit takes place:

(a)exclusively from or through epidemiologically relevant geographical areas of the restricted zone during the bluetongue seasonally vector-free period defined in accordance with Annex V; or

(b)from or through parts of the restricted zone demarcated as a ‘provisionally free area’ in accordance with Article 7(2a).

3.For the animals referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the following additional wording shall be added to the corresponding health certificates F19...: ‘Insecticide/repellent treatment with … (insert name of the product) on … (insert date) in conformity with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007.]’

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F20Article 9aU.K. [F20Transitional provisions]

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