1.Operators shall ensure that establishments under their responsibility receive animal health visits from a veterinarian when appropriate due to the risks posed by the establishment in question, taking into account:
(a)the type of establishment;
(b)the species and categories of kept animals on the establishment;
(c)the epidemiological situation in the zone or region as regards listed and emerging diseases to which the animals in the establishment are susceptible;
(d)any other relevant surveillance, or official controls to which the kept animals and type of establishment are subject.
Such animal health visits shall take place at frequencies that are proportionate to the risks posed by the establishment concerned.
They may be combined with visits for other purposes.
2.The animal health visits provided for in paragraph 1 shall be made for the purpose of disease prevention, in particular through:
(a)the provision of advice to the operator concerned on biosecurity and other animal health matters, as relevant for the type of establishment and the species and categories of kept animals on the establishment.
(b)the detection of, and information on, signs indicative of the occurrence of listed diseases or emerging diseases;
3.The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, lay down minimum requirements necessary for the uniform application of this Article.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 266(2).