PART I

GENERAL RULES
CHAPTER 2

Listed diseases and emerging diseases and listed species

Listing of diseases
Article 5
1
The disease-specific rules for the prevention and control of diseases provided for in this Regulation shall apply to:
a
the following listed diseases:
1. foot and mouth disease;
2. classical swine fever;
3. African swine fever;
4. highly pathogenic avian influenza;
5. African horse sickness; and
b
the listed diseases set out in the list in Annex II.
2
The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 264 concerning amendments to the list referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article.
3
A disease shall be included on the list referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article if it has been assessed in accordance with Article 7 and it meets:
a
all of the following criteria:
1. scientific evidence indicates that the disease is transmissible;
2. animal species are either susceptible to the disease or vectors and reservoirs thereof exist in the Union;
3. the disease causes negative effects on animal health or poses a risk to public health due to its zoonotic character;
4. diagnostic tools are available for the disease; and
5. risk-mitigating measures and, where relevant, surveillance of the disease are effective and proportionate to the risks posed by the disease in the Union; and
b
at least one of the following criteria:
1. the disease causes or could cause significant negative effects in the Union on animal health, or poses or could pose a significant risk to public health due to its zoonotic character;
2. the disease agent has developed resistance to treatments which poses a significant danger to public and/or animal health in the Union;
3. the disease causes or could cause a significant negative economic impact affecting agriculture or aquaculture production in the Union;
4. the disease has the potential to generate a crisis or the disease agent could be used for the purpose of bioterrorism; or
5. the disease has or could have a significant negative impact on the environment, including biodiversity, of the Union.
4
The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 264 concerning the removal of a disease from the list referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article when that disease no longer fulfils the criteria provided for in paragraph 3 of this Article.
5
The Commission shall review the listing of each disease in the light of newly available significant scientific data.