PART IIIDISEASE AWARENESS, PREPAREDNESS AND CONTROL

TITLE IIDISEASE CONTROL MEASURES

CHAPTER 1 Disease control measures for listed diseases as referred to in point (a) of Article 9(1)

Section 3 Disease confirmation in kept animals

Article 58Official confirmation by the competent authority of a listed disease as referred to in point (a) of Article 9(1)

1.

The competent authority shall base an official confirmation of a listed disease as referred to in point (a) of Article 9(1) on the following information:

(a)

the results of the clinical and laboratory examinations provided for in Article 54(2);

(b)

the preliminary or final results of the epidemiological enquiry provided for in Article 57(1);

(c)

other available epidemiological data.

2.

The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 264 concerning the requirements to be fulfilled for the official confirmation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.