The Commission shall use the following assessment parameters in order to determine whether a disease meets the conditions requiring it to be listed in accordance with Article 5(2):

1. (a)

   the disease profile, which shall comprise the following:

   1. (i)

      the animal species concerned by the disease;

   2. (ii)

      the morbidity and mortality rates of the disease in animal populations;

   3. (iii)

      the zoonotic character of the disease;

   4. (iv)

      the resistance to treatments, including antimicrobial resistance;

   5. (v)

      the persistence of the disease in an animal population or in the environment;

   6. (vi)

      the routes and speed of transmission of the disease between animals and, when relevant, between animals and humans;

   7. (vii)

      the absence or presence and distribution of the disease in the Union, and, where the disease is not present in the Union, the risk of its introduction into the Union;

   8. (viii)

      the existence of diagnostic and disease control tools;

2. (b)

   the impact of the disease on:

   1. (i)

      agricultural and aquaculture production and other parts of the economy, as regards:

      • the level of presence of the disease in the Union;

      • the loss of production due to the disease;

      • other losses;

   2. (ii)

      human health, as regards:

      • transmissibility between animals and humans;

      • transmissibility between humans;

      • the severity of human forms of the disease;

      • the availability of effective prevention or medical treatment in humans;

   3. (iii)

      animal welfare;

   4. (iv)

      biodiversity and the environment;

3. (c)

   its potential to generate a crisis situation and its potential use in bioterrorism;

4. (d)

   the feasibility, availability and effectiveness of the following disease prevention and control measures:

   1. (i)

      diagnostic tools and capacities;

   2. (ii)

      vaccination;

   3. (iii)

      medical treatments;

   4. (iv)

      biosecurity measures;

   5. (v)

      restrictions on the movement of animals and products;

   6. (vi)

      killing of animals;

   7. (vii)

      disposal of carcasses and other relevant animal by–products;

5. (e)

   the impact of disease prevention and control measures, as regards:

   1. (i)

      the direct and indirect costs for the affected sectors and the economy as a whole;

   2. (ii)

      their societal acceptance;

   3. (iii)

      the welfare of affected subpopulations of kept and wild animals;

   4. (iv)

      the environment and biodiversity.