PART I

GENERAL RULES
CHAPTER 2

Listed diseases and emerging diseases and listed species

Assessment parameters for the listing of diseases
Article 7
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. the disease profile, which shall comprise the following:
  1. the animal species concerned by the disease;
  2. the morbidity and mortality rates of the disease in animal populations;
  3. the zoonotic character of the disease;
  4. the resistance to treatments, including antimicrobial resistance;
  5. the persistence of the disease in an animal population or in the environment;
  6. the routes and speed of transmission of the disease between animals and, when relevant, between animals and humans;
  7. 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. the existence of diagnostic and disease control tools;
2. the impact of the disease on:
  1. 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. 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. animal welfare;
  4. biodiversity and the environment;
3. its potential to generate a crisis situation and its potential use in bioterrorism;
4. the feasibility, availability and effectiveness of the following disease prevention and control measures:
  1. diagnostic tools and capacities;
  2. vaccination;
  3. medical treatments;
  4. biosecurity measures;
  5. restrictions on the movement of animals and products;
  6. killing of animals;
  7. disposal of carcasses and other relevant animal by–products;
5. the impact of disease prevention and control measures, as regards:
  1. the direct and indirect costs for the affected sectors and the economy as a whole;
  2. their societal acceptance;
  3. the welfare of affected subpopulations of kept and wild animals;
  4. the environment and biodiversity.