Article 7Union reporting on the annual results of the implementation of approved eradication programmes

1.

Member States shall submit to the Commission by 30 April of every year reports on the results of the implementation of their ongoing approved eradication programmes.

2.

The reports referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain:

(a)

for every year, covering the previous calendar year, the information specified in:

  1. (i)

    Section 1 of Annex V for eradication programmes for category B and C diseases of terrestrial animals based on granting disease-free status at the level of establishments;

  2. (ii)

    Section 2 of Annex V for eradication programmes for infection with rabies virus (RABV);

  3. (iii)

    Section 3 of Annex V for eradication programmes for infection with bluetongue virus (serotypes 1-24) (infection with BTV);

  4. (iv)

    Section 4 of Annex V for eradication programmes for category B and C diseases of aquatic animals; and

(b)

for every 6 years after the initial approval of the eradication programmes, covering the previous 6 calendar years, with the exception of the information previously provided in reports referred to in point (a), the information specified in:

  1. (i)

    point 1 of Section 6 of Annex VI for eradication programmes for infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis as regards kept bovine animals;

  2. (ii)

    point 2 of Section 6 of Annex VI for eradication programmes for infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis as regards kept ovine and caprine animals;

  3. (iii)

    point 3 of Section 6 of Annex VI for eradication programmes for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. bovis, M. tuberculosis, M. caprae (MTBC));

  4. (iv)

    point 8 of Section 6 of Annex VI for eradication programmes for infection with RABV.

3.

The reports referred to in paragraph 1 shall be submitted electronically via the ADIS.