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of 27 June 2002
laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine fever and amending Directive 92/
119/EEC as regards Teschen disease and African swine fever
(Text with EEA relevance)
(OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 27)
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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2002/60/EC
of 27 June 2002
laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine
fever and amending Directive 92/119/EEC as regards Teschen
disease and African swine fever
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992
introducing general Community measures for the control of certainanimal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesiculardisease (
1), and in particular Article 15 and Article 24(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Whereas:
(1) The general measures laid down in Directive 92/119/EEC are
aimed at preventing the further spread of certain animal diseasesof major economic importance and in particular at controllingthe movement of animals and products liable to spread the infec-
tion.
(2) The International Office of Epizootics (OIE) is the technical
reference body for animal health recognised by the World TradeOrganisation. It has drawn up a list of epidemic animal diseasesof major economic importance (List A).
(3) It is necessary and appropriate that Directive 92/119/EEC should
apply to all the epidemic diseases on List A, with the exception
of those for which specific provision has already been made atCommunity level.
(4) Teschen disease is no longer included in List A. It is thereforeappropriate to delete that disease from the list set out in AnnexI to Directive 92/119/EEC.
(5) African swine fever is a disease of major economic importance,included in List A, which occurs in certain limited areas of theCommunity. It is therefore appropriate to establish Communitymeasures for the control of that disease.
(6) African swine fever should be included in the list set out inAnnex I to Directive 92/119/EEC and specific provisions for its
control should be laid down in accordance with Article 15 of
that Directive.
(7) Measures should be adopted to control the movement of pigsand their products from areas subject to restrictions arising froman outbreak of African swine fever. Such measures should besimilar to those established at Community level for the control
of other pig diseases such as swine vesicular disease and clas-
sical swine fever.
(8) In particular, Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001on Community measures for the control of classical swinefever (
2) should be used as a model for the establishment of
specific measures for the control of African swine fever.
However, adjustments should be made particularly because ofthe differences between the two diseases, the current lack ofvaccines and especially the incubation period for African swinefever and the possibility that this disease is transmitted byvectors.2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 62,15.3.1993, p. 69. Directive as last amended by the 1994 Act of
Accession.
(2) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.
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(9) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive
should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/
468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for theexercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commis-sion (
1),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Subject-matter
This Directive lays down the minimum Community measures for the
control of African swine fever.
It removes Teschen disease from the group of diseases to which the
general control measures laid down in Directive 92/119/EEC apply.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Directive:
(a) ‘pig’ shall mean any animal of the Suidae family, including feral
pigs;
(b) ‘feral pig’ shall mean a pig which is not kept or bred on a holding;
(c) ‘holding’ shall mean any agricultural or other premises located in
the territory of a Member State where pigs are being bred or kepton a permanent or temporary basis. This definition does notinclude slaughterhouses, means of transport and fenced areas
where feral pigs are kept and may be hunted; these fenced areas
must be of a size and structure that makes the measures laiddown in Article 5(1) not applicable;
(d) ‘diagnostic manual’ shall mean the diagnostic manual referred to
in Article 18(3);
(e) ‘pig suspected of being infected with African swine fever virus’
shall mean any pig or pig carcase exhibiting clinical symptoms or
showing post mortem lesions or reactions to laboratory tests
carried out in accordance with the diagnostic manual which indi-cate the possible presence of African swine fever;
(f) ‘case of African swine fever’ or ‘pig infected with African swine
fever’ shall mean any pig or pig carcase:
— in which clinical symptoms or post mortem lesions of African
swine fever have been officially confirmed, or
— in which the presence of the disease has been officially
confirmed as the result of a laboratory examination carriedout in accordance with the diagnostic manual;
(g) ‘outbreak of African swine fever’ shall mean the holding where
one or more cases of African swine fever has or have beendetected;
(h) ‘primary outbreak’ shall mean the outbreak within the meaning of
Article 2(d) of Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Commu-nity (
2);
(i) ‘infected area’ shall mean the area of a Member State where,
following the confirmation of one or more cases of African swinefever in feral pigs, disease eradication measures are in place in
accordance with Article 15 or 16;
(j) ‘primary case of African swine fever in feral pigs’ shall mean any
case of African swine fever which is detected in feral pigs in an2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(2) OJ L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 58. Directive as last amended by Commission
Decision 2000/556/EC (OJ L 235, 19.9.2000, p. 27).
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area in which no measures are in place in accordance with Article
15 or 16;
(k) ‘contact holding’ shall mean a holding where African swine fever
may have been introduced, whether as a result of the location,
movement of persons, pigs or vehicles or in any other way;
(l) ‘owner’ shall mean any person or persons, either natural or legal,
having ownership of the pigs, or charged with keeping the saidanimals, whether or not for financial reward;
(m) ‘competent authority’ shall mean the competent authority within
the meaning of Article 2(6) of Directive 90/425/EEC (
1);
(n) ‘official veterinarian’ shall mean the veterinarian designated by the
competent authority of the Member State;
(o) ‘processing’ shall mean one of the treatments for high risk mate-
rial laid down in Article 3 of Directive 90/667/EEC (2), applied in
such a way as to avoid the risk of spread of the African swine
fever virus;
(p) ‘killing’ shall mean the killing of pigs within the meaning of
Article 2(6) of Directive 93/119/EEC (3);
(q) ‘slaughter’ shall mean the slaughter of pigs within the meaning of
Article 2(7) of Directive 93/119/EEC;
(r) ‘vector’ shall mean a tick of the species Ornithodorus erraticus .
Article 3
African swine fever notification
1. Member States shall ensure that the presence or the suspected
presence of African swine fever is compulsorily and immediately noti-fiable to the competent authority.
2. Without prejudice to existing Community provisions on notifica-
tion of outbreaks of animal diseases, the Member State in whose
territory African swine fever is confirmed shall:
(a) give notification of the disease and provide information to the
Commission and the other Member States in accordance with
Annex I on:
— the outbreaks of African swine fever which are confirmed in
holdings,
— the cases of African swine fever which are confirmed in a
slaughterhouse or in means of transport,
— the primary cases of African swine fever which are confirmed
in feral pigs,
— the results of the epidemiological inquiry carried out in accor-
dance with Article 8;
(b) provide information to the Commission and the other Member
States on the further cases confirmed in feral pigs in an African
swine fever infected area in accordance with Article 16(3)(a) and(4).2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 4
(1) Council Directive of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical
checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and
products with a view to the completion of the internal market (OJ L 224,
18.8.1990, p. 29). Directive as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (OJ
L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49).
(2) Council Directive of 27 November 1990 laying down the veterinary rules
for the disposal and processing of animal waste, for its placing on themarket and for the prevention of pathogens in feedstuffs of animal or fish
origin and amending Directive 90/425/EEC (OJ L 363, 27.12.1990, p. 51).
Directive as last amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.
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3) Council Directive of 22 December 1993 on the protection of animals at the
time of slaughter or killing (OJ L 340, 31.12.1993, p. 21).
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Article 4
Measures in cases where the presence of African swine fever on a
holding is suspected
1. Where a holding contains one or more pigs suspected of being
infected with African swine fever virus, Member States shall ensure
that the competent authority immediately sets in motion official meansof investigation to confirm or rule out the presence of the said diseasein accordance with the procedures laid down in the diagnostic manual.
When the holding is visited by an official veterinarian, a check of the
register and of the pig identification marks referred to in Articles 4 and
5 of Council Directive 92/102/EEC of 27 November 1992 on the iden-
tification and registration of animals (
1) shall also be carried out.
2. When the competent authority considers that the presence of
African swine fever in a holding cannot be ruled out, it shall immedi-ately have the holding placed under official surveillance and shall inparticular order that:
(a) all the pigs in the various categories on the holding are to be
counted and a list compiled of the number of pigs already sick,dead or likely to be infected in each category; the list shall beupdated to take account of pig births and deaths during the periodof suspicion; the information on the list shall be produced uponrequest and may be checked at each visit;
(b) all the pigs on the holding shall be restricted to their living quarters
or confined in some other place where they can be isolated;
(c) no pigs may enter or leave the holding. The competent authority
may, if necessary, extend the ban on leaving the holding to coverother species of animals and require the application of appropriatemeasures to destroy rodents or insects;
(d) no pig carcases may leave the holding without an authorisation
issued by the competent authority;
(e) no meat, pig products, semen, ova or embryos of pigs, animal feed,
utensils, materials or waste likely to transmit African swine fever
may leave the holding without an authorisation issued by the
competent authority; meat, pig products, semen, ova or embryosshall not be moved from the holding for intra-Community trade;
(f) the movement of persons to or from the holding shall be subject to
written authorisation by the competent authority;
(g) the movement of vehicles to or from the holding shall be subject to
written authorisation by the competent authority;
(h) appropriate means of disinfection shall be used at the entrances and
exits of buildings housing pigs and of the holding itself; any personentering or leaving pig holdings shall comply with appropriatehygiene measures necessary to reduce the risk of African swinefever virus spreading. Furthermore, all means of transport shall be
carefully disinfected before leaving the holding;
(i) an epidemiological inquiry shall be carried out in accordance with
Article 8.
3. Where required by the epidemiological situation, the competent
authority:
(a) may apply the measures provided for in Article 5(1) in the holding
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article; however, the competentauthority may, where it considers that conditions permit, limit theapplication of these measures only to the pigs suspected of beinginfected or contaminated with African swine fever virus and the
part of the holding where they were kept, provided that those pigs
have been housed, kept and fed completely separately from theother pigs in the holding. In any case, a sufficient number of2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 5
(1) OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 32. Directive as amended by the 1994 Act of
Accession.
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samples shall be taken from the pigs when they are killed in order
that the presence of African swine fever virus can be confirmed orruled out, in accordance with the diagnostic manual;
(b) may establish a temporary control zone around the holding referred
to in paragraph 2; some or all the measures referred to in para-graphs 1 or 2 shall be applied in the pig holdings within this zone.
4. Once adopted, the measures provided for in paragraph 2 shall not
be lifted until the presence of African swine fever has been officiallyruled out.
Article 5
Measures in cases where the presence of African swine fever on a
holding is confirmed
1. In cases where the presence of African swine fever is officially
confirmed in a holding, Member States shall ensure that, in additionto the measures referred to in Article 4(2), the competent authorityprescribes that:
(a) all pigs on the holding are to be killed without delay under official
supervision and in such a way as to avoid the risk of African swine
fever virus spreading during transport or killing;
(b) a sufficient number of samples are to be taken, in accordance with
the diagnostic manual, from the pigs when they are killed, in order
that the manner of introduction of African swine fever virus into
the holding and the length of time during which it may haveexisted on the holding before the disease was notified may beestablished;
(c) the carcases of pigs which have died or have been killed are to be
processed under official supervision;
(d) meat of pigs slaughtered during the period between the probable
introduction of the disease into the holding and the taking of offi-cial measures is wherever possible to be traced and processedunder official supervision;
(e) semen, ova or embryos of pigs collected from the holding during
the period between the probable introduction of disease into theholding and the taking of official measures are to be traced anddestroyed under official supervision in such a way as to avoid therisk of African swine fever virus spreading;
(f) all substances and waste likely to be contaminated, such as
feedingstuffs, are to be processed; all materials for single use whichmay be contaminated and in particular those used for the killing
operations are to be destroyed; these actions are to be carried out
in accordance with the instructions of the official veterinarian;
(g) after the pigs have been eliminated, the buildings used for housing
the pigs, the vehicles used for transporting them or their carcases
and the equipment, bedding, manure and slurry likely to becontaminated are to be cleaned, if necessary disinsectised, disin-fected and treated in accordance with Article 12;
(h) in the case of a primary outbreak of disease, the African swine
fever virus isolate is to be subject to the laboratory procedure laiddown in the diagnostic manual to identify the genetic type;
(i) an epidemiological inquiry is to be carried out in accordance with
Article 8.
2. In cases where an outbreak has been confirmed in a laboratory, a
zoo, a wild life park or a fenced area where pigs are kept for scientificpurposes or purposes related to conservation of species or conservation
of rare breeds, the Member State concerned may decide to derogate
from paragraphs 1(a) and 1(e), provided that basic Community interestsare not adversely affected.
Such a decision shall immediately be notified to the Commission.The Commission shall in all cases immediately review the situation
with the Member State concerned and in the Standing Veterinary2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 6
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Committee at the earliest possible opportunity. If necessary, measures
to prevent the disease spreading shall be adopted in accordance withthe procedure referred to in Article 24(2).
Article 6
Measures in cases where the presence of African swine fever is
confirmed in holdings consisting of various production units
1. Where the presence of African swine fever is confirmed in hold-
ings which consist of two or more separate production units and in
order that the fattening of pigs may be completed, the competentauthority may decide to derogate from the provisions of Article5(1)(a) as regards healthy pig production units on a holding which isinfected provided that the official veterinarian confirms that the struc-
ture, size and distance apart of these production units and the
operations carried out there are such that the production units providecompletely separate facilities for housing, keeping and feeding, so thatthe virus cannot spread from one production unit to another.
2. If use is made of the derogation referred to in paragraph 1,
Member States shall draw up detailed rules for applying it in the lightof the animal health guarantees which can be secured.
3. Member States which make use of this derogation shall immedi-
ately notify the Commission thereof. The Commission shall in all cases
immediately review the situation with the Member State concerned andin the Standing Veterinary Committee at the earliest possible opportu-nity. If necessary, measures to prevent the disease spreading shall beadopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24(2).
Article 7
Measures in contact holdings
1. Holdings shall be recognised as contact holdings where the offi-
cial veterinarian finds, or considers on the basis of the epidemiologicalinquiry carried out in accordance with Article 8, that African swine
fever may have been introduced, either from other holdings to the
holding referred to in Article 4 or 5, or from the latter holding to otherholdings.
Article 4 shall be applied in such holdings until the presence of African
swine fever has been officially ruled out.
2. The competent authority shall apply the measures provided for in
Article 5(1) in the contact holdings referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Article if the epidemiological situation so requires.
A sufficient number of samples shall be taken from the pigs, in accor-
dance with the diagnostic manual, when they are killed in order thatthe presence of African swine fever virus in these holdings can beconfirmed or ruled out.
Article 8
Epidemiological inquiry
Member States shall ensure that the epidemiological inquiry in relation
to suspected cases or outbreaks of African swine fever is carried out onthe basis of questionnaires, prepared within the framework of thecontingency plans referred to in Article 21.
Such an inquiry shall deal at least with:
(a) the length of time during which African swine fever virus may
have existed on the holding before the disease was notified or
suspected;
(b) the possible origin of African swine fever on the holding and the
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(c) the movement of persons, vehicles, pigs, carcases, semen, meat or
any material which could have carried the virus to or from theholdings in question;
(d) the possibility that vectors or feral pigs cause the disease to spread.
If the results of this inquiry suggest that African swine fever may have
spread from or to holdings located in other Member States, theCommission and the Member States concerned shall be immediatelyinformed.
Article 9
Establishment of protection and surveillance zones
1. Immediately after the diagnosis of African swine fever has been
officially confirmed in pigs on a holding, the competent authority shall
establish a protection zone with a radius of at least three kilometres
around the outbreak site, which shall itself be included in a surveillancezone of a radius of at least 10 kilometres.
The measures referred to in Articles 10 and 11 shall be applied in the
respective zones.
2. When establishing zones, the competent authority must take
account of:
(a) the results of the epidemiological inquiry carried out in accordance
with Article 8;
(b) the geographical situation, particularly natural or artificial bound-
aries;
(c) the location and proximity of holdings;
(d) patterns of movements and trade in pigs and the availability of
slaughterhouses and facilities for processing carcases;
(e) the facilities and personnel available to control any movement of
pigs within the zones, in particular if the pigs to be killed have to
be moved away from their holding of origin.
3. If a zone includes parts of the territory of several Member States,
the competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall colla-borate to establish the zone.
4. The competent authority shall take all necessary measures,
including the use of prominent signs and warning notices and the useof media resources, such as the press and television, to ensure that allpersons in the protection and surveillance zones are fully aware of therestrictions in force in accordance with Articles 10 and 11, and shall
take such measures as it considers appropriate to ensure the adequate
enforcement of these measures.
Article 10
Measures in the established protection zone
1. Member States shall ensure that the following measures are
applied in the protection zone:
(a) a census of all the holdings shall be carried out as soon as possible;
after the establishment of the protection zone these holdings shall
be visited by an official veterinarian within not more than sevendays in order to conduct a clinical examination of the pigs and tocheck the register and the pig identification marks referred to inArticles 4 and 5 of Directive 92/102/EEC;
(b) the movement and transport of pigs on public or private roads,
excluding when necessary the service roads of holdings, shall be
prohibited unless approved by the competent authority when
allowing the movements referred to in point (f). This prohibitionneed not be applied to the transit of pigs by road or rail withoutunloading or stopping. Furthermore, in accordance with the proce-dure referred to in Article 24(2), a derogation may be granted forslaughter pigs coming from outside the protection zone and on their2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 8
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way to a slaughterhouse situated in the said zone for immediate
slaughter;
(c) trucks and other vehicles and equipment, which are used to trans-
port pigs or other livestock or material which may be contaminated(such as carcases, feedingstuff, manure, slurry and so forth) shallbe cleaned, disinfected, if necessary disinsectised and treated as
soon as possible after contamination, in accordance with Article
12. No truck or vehicle which has been used for the transport ofpigs may leave the zone without being cleaned and disinfectedand then inspected and re-authorised for transport by the competentauthority;
(d) no other domestic animal may enter or leave a holding without the
authorisation of the competent authority;
(e) all dead or diseased pigs on a holding shall be immediately notified
to the competent authority, which shall carry out appropriate inves-
tigations in accordance with the procedures laid down in thediagnostic manual;
(f) pigs may not be removed from the holding in which they are kept
for at least 40 days after the completion of the preliminarycleansing and disinfection, and, if necessary, disinsectisation ofthe infected holdings. After 40 days, subject to the conditionsreferred to in paragraph 3, the competent authority may authorisethe removal of pigs from the said holding to be directly transported
to:
— a slaughterhouse designated by the competent authority, prefer-
ably within the protection or surveillance zone for the purposeof immediate slaughter,
— a processing plant or a suitable place where the pigs are imme-
diately killed and their carcases are processed under official
supervision,
— in exceptional circumstances, to other premises located within
the protection zone. Member States making use of this provi-sion shall immediately inform the Commission thereof in theStanding Veterinary Committee;
(g) semen, ova or embryos of pigs shall not leave the holdings situated
within the protection zone;
(h) any person entering or leaving pig holdings shall comply with
appropriate hygiene measures as necessary to reduce the risk of
African swine fever virus spreading.
2. Where the prohibitions provided for in paragraph 1 are main-
tained beyond 40 days because of further outbreaks of the disease andas a result animal welfare or other problems arise in keeping the pigs,subject to the conditions referred to in paragraph 3, the competent
authority may, following a reasoned application by the owner,
authorise the removal of pigs from a holding within the protectionzone, to be directly transported to:
(a) a slaughterhouse designated by the competent authority, preferably
within the protection or surveillance zone for the purpose ofimmediate slaughter;
(b) a processing plant or a suitable place where the pigs are immedi-
ately killed and their carcases are processed under officialsupervision;
(c) in exceptional circumstances, to other premises located within the
protection zone. Member States making use of this provision shallimmediately inform the Commission thereof in the Standing Veter-inary Committee.
3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the competent
authority may authorise the removal of pigs from the holding
concerned, on condition that:
(a) an official veterinarian has carried out a clinical examination of the
pigs in the holding and in particular of those to be moved,including the taking of the body temperature in accordance withthe procedures laid down in the diagnostic manual and a check of2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 9
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the register and the pig identification marks referred to in Articles
4 and 5 of Directive 92/102/EEC;
(b) the checks and examinations referred to in point (a) have shown no
evidence of African swine fever and compliance with Directive 92/102/EEC;
(c) the pigs are transported in vehicles sealed by the competent
authority;
(d) the vehicle and equipment which have been involved in the trans-
port of the pigs are immediately cleaned and disinfected after thetransport in accordance with the provisions referred to in Article12;
(e) if the pigs are to be slaughtered or killed, a sufficient number of
samples is then taken from the pigs in accordance with the diag-
nostic manual in order that the presence of African swine fevervirus in these holdings can be confirmed or ruled out;
(f) if the pigs are to be transported to a slaughterhouse:
— the competent authority responsible for the slaughterhouse has
been informed of the intention to send the pigs and notifies the
dispatching competent authority of their arrival,
— on arrival at the slaughterhouse, these pigs are kept and slaugh-
tered separately from other pigs,
— during ante and post mortem inspection carried out at the desig-
nated slaughterhouse, the competent authority takes into
account any signs of the presence of African swine fever,
— the fresh meat from these pigs is either processed or marked
with the special mark referred to in Article 5a of Council Direc-
tive 72/461/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health problems
affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat (
1), and is
processed separately in accordance with the rules laid down inArticle 4(1)(a)(i) of Council Directive 80/215/EEC of 22January 1980 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products (
2). This must be done at an
establishment designated by the competent authority. The meat
must be sent to the said establishment on condition that theconsignment is sealed before departure and remains sealedthroughout the transport.
4. The measures in the protection zone shall continue to be applied
at least until:
(a) cleansing, disinfection and, if necessary, disinsectisation in the
infected holdings have been carried out;
(b) pigs on all holdings have undergone clinical and laboratory exam-
inations carried out in accordance with the diagnostic manual in
order to detect the possible presence of African swine fever virus.
The examinations referred to in point (b) shall not take place until 45
days have elapsed since the completion of preliminary cleansing, disin-fection and, if necessary, disinsectisation measures on the infectedholdings.
5. However, by way of derogation from paragraphs 1(f), and from
paragraphs 2 and 4, the 40- and 45-day periods stipulated therein maybe reduced to 30 days if, in accordance with the diagnostic manual, the
Member States have applied an intensive sampling and testing
programme making it possible to rule out the presence of Africanswine fever on the holding in question.2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 10
(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 24 (S.E. SER. I (1972) p. 3). Directive as amended
by the 1994 Act of Accession.
(2) OJ L 47, 21.2.1980, p. 4. Directive as amended by the 1994 Act of Acces-
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Article 11
Measures in the established surveillance zone
1. Member States shall ensure that the following measures are
applied in the surveillance zone:
(a) a census shall be taken of all pig holdings;
(b) the movement and transport of pigs on public or private roads,
excluding when necessary the service roads of holdings, shall beprohibited, unless approved by the competent authority. This prohi-
bition need not be applied to the transit of pigs by road or rail,
without unloading or stopping, or to slaughter pigs coming fromoutside the surveillance zone and on their way to a slaughterhousesituated in the said zone for immediate slaughter;
(c) trucks and other vehicles and equipment which are used to trans-
port pigs or other livestock or material which may becontaminated (such as carcases, feedingstuff, manure, slurry andso forth) shall be cleaned, disinfected, if necessary disinsectised
and treated as soon as possible after contamination, in accordance
with Article 12. No truck or vehicle which has been used in thetransport of pigs may leave the zone without having been cleanedand disinfected;
(d) no other domestic animal may enter or leave a holding during the
first seven days after establishment of the zone without the author-isation of the competent authority;
(e) all dead or diseased pigs on a holding shall be immediately notified
to the competent authority, which shall carry out appropriate inves-tigations in accordance with the procedures laid down in the
diagnostic manual;
(f) pigs may not be removed from the holding in which they are kept
for at least 30 days after the completion of the preliminary
cleansing, disinfection and, if necessary, disinsectisation of theinfected holdings. After 30 days, subject to the conditions set outin Article 10(3), the competent authority may authorise the removalof the pigs from the said holding to be directly transported to:
— a slaughterhouse designated by the competent authority, prefer-
ably within the protection or surveillance zone, for the purposeof immediate slaughter,
— a processing plant or a suitable place where the pigs are imme-
diately killed and their carcases are processed under official
supervision, or
— in exceptional circumstances, other premises located within the
protection or surveillance zone. Member States making use ofthis provision shall immediately inform the Commission thereof
in the Standing Veterinary Committee.
However, if the pigs are to be transported to a slaughterhouse, at
the request of a Member State, accompanied by appropriate justifi-
cation, and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
24(2), derogations from Article 10(3)(e) and (f), fourth indent, maybe authorised, in particular with respect to the marking of the meatfrom these pigs and its subsequent use, and the destination of thetreated products;
(g) semen, ova or embryos of pigs shall not leave the holdings situated
within the surveillance zone;
(h) any person entering or leaving pig holdings shall comply with
appropriate hygienic measures as necessary to reduce the risk ofAfrican swine fever virus spreading.
2. Where the prohibitions provided for in paragraph 1 are main-
tained beyond 40 days because of further outbreaks of the disease,and where as a result animal welfare or other problems arise in keepingthe pigs, subject to the conditions referred to in Article 10(3), thecompetent authority may, following a reasoned application by the2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 11
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owner, authorise the removal of pigs from a holding within the surveil-
lance zone to be directly transported to:
(a) a slaughterhouse designated by the competent authority, preferably
within the protection or surveillance zone, for the purpose ofimmediate slaughter;
(b) a processing plant or a suitable place where the pigs are immedi-
ately killed and their carcases are processed under officialsupervision, or
(c) in exceptional circumstances, other premises located within the
protection or surveillance zone. Member States making use of thisprovision shall immediately inform the Commission thereof in the
Standing Veterinary Committee.
3. The measures in the surveillance zone shall continue to be
applied at least until:
(a) cleansing, disinfection and, if necessary, disinsectisation in the
infected holdings have been carried out;
(b) pigs on all holdings have undergone clinical and, where necessary,
laboratory examinations as laid down in the diagnostic manual inorder to detect the eventual presence of African swine fever virus.
The examinations referred to in point (b) shall not take place until 40
days have elapsed since the completion of preliminary cleansing, disin-
fection and, if necessary, disinsectisation measures on the infectedholdings.
4. However, by way of derogation from paragraph 1(f), and from
paragraphs 2 and 3, the 30-day periods stipulated in paragraph 1(f)
and the 40-day periods stipulated in paragraphs 2 and 3 may bereduced respectively to 21, 30 and 20 days if, in accordance with thediagnostic manual, the Member States have applied an intensivesampling and testing programme making it possible to rule out thepresence of African swine fever on the holding in question.
Article 12
Cleansing, disinfection and treatment with insecticides
Member States shall ensure that:
(a) the disinfectants and insecticides to be used and their concentra-
tions are officially approved by the competent authority;
(b) the cleansing, disinfection and, if necessary, insecticide operations
are carried out under official supervision in accordance with:
— the instructions given by the official veterinarian; and
— the principles and procedures laid down in Annex II.
Article 13
Repopulation of pig holdings following disease outbreaks
1. The reintroduction of pigs to holdings referred to in Article 5
shall not take place until at least 40 days after completion of the
cleansing, disinfection and, if necessary, disinsectisation operations in
the holding in question in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 5 of thisArticle.
2. The reintroduction of pigs shall take account of the type of
farming practised on the holding concerned, and shall conform to one
of the procedures set out in paragraphs 3 and 4.
3. In the case of holdings where the occurrence of disease has not
been linked to vectors, the following procedure shall apply:
(a) as regards open-air holdings, the reintroduction of pigs shall start
with the introduction of sentinel pigs which have been checkedand found negative for the presence of antibodies against Africanswine fever virus or which come from holdings not subjected toany restrictions related to African swine fever. The sentinel pigs2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 12
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shall be placed, in accordance with the requirements of the compe-
tent authority, throughout the infected holding and shall be sampled45 days later, and shall be tested for the presence of antibodies, in
accordance with the diagnostic manual. No pig may leave the
holding before the negative results of the serological tests are avail-able; if none of the pigs has developed antibodies against Africanswine fever virus, full repopulation may then take place;
(b) as regards all other forms of rearing, the reintroduction of pigs
shall either take place in accordance with the measures providedfor in point (a) or shall be based on total repopulation, providedthat:
— all the pigs arrive within a period of 20 days and come from
holdings not subjected to any restrictions related to Africanswine fever,
— pigs in the repopulated herd shall be subjected to a serological
examination in accordance with the diagnostic manual.Sampling for that examination shall be carried out at the earliest45 days after the arrival of the last pigs,
— no pig may leave the holding before the negative results of the
serological examination are available.
4. In the case of holdings where the occurrence of disease has been
linked to vectors, restocking shall not take place for at least six yearsunless:
(a) specific operations to eliminate the vector from the premises and
places where the pigs are to be kept or can come into contact
with the vector have been successfully carried out under officialsupervision, or
(b) it has been possible to show that the persistence of the vector no
longer represents a significant risk of African swine fever being
transmitted.
Thereafter, the measures laid down in paragraph 3(a) shall apply.In addition to those measures, however, no pig may leave the holding
in question after full repopulation until further serological examinationsfor African swine fever have been carried out with negative results onsamples collected from the pigs in the holding at the earliest 60 daysafter full repopulation, in accordance with the diagnostic manual.
5. Where the occurrence of disease has not been linked to vectors,
and if more than six months have elapsed since the completion of the
cleansing and disinfection operations in the holding, the competentauthority may authorise derogation from paragraph 3, taking intoaccount the epidemiological situation.
6. The reintroduction of domestic animals of species other than pigs
to the holdings described in Article 5 shall be subject to authorisation
by the competent authority, which shall take account of the risk of
spreading the infection or of the persistence of vectors presented bysuch reintroduction.
Article 14
Measures in cases where African swine fever is suspected or
confirmed in a slaughterhouse or means of transport
1. Where there is a suspicion of African swine fever in a slaughter-
house or means of transport, Member States shall ensure that thecompetent authority immediately sets in motion official means ofinvestigation to confirm or to rule out the presence of the disease in
accordance with the procedures laid down in the diagnostic manual.
2. Should a case of African swine fever be detected in a slaughter-
house or means of transport, the competent authority shall ensure that:
(a) all susceptible animals in the slaughterhouse or in the means of
transport are killed without delay;
(b) the carcases, offal and animal waste of possibly infected and
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(c) cleansing, disinfection and, if necessary, disinsectisation of build-
ings and equipment, including vehicles, takes place under thesupervision of the official veterinarian in accordance with Article
12;
(d) an epidemiological inquiry is carried out as provided in Article 8
mutatis mutandis ;
(e) the African swine fever virus isolate is subject to the laboratory
procedure laid down in the diagnostic manual, to identify thegenetic type of virus;
(f) the measures referred to in Article 7 are applied in the holding
where the infected pigs or carcases came from and in the othercontact holdings. Unless otherwise indicated by the epidemiological
inquiry, the measures laid down in Article 5(1) shall be applied in
the holding of origin of the infected pigs or carcases;
(g) no animals are reintroduced for slaughter or transport until at least
24 hours after completion of the cleansing, disinfection and, if
necessary, disinsectisation operations conducted in accordancewith Article 12.
Article 15
Measures in cases where African swine fever is suspected or
confirmed in feral pigs
1. Immediately after the competent authority of a Member State has
information that feral pigs are suspected of being infected, it shall takeall appropriate measures to confirm or rule out the presence of thedisease, by giving information to the owners of pigs and to hunters,
and by investigations of all feral pigs shot or found dead, including
laboratory testing.
2. As soon as confirmation of a primary case of African swine fever
in feral pigs has taken place, in order to reduce the spread of disease,the competent authority of a Member State shall immediately:
(a) establish an expert group including veterinarians, hunters, wild life
biologists and epidemiologists. The expert group shall assist thecompetent authority in:
— studying the epidemiological situation and defining an infected
area in accordance with Article 16(3)(b),
— establishing appropriate measures to be applied in the infected
area in addition to the ones referred to in points (b) and (c);these measures may include suspension of hunting and a banon feeding feral pigs,
— drawing up the eradication plan to be submitted to the Commis-
sion in accordance with Article 16,
— carrying out checks to verify the effectiveness of the measures
adopted to eradicate African swine fever from the infected area;
(b) place under official surveillance pig holdings in the defined
infected area, and shall in particular order that:
— an official census be carried out of all categories of pigs on all
holdings; the census shall be kept up to date by the owner. The
information in the census shall be produced on request and may
be checked at each inspection. However, as regards open-air pigholdings, the first census carried out may be done on the basisof an estimate,
— all pigs on the holding be kept in their living quarters or some
other place where they can be isolated from feral pigs. Feralpigs must not have access to any material which may subse-
quently come in contact with the pigs on the holding,
— no pigs enter or leave the holding, except where authorised by
the competent authority having regard to the epidemiologicalsituation,
— appropriate means of disinfection and if necessary disinsectisa-
tion be used at the entrance and exits of buildings housing pigsand of the holding itself,2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 14
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— appropriate hygiene measures be applied by all persons coming
into contact with feral pigs, to reduce the risk of African swinefever virus spreading,
— all dead or diseased pigs with African swine fever symptoms on
a holding be tested for the presence of African swine fever,
— no part of any feral pig, whether shot or found dead, nor any
material or equipment which could be contaminated withAfrican swine fever virus, shall be brought into a pig holding,
— pigs, their semen, embryos or ova shall not be moved from the
infected area for intra-Community trade;
(c) arrange that all feral pigs shot or found dead in the defined infected
area are inspected by an official veterinarian and examined forAfrican swine fever in accordance with the diagnostic manual.Carcases of all animals found positive shall be processed underofficial supervision. Where such testing proves negative as regards
African swine fever, Member States shall apply the measures laid
down in Article 11(2) of Council Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June1992 on public health and animal health problems relating to thekilling of wild game and the placing on the market of wild-gamemeat (
1). Parts not intended for human consumption shall be
processed under official supervision;
(d) ensure that the African swine fever virus isolate is subject to the
laboratory procedure indicated in the diagnostic manual, to identifythe genetic type of virus.
3. If a case of African swine fever has occurred in feral pigs in an
area of a Member State close to the territory of another Member State,the Member States concerned shall collaborate in the establishment ofdisease control measures.
Article 16
Plans for the eradication of African swine fever from a feral pig
population
1. Without prejudice to the measures laid down in Article 15,
Member States shall submit to the Commission within 90 days of the
confirmation of a primary case of African swine fever in feral pigs awritten plan of the measures taken to eradicate the disease in the areadefined as infected, and of the measures applied on the holdings in thatarea.
The Commission shall examine the plan in order to determine whether
it permits the desired objective to be attained. The plan, if necessarywith amendments, shall be approved in accordance with the procedurereferred to in Article 24(2).
The plan may subsequently be amended or supplemented to take
account of developments in the situation.
If these amendments concern the re-definition of the infected area,
Member States shall ensure that the Commission and the other MemberStates are informed of these amendments without delay.
If the amendments concern other provisions of the plan, Member States
shall submit the amended plan to the Commission for examination andeventual approval in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 24(2).
2. After the measures provided for in the plan mentioned in para-
graph 1 have been approved, they shall replace the initial measures
laid down in Article 15, on a date which shall be decided upon whenapproval is given.2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 15
(1) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 35. Directive as last amended by Directive 97/79/
EC (OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31).
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3. The plan mentioned in paragraph 1 shall contain information on:
(a) the results of the epidemiological investigations and controls
carried out in accordance with Article 15 and the geographicaldistribution of the disease;
(b) the definition of the infected area within the territory of the
Member State concerned. When defining the infected area, thecompetent authority shall take into account:
— the results of the epidemiological investigations carried out and
the geographical distribution of the disease,
— the feral pig population in the area,
— the existence of major natural or artificial obstacles to move-
ments of feral pigs;
(c) the organisation of close cooperation between biologists, hunters,
hunting organisations, the wildlife services and veterinary authori-ties (animal health and public health);
(d) the information campaign to be enforced to increase hunters'
awareness of the measures they have to adopt in the framework
of the eradication plan;
(e) specific efforts made to determine the extent of the infection in the
feral pig population, by investigating feral pigs shot by hunters orfound dead, and by laboratory testing, including age-stratifiedepidemiological investigations;
(f) the requirements to be complied with by hunters in order to avoid
any spread of the disease;
(g) the method of removal of feral pigs found dead or shot, which
shall be based on:
— processing under official supervision, or
— inspection by an official veterinarian and laboratory tests as
provided for in the diagnostic manual. Carcases of all animalsfound positive shall be processed under official supervision.
Where such testing proves negative as regards African swine
fever, Member States shall apply the measures laid down inArticle 11(2) of Directive 92/45/EEC. Parts not intended forhuman consumption shall be processed under official supervi-sion;
(h) the epidemiological inquiry which is carried out on each feral pig,
whether shot or found dead. This inquiry must include the comple-tion of a questionnaire which supplies information about:
— the geographical area where the animal was found dead or
shot,
— the date on which the animal was found dead or shot,
— the person who found or shot the animal,
— the age and sex of the pig,— if shot: symptoms before shooting,
— if found dead: the state of the carcase,
— laboratory findings;
(i) surveillance programmes and prevention measures applicable to
the holdings situated in the defined infected area, and, if neces-sary, in its surroundings, including the transport and movement of
animals within, from and to the area; these measures shall at least
include the ban on moving pigs, their semen, embryos or ova fromthe infected area for intra-Community trade and may include atemporary ban on pig production and on the establishment of newholdings;
(j) other criteria to be applied for lifting the measures taken;
(k) the authority with responsibility for supervising and coordinating
the departments responsible for implementing the plan;
(l) the information system established in order that the expert group
appointed in accordance with Article 15(2)(a) can review on aregular basis the results of the eradication plan;2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 16
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(m) the disease monitoring measures which shall be enforced at the
earliest 12 months after diagnosis of the last case of African swinefever in feral pigs in the defined infected area; these monitoring
measures shall stay in place for at least 12 additional months and
shall at least include the provisions already enforced in accordancewith points (e), (g) and (h).
4. A report concerning the epidemiological situation in the defined
area and the results of the eradication plan shall be transmitted to the
Commission and to the other Member States in the Committee referred
to in Article 23 every six months.
More detailed rules relating to the information to be provided by the
Member States on this matter may be adopted in accordance with theprocedure referred to in Article 23(2).
Article 17
Measures to prevent the spread of African swine fever virus by
means of vectors
1. Should the presence of vectors be possible or suspected on a
holding where African swine fever has been confirmed, the competent
authority shall ensure that:
(a) the infected building and its surroundings are checked for the
presence of vectors, by means of physical inspection and, if neces-sary, the trapping of specimens in accordance with Annex III;
(b) where the presence of vectors is confirmed:
— appropriate laboratory tests are carried out to confirm or rule
out the presence of African swine fever virus in the vectors,
— further appropriate monitoring, checking and control measures
are established in the holding and in the area around theholding;
(c) where the presence of vectors is confirmed but its control is
impracticable, pigs and if necessary other domestic animals arenot kept on the holding for at least six years.
2. Information on the implementation of paragraph 1 shall be
provided by the Member State concerned to the Commission and to
the other Member States in the framework of the Standing VeterinaryCommittee.
3. Further measures for the monitoring and control of vectors and
for the prevention of African swine fever may be adopted in accor-
dance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2).
Article 18
Diagnostic procedures and bio-safety requirements
1. Member States shall ensure that:
(a) diagnostic procedures, sampling and laboratory testing to detect the
presence of African swine fever are carried out in accordance with
the diagnostic manual;
(b) a national laboratory is responsible for coordinating standards and
methods of diagnosis in each Member State in accordance with
Annex IV.
2. The national laboratories referred to in Annex IV shall liaise with
the Community reference laboratory as indicated in Annex V. Withoutprejudice to the provisions of Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June
1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (
1), and in particular Article
28 thereof, the powers and duties of the laboratory shall be thosedescribed in that Annex.2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 17
(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 2001/572/
EC (OJ L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 16).
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3. In order to ensure uniform procedures to diagnose African swine
fever and an appropriate differential diagnosis with classical swinefever, within six months of the date when this Directive enters into
force and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
23(2), an African swine fever diagnostic manual shall be adopted toestablish at least:
(a) minimum quality standards to be observed by African swine fever
diagnostic laboratories and for the transport of samples;
(b) criteria and procedures to be followed when clinical or post mortem
examinations are carried out to confirm or exclude the presence of
African swine fever;
(c) criteria and procedures to be followed for the collection of samples
from live pigs or their carcases, to confirm or exclude Africanswine fever by laboratory examinations, including samplingmethods for serological or virological screenings carried out in theframework of the application of the measures provided for in this
Directive;
(d) laboratory tests to be used for the diagnosis of African swine fever,
including criteria for evaluating the results of the laboratory tests;
(e) laboratory techniques for the genetic typing of the African swine
fever virus isolate.
4. In order that appropriate bio-safety conditions are guaranteed to
protect animal health, the African swine fever virus, its genome andantigens and vaccines for research, diagnosis or manufacture shall be
manipulated or used only in places, establishments or laboratories
approved by the competent authority.
The list of approved places, establishments or laboratories shall be
transmitted to the Commission not later than 1 January 2004 and shall
be kept updated thereafter.
5. Annexes IV and V and the diagnostic manual may be supple-
mented or amended in accordance with the procedure referred to inArticle 23(2).
Article 19
Use, manufacture and sale of African swine fever vaccines
Member States shall ensure that:
(a) the use of African swine fever vaccines is prohibited;
(b) the manipulation, manufacture, storage, supply, distribution or sale
of African swine fever vaccines in the territory of the Communityis carried out under official control.
However, to take account of developments in scientific and technical
research into the production of such a vaccine, the Commission shallsubmit to the Council a report accompanied if necessary by appropriateproposals to update this Directive.
Article 20
Community controls
Experts from the Commission may make on-the-spot checks in coop-
eration with the competent authorities of the Member States, in so far
as this is necessary to ensure uniform application of this Directive. TheMember State in whose territory checks are made shall provide theexperts with all the assistance necessary for carrying out their duties.The Commission shall inform the competent authority of the results ofthe checks made.
The rules of application of this Article and in particular those
governing the procedure for cooperation with the national authoritiesshall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article23(2).2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 18
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Article 21
Contingency plans
1. Each Member State shall draw up a contingency plan specifying
the national measures to be implemented in the event of an outbreak of
African swine fever, taking into account local factors, such as, in parti-
cular, the density of pigs, which are likely to influence the spread ofAfrican swine fever.
This plan shall allow access to facilities, equipment, personnel and all
other appropriate materials necessary for the rapid and efficient eradi-
cation of the outbreak.
2. The criteria and requirements to be applied for drawing up the
contingency plan shall be those set out in Annex VI.
In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 23(2), those
criteria and requirements may be amended or supplemented to takeinto account the specific nature of African swine fever and the progress
made in the development of disease control measures.
3. The Commission shall examine the plans in order to determine
whether they permit the desired objective to be attained and shallsuggest to the Member State concerned any amendments required, in
particular to ensure that they are compatible with those of the other
Member States.
The plans, if necessary amended, shall be approved in accordance with
the procedure referred to in Article 23(2).
The plans may be subsequently amended or supplemented, in accor-
dance with the procedure referred to in Article 23(2), to take intoaccount developments in the situation. In any event, every five years
each Member State shall update the plan and submit it to the Commis-
sion for approval in accordance with the procedure referred to inArticle 23(2).
Article 22
Disease control centres and expert groups
1. Member States shall ensure that a fully functional national disease
control centre can be immediately set up in the event of any outbreaks
of African swine fever.
2. 2. The national disease control centre shall direct and monitor the
operations of the local disease control centres referred to in paragraph
3. It shall be responsible, inter alia , for:
(a) defining the necessary control measures;
(b) ensuring the prompt and efficient implementation of the abovemen-
tioned measures by the local disease control centres;
(c) allocating staff and other resources to local disease control centres;
(d) providing information to the Commission, to other Member States,
the national veterinary organisations, national authorities and theagricultural and trading bodies;
(e) liasing with diagnostic laboratories;
(f) liasing with the press and other media;
(g) liasing with the police authorities to ensure that specific legal
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3. Member States shall ensure that fully functional local disease
control centres can be immediately set up in the event of any outbreaksof African swine fever.
4. Certain functions of the national disease control centre may,
however, be delegated to the local disease control centre operating atan administrative level as provided for in Article 2(2)(p) of Directive64/432/EEC (
1) or at another level, provided the objectives of the
national disease control centre are not thereby compromised.
5. Member States shall create a permanently operational expert
group to maintain the expertise needed to assist the competent authorityin ensuring disease preparedness.
In the event of an outbreak the expert group shall assist the competent
authority at least in:
(a) the epidemiological enquiry;
(b) sampling, testing and interpretation of results of laboratory tests;
(c) establishment of disease control measures.
6. Member States shall ensure that the national and local disease
control centres and the expert group have staff, facilities and equipment
including communication systems as necessary, and a clear and effec-
tive chain of command and management to ensure the promptimplementation of the disease control measures laid down in thisDirective.
Details regarding staff, facilities, equipment, chain of command and
management of the national and local disease control centres and of
the expert group shall be laid down in the contingency plans referredto in Article 21.
7. Further criteria and requirements concerning the function and
duties of the national disease control centres, local disease controlcentres and expert groups may be laid down in accordance with the
procedure provided for in Article 23(2).
Article 23
Normal regulatory procedure
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee.2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of
Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period provided for in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall
be three months.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Article 24
Accelerated regulatory procedure
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee.2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of
Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period provided for in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall
be 15 days.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 20
(1) Council Directive of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting
intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p.
1977) (S.E. SER.I (1963-1964) p. 164). Directive as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 535/2002 (OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 22).
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Article 25
Amendment of Annex I to Directive 92/119/EEC
In Annex I to Directive 92/119/EC the words ‘Teschen disease’ shall
be replaced by the words ‘African swine fever’.
Article 26
Implementing measures
1. Annexes I to VI to this Directive shall be amended in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 23(2).
2. Any detailed rules necessary for the implementation of this Direc-
tive may be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 23(2) or when the epidemiological situation so requires, inaccordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24(2).
Article 27
Transitional provisions
Pending the application of this Directive, transitional provisions on the
control of African swine fever may be adopted in accordance with theprocedure referred to in Article 23(2).
Article 28
Transposition into national law
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and admin-
istrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 June2003. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 July 2003.When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a refer-
ence to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the
occasion of their official publication. The methods of making a refer-ence shall be laid down by Member States.
Article 29
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
Article 30
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 21
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ANNEX I
Notification of disease and further epidemiological information to be
provided by the Member State where African swine fever has been
confirmed
1. Within 24 hours of the confirmation of any primary outbreak, primary case
in feral pigs or case in a slaughterhouse or means of transport, the Member
State concerned must notify by means of the Animal Disease Notification
System established in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 82/894/EEC:
(a) the date of dispatch;
(b) the time of dispatch;
(c) the name of Member State;
(d) the name of disease;
(e) the number of the outbreak or case;
(f) the date on which African swine fever was suspected;
(g) the date of confirmation;(h) the methods used for confirmation;
(i) whether the disease has been confirmed in feral pigs or in pigs in a
holding, slaughterhouse or means of transport;
(j) the geographical location where the outbreak or the case of African
swine fever has been confirmed;
(k) the disease control measures applied.
2. In the case of primary outbreaks or cases in slaughterhouses or means of
transport, the Member State concerned must forward the following informa-
tion in addition to the data referred to in point 1:
(a) the number of susceptible pigs in the outbreak, slaughterhouse or means
of transport;
(b) the number of dead pigs of each category in the holding, slaughterhouse
or means of transport;
(c) for each category, the morbidity of the disease and the number of pigs in
which African swine fever has been confirmed;
(d) the number of pigs killed in the outbreak, or in the slaughterhouse or
means of transport;
(e) the number of carcases processed;
(f) in the case of an outbreak, its distance from the nearest pig holding;
(g) if African swine fever was confirmed in a slaughterhouse or means of
transport, the location of the holding or holdings of origin of the infected
pigs or carcases.
3. In the case of secondary outbreaks, the information referred to in points 1
and 2 must be forwarded within the time limits laid down in Article 4 of
Directive 82/894/EEC.
4. The Member State concerned shall ensure that the information to be provided
in accordance with points 1, 2 and 3, in relation to any outbreak or case of
African swine fever in a holding, slaughterhouse or means of transport is
followed as soon as possible by a written report to the Commission and the
other Member States including at least:
(a) the date on which the pigs in the holding, slaughterhouse or means of
transport were killed and their carcases processed;
(b) the results of the tests carried out on samples taken when pigs were
killed;
(c) where the derogation provided for in Article 6(1) has been applied, the
number of pigs killed and processed, and the number of pigs which are
to be slaughtered at a later date together with the time limit laid down for
their slaughter;
(d) any information relating to the possible origin of the disease or, if ascer-
tained, its actual origin;
(e) information on the control system established to ensure that the measures
laid down in Articles 10 and 11 for the control of animal movements are
effectively implemented;
(f) in the case of a primary outbreak or of a case of African swine fever in a
slaughterhouse or means of transport, the genetic type of virus respon-
sible for the outbreak or for the case;2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 22
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(g) where pigs have been killed in contact holdings or in holdings containing
pigs suspected of being infected with African swine fever virus, informa-
tion on:
— the date of killing and the number of pigs of each category killed in
each holding,
— the epidemiological link between the outbreak or case of African
swine fever and each contact holding or the other reasons that have
induced the suspicion that African swine fever is present in each
suspected holding,
— the results of the laboratory tests carried out on the samples taken
from the pigs in the holdings and when such pigs were killed,
where pigs in contact holdings have not been killed, information must be
provided concerning the reasons for this decision.2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 23
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ANNEX II
Principles and procedures for cleansing, disinfection and treatment with
insecticides
1. General principles and procedures:
(a) the cleansing and disinfection operations and, where necessary, the
measures to destroy rodents and insects using officially authorised
products must be carried out under official supervision and in accordance
with the instructions given by the official veterinarian;
(b) the disinfectants to be used and their concentrations must be officially
approved by the competent authority to ensure destruction of African
swine fever virus;
(c) the efficacy of disinfectants must be regularly checked before use, as the
efficacity of certain disinfectants is diminished by prolonged storage;
(d) the choice of disinfectants, insecticides and of procedures for disinfection
and disinsectisation must be made taking into account the nature of the
premises, vehicles and objects which are to be treated;
(e) the conditions under which degreasing agents, disinfectants and insecti-
cides are used must ensure that their efficacy is not impaired. In
particular technical parameters indicated by the manufacturer, such as
pressure, minimum temperature and required contact time must be
observed;
(f) irrespective of the disinfectant used, the following general rules should
be applied:
— thorough soaking of bedding and litter as well as faecal matter with
the disinfectant,
— washing and cleansing by careful brushing and scrubbing of the
ground, floor, ramps and walls, if possible after the removal or
dismantling of equipment or installations so as not to impair the
effective cleansing and disinfection procedures,
— then, further application of disinfectant for a minimum contact time
as stipulated in the manufacturer's recommendations,
— the water used for cleaning operations must be disposed of in such a
way as to avoid any risk of spreading the virus, in accordance with
the instructions of the official veterinarian;
(g) where washing is carried out with liquids applied under pressure, re-
contamination of the previously cleansed parts must be avoided;
(h) washing, disinfecting or destroying of equipment, installations, articles or
compartments likely to be contaminated must be included;
(i) following the disinfection procedures, re-contamination must be avoided;
(j) cleansing, disinfection and disinsectisation required in the framework of
this Directive must be documented in the holding or vehicle register and
where official approval is required, be certified by the supervising offi-
cial veterinarian.
2. Special provisions on the cleansing and disinfection of infected holdings:
(a) preliminary cleansing and disinfection:
— during the killing of the animals, all necessary measures must be
taken to avoid or minimise the spread of African swine fever virus.
Those measures include, inter alia , the installation of temporary
disinfection equipment, supply of protective clothing, showers,
decontamination of used equipment, instruments and facilities and
the interruption of power supply to the ventilation,
— carcases of killed animals must be sprayed with disinfectant,
— if the carcases have to be removed from the holding for processing,
covered and leak proof containers must be used,
— as soon as the carcases of the pigs have been removed for processing,
those parts of the holding in which the animals were housed and any
parts of other buildings, yards etc., contaminated during killing, or
post-mortem examination must be sprayed with disinfectants
approved in accordance with Article 12,
— any tissue or blood spilled during slaughter or post-mortem or gross
contamination of buildings, yards, utensils etc. must be carefully
collected and processed with the carcases,
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(b) final cleansing and disinfection:
— manure and used bedding must be removed and treated as provided in
point 3(a),
— grease and dirt must be removed from all surfaces by the application
of a degreasing agent and the surfaces washed with water,
— after washing with cold water, further spraying with disinfectant must
be applied,
— after seven days the premises must be treated with a degreasing
agent, rinsed with water, sprayed with disinfectant and rinsed again
with water.
3. Disinfection of contaminated bedding, manure and slurry:
(a) manure and used bedding must be stacked to heat, sprayed with disinfec-
tant and left for at least 42 days or destroyed by burning or burying;
(b) slurry must be stored for at least 60 days after the last addition of infec-
tive material, unless the competent authorities authorise a reduced
storage period for slurry which has been effectively treated in accordance
with the instructions given by the official veterinarian so as to ensure the
destruction of the virus.
4. However, by way of derogation from points 1 and 2, in the case of open-air
holdings the competent authority may establish specific procedures for
cleansing and disinfection, taking into account the type of holding and the
climatic conditions.2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 25
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ANNEX III
Guidelines for the retrieval of vectors
1. The search for vectors must be carried out in the pigs' living and resting
quarters and in the surrounding area.
Vectors are generally to be found in old buildings, in the shade where condi-
tions in terms of temperature and humidity are favourable.
The best results will be achieved if the search takes place in late spring,
during the summer and early autumn, periods during which vectors are most
active.
2. Two methods should be used:
(a) search for vectors in soil, sand or dust extracted from the spaces between
stones (in the case of stone-built areas) or from the interstices or crevices
in the walls under the tiles or from the ground of the premises by means
of a brush or any other appropriate tool. Earth and sand should be sifted
as necessary. A magnifying glass may be useful when searching for
young larvae;
(b) search for vectors by means of CO2traps. The traps must be placed for
several hours in the pig stalls preferably during the night and in any
event in shady areas out of the daylight. The traps should be constructed
in such a way that the vectors are brought close enough to the CO2source for it to be impossible for them to return to their habitat.2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 26
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ANNEX IV
National African swine fever laboratories and their responsibilities
1. The national African swine fever laboratories are as follows:
BelgiumCentre d'étude et de recherche vétérinaires et agrochimiques, 1180 Bruxelles
Czech Republic
Institute of Animal Health, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24
ONF
Denmark
Danmarks Veterinære Institut — Afdeling for Virologi, Lindholm, 4771
Kalvehave
Germany
Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere, Tübingen, 17498
Riems
Estonia
Veterinaar- ja Toidulaboratoorium
Kreutzwaldi 30
51006 Tartu
Greece
Veterinary Institute of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, 15310 Ag. Paraskevi
Spain
Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal, 28130 Valdeolmos (Madrid)
France
AFSSA-Ploufragan, Zoopole des Côtes d'Armor, 22440 Ploufragan
Ireland
Veterinary Research Laboratory, Abbotstown, Castleknock, Dublin 15
Italy
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche, 06100
Perugia
Cyprus
Τµήµα Κτηνιατρικών Ιδρυµάτων
∆ιεύθυνση Κτηνιατρικής και ∆ηµόσιας ΥγείαςΓενική ∆ιεύθυνση ΚτηνιατρικήςΥπουργείο ΓεωργίαςΑχαρνών 2 , 10176 Αθήνα
Latvia
Valsts veterin ārmedic īnas diagnostikas centrs
Lejupes iela 3LV-1076 R īga
Lithuania
Nacionalin ėveterinarijos laboratorija
J. Kairi ūkščio g. 10
LT-2021 Vilnius
Luxembourg
Laboratoire de médecine vétérinaire de l'État, 1020 Luxembourg
Hungary
Országos Állategészségügyi Intézet (OÁI)
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Malta
Institute for Animal Health
Pirbright Laboratory
Ash Road — Pirbright
Woking — Surrey GU24 ONF
United Kingdom
The Netherlands
Central Institute for animal disease control (CIDC-Lelystad), P.O. Box 2004,
8203 AA Lelystad
Austria
Bundessanstalt für veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen in Mödling, Robert
Koch-Gasse 17, 2340 Mödling
Poland
Laboratorium Zakładu Pryszczycy Pa ństwowego Instytutu Weterynaryjnego
ul. Wodna 7
PL-98-220 Zdu ńska Wola
Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária, 1500 Lisboa
Slovenia
Nacionalni veterinarski inštitut
Gerbi čeva 60
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovakia
Štátny veterinárny ústav
Pod dráhami 918
SK-960 86 Zvolen
Finland
Eläinlääkintä- ja elintarviketutkimuslaitos, 00231 Helsinki
Forskningsanstalten för veterinärmedicin och livsmedel, 00231 Helsingfors
Sweden
Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt, 75189 Uppsala
United Kingdom
Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 ONF
2. National African swine fever laboratories are responsible for ensuring that in
each Member State the laboratory testing to detect the presence of African
swine fever and the identification of the genetic type of virus isolates are
carried out in accordance with the diagnostic manual. To this end, they may
make special agreements with the Community Reference Laboratory or with
other national laboratories.
3. The national African swine fever laboratory in each Member State is respon-
sible for coordinating the standards and diagnostic methods in each African
swine fever diagnostic laboratory within that State. To this end:
(a) they may provide diagnostic reagents to individual laboratories;
(b) they shall control the quality of all diagnostic reagents used in that
Member State;
(c) they shall arrange comparative tests periodically;
(d) they shall hold isolates of African swine fever virus from cases and
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ANNEX V
Community Reference Laboratory for African swine fever
1. The Community Reference Laboratory for African swine fever is: Centro de
Investigación en Sanidad Animal, 28130 Valdeolmos, Madrid, Spain.
2. The functions and duties of the Community Reference Laboratory for African
swine fever are:
(a) to coordinate, in consultation with the Commission, the methods
employed in the Member States for diagnosing African swine fever,
specifically by:
— storing and supplying cell cultures for use in diagnosis,
— typing, storing and supplying strains of African swine fever virus for
serological tests and the preparation of anti-sera,
— supplying standardised sera, conjugate sera and other reference
reagents to the national laboratories in order to standardise the tests
and reagents employed in the Member States,
— building up and holding an African swine fever virus collection,— organising periodic comparative tests of diagnostic procedures at
Community level,
— collecting and collating data and information on the methods of diag-
nosis used and the results of tests carried out,
— characterising isolates of the virus by the most up-to-date methods
available to allow greater understanding of the epizootiology of
African swine fever,
— keeping abreast of developments in African swine fever surveillance,
epizootiology and prevention throughout the world,
— retaining expertise on the virus causing African swine fever and other
pertinent viruses to enable rapid differential diagnosis;
(b) to make the necessary arrangements for training or re-training experts in
laboratory diagnosis with a view to harmonising diagnostic techniques;
(c) to have trained personnel available for emergency situations occurring
within the Community;
(d) to perform research activities and whenever possible coordinate research
activities directed towards an improved control of African swine fever;
(e) to draw up technical protocols relating to procedures to verify the effi-
cacy of disinfectants against the African swine virus.
3. The Community Reference Laboratories for classical swine fever and African
swine fever shall organise their activities in such a way so as to ensure
proper coordination of the comparative tests organised at Community level
for the diagnosis of these two diseases.2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 29
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ANNEX VI
Criteria and requirements relating to contingency plans
Member States are to ensure that contingency plans meet the following criteria
and requirements at least:
(a) the adoption of measures to ensure that the legal powers necessary for the
implementation of contingency plans exist and make it possible to carry out
a rapid and effective eradication campaign;
(b) the adoption of measures that will ensure access to emergency funds,
budgetary means and financial resources in order to cover all aspects of
the fight against an epidemic outbreak of African swine fever;
(c) a chain of command must be set up to ensure that in the event of the
outbreak of an epidemic the decision-taking procedure for an epizootic is
rapid and effective. If necessary, the chain of command must be placed
under the authority of a central decision-taking unit responsible for directing
all the strategies for the fight against the disease. The director of the veter-
inary services must be a member of that unit and act as a link between the
central decision-taking unit and the national disease control centre provided
for in Article 22;
(d) the adoption of measures to ensure that appropriate resources are available
for a rapid and effective campaign, including laboratory staff, equipment
and infrastructure;
(e) an instruction manual must be provided. It must give a full and detailed
practical description of all the procedures, instructions and measures to be
employed in the event of an outbreak of African swine fever;
(f) the staff must regularly take part in:
(i) training schemes covering the clinical signs of African swine fever,
epidemiological surveys and the control of the disease;
(ii) alarm drills organised at least twice a year;
(iii) training in communications techniques in order to organise information
campaigns concerning the current outbreak of the epidemic disease,
aimed at authorities, farmers and veterinarians.2002L0060 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 30