2.

Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 1. Germany shall ensure that: (a) without prejudice to the measures provided for in Directive 2001/89/EC, and in particular Articles 9, 10 and 11 thereof: (i) no pigs are transported from holdings within the areas listed in Annex I(A); (ii) the transport of slaughter pigs coming from holdings situated outside the areas listed in Annex I(A) to slaughterhouses located within those areas and the transit of pigs through those areas is only allowed: — via major roads or railways, and — in accordance with the detailed instructions provided for by the competent authority to prevent such pigs coming into direct or indirect contact with other pigs during transport; (b) no pigs are dispatched from the areas listed in Annex I(B) to other areas within Germany, except for the direct transport of: (i) slaughter pigs to a slaughterhouse for immediate slaughter, provided that the pigs originate from one single holding; (ii) breeding and production pigs to a holding, provided that the pigs have been resident for at least 30 days, or since birth if less than 30 days of age, on a single holding: — which has not received live pigs during the 30-day period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs; and — on which the clinical examination carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(2) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a), the competent authority may authorise the transport of pigs from a holding situated within the areas listed in Annex I(A) but outside a protection or surveillance zone: (a) directly to a slaughterhouse situated within those areas, or in exceptional cases, to designated slaughterhouses in Germany located outside those areas, for immediate slaughter, provided that the pigs are dispatched from a holding on which the clinical examinations carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(3) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results; (b) to a holding situated within those areas, provided that the pigs have been resident for at least 45 days, or since birth if less than 45 days of age, on a single holding of origin which: (i) has not received live pigs during the 45-day period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs; (ii) on which the clinical examinations carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(2) and the second to fourth paragraph of Chapter IV(D)(4)of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results. (c) By way of derogation from point (b)(i), Germany may: (i) reduce the 45-day period to a 20-day period, provided that during the six-month period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs the holding of origin referred to in point (b) has not received any other pigs, other than gilts, from one and the same single holding; or (ii) suspend the application of the condition provided for in paragraph 2(b)(i), if the holding of origin referred to in that paragraph has not received any other pigs, other than gilts, that have been subjected to laboratory tests, carried out on samples taken within 10 days of the date of dispatch, with negative results for the following: — a test for the detection of antibodies, and — two consecutive tests at seven days interval for the detection of the classical swine fever virus genome (RT-PCR) carried out in the national reference laboratory. 3. By way derogation from paragraph 1(a), the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of pigs from a holding situated within a surveillance zone to a designated holding in which no pigs are present and which is situated within the same surveillance zone, provided that: (a) such transport takes place in accordance with the conditions in Article 11(1)(f) and Article 11(2) of Directive 2001/89/EC; (b) the examinations provided for in Chapter IV(D)(2) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results on the holding from which the pigs are dispatched. 4. By way derogation from paragraph 1(a), the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of pigs from a holding situated within a surveillance zone to a designated holding in the protection zone, provided that: (a) the designated holding of destination is situated at least 10 km from the national border with another Member State and no pigs have been present on that holding for at least 21 days following the date of completion of the cleaning and disinfection in accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2001/89/EC; (b) the designated holding of destination has undergone a third cleansing and disinfection under veterinary supervision prior to the introduction of the pigs; (c) all the pigs arrive at the designated holding of destination within a period of 20 days; (d) pigs in the designated holding of destination are subjected to a serological examination in accordance with Chapter IV(E) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC, carried out on samples taken not earlier than 40 days following the date of the arrival of the last pigs referred to in point (c); (e) no pigs leave the designated holding of destination except, following the examination referred to in point (d) for direct slaughter in a slaughterhouse situated in the areas listed in Annex I(A). The competent authority in Germany shall record all such transports of pigs and immediately notify the Commission thereof in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.’