Proposal for a Council Directive 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
Date: 2002-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: World Organisation for Animal Health, animal disease, animal plague, health control, swine, veterinary legislation

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Proposal for a Council Directive 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

(2002/C 181 E/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2002) 51 final

(Submitted by the Commission on 1 February 2002)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(7) Measures should be adopted to control the movement of
pigs and their products from areas subject to restrictions
arising from an outbreak of African swine fever. Such
established at
measures
Community level
for the control of other pig diseases
such as swine vesicular disease and classical swine fever.

should be

to those

similar

to

regard

Council Directive

Having
of
17 December 1992 introducing general Community measures
for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures
relating to swine vesicular disease (1), and in particular Articles
15 and 24(1) thereof,

92/119/EEC

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The general measures laid down in Directive 92/119/EEC
have the aim of preventing the further spread of certain
animal diseases of major economic importance and in
particular of controlling the movement of animals and
products liable to spread the infection.

(2) The International Office of Epizootics (OIE) is the technical
reference body for animal health recognised by the World
Trade Organization.
It has drawn up a list of epidemic
animal diseases of major economical 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 at Community level.

(4) Teschen disease is no longer included in List A. It is appro-
priate, therefore, to delete that disease from the list set out
in Annex I 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 the Community. It is therefore appropriate
to establish Community measures for the control of that
disease.

(6) African swine fever should be included in the list set out in
Annex I to Directive 92/119/EEC and specific provisions
for its control should be laid down in accordance with
Article 15 of that Directive.

(8) In particular, Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October
2001 on Community measures for the control of classical
swine fever (2) should be used as a model for the estab-
lishment of specific measures for the control of African
swine
should be made
because of the differences between the two diseases and,
in particular, account should be taken of the incubation
period for African swine fever and the possibility that
this disease is transmitted by vectors.

fever. However,

adjustments

(9) A procedure for close cooperation between the Member

States and the Commission should be introduced,

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
laid down in Directive
general
92/119/EEC apply.

control measures

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions
shall apply:

(a)

‘pig’ means any animal of the Suidae family, including feral
pigs;

(b)

‘feral pig’ means a pig which is not kept or bred on a
holding;

(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 69. Directive as amended by the 1994 Act

of Accession.

(2) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.

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(c)

‘holding’ means any agricultural or other premises located
in the territory of a Member State where pigs are being
bred or kept on a permanent or temporary basis. This
definition does not
include 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 laid down in Article
5(1) not applicable;

(l)

‘owner’ means any person or persons, either natural or
legal, having ownership of
the pigs, or charged with
keeping the said animals, whether or not for financial
reward;

(m) ‘competent authority’ means

the competent authority
within the meaning of Article 2(6) of Council Directive
90/425/EEC (2);

(d)

‘diagnostic manual’ means the diagnostic manual referred
to in Article 18(3);

(n)

‘official veterinarian’ means the veterinarian designated by
the competent authority of the Member State;

(e)

‘pig suspected of being infected with African swine fever
virus’ means any pig or pig carcass exhibiting clinical
symptoms or showing post-mortem lesions or reactions to
laboratory tests carried out in accordance with the Diag-
nostic Manual which indicate the possible presence of
African swine fever;

(o)

‘processing’ means one of the treatments for high risk
material
laid down in Article 3 of Council Directive
90/667/EEC (3), applied in such a way as to avoid the
risk of spread of African swine fever virus;

(p)

‘killing’ means the killing of pigs within the meaning of
Article 2(6) of Council Directive 93/119/EEC (4);

(f)

‘case of African swine fever’ or ‘pig infected with African
swine fever’ means any pig or pig carcass:

(q)

‘slaughter’ means the slaughter of pigs within the meaning
of Article 2(7) of Directive 93/119/EEC;

— in which clinical symptoms or post-mortem lesions of
African swine fever have been officially confirmed, or

(r)

‘vector’ means a tick of the species Ornithodorus erraticus.

— in which the presence of the disease has been officially
confirmed as the result of a laboratory examination
carried out in accordance with the diagnostic manual;

(g)

‘outbreak of African swine fever’ means the holding where
one or more cases of African swine fever has or have been
detected;

(h)

‘primary outbreak’ means the outbreak within the meaning
of Article 2(d) of Council Directive 82/894/EEC (1);

(i)

(j)

‘infected area’ means the area of a Member State where,
following the confirmation of one or more cases of
African swine fever
in feral pigs, disease eradication
measures are in place in accordance with Article 15 or 16;

‘primary case of African swine fever in feral pigs’ means
any case of African swine fever which is detected in feral
pigs in an area in which no measures are in place in
accordance with Articles 15 or 16;

(k)

‘contact holding’ means 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;

(1) 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).

Article 3

African swine fever notification

1. Member States shall ensure that
the presence or the
suspected presence of African swine fever are compulsorily
and immediately notifiable to the competent authority.

2. Without prejudice to existing Community provisions on
notification 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
in

the Commission and the other Member
accordance with Annex I on:

States

— 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

accordance with Article 8;

(2) 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).

(3) OJ L 363, 27.12.1990, p. 51. Directive as last amended by the Act

of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.

(4) OJ L 340, 31.12.1993, p. 21.

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(b) provide information to the Commission and the other
Member States on the further cases confirmed in feral
pigs in a African swine fever infected area in accordance
with the provisions laid down in Article 16(3)(a) and (4).

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 means of investigation to confirm or rule out
the said disease in accordance with the
the presence of
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 (1) shall also
be carried out.

competent

the
2. When the
presence of African swine fever in a holding cannot be ruled
out, it shall have the holding placed under official surveillance
and shall in particular order that:

authority considers

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 be updated to take account of pig
births and deaths during the period of suspicion;
the
information on the list shall be produced upon request
and may be checked at each visit;

(b) all the pigs on the holding shall be restricted to their living
quarters or be 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 cover other species of animals and require
the application of appropriate measures to destroy rodents
or insects;

(d) no pig carcasses may leave the holding without an author-

isation 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 embryos shall not be moved
from the holding for intra-Community trade;

(f)

the movement of persons to or from the holding shall be
competent
subject
authority;

to written authorisation by

the

(1) OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 32. Directive as amended by the 1994 Act

of Accession.

(g) the movement of vehicles to or from the holding shall be
competent

to written authorisation by

the

subject
authority;

(h) appropriate means of disinfection shall be used at

the
entrances and exits of buildings housing pigs and of the
holding itself; any person entering or leaving pig holdings
fulfil appropriate hygienic measures necessary to
shall
reduce the risk of spread of African swine fever virus.
Furthermore, all means of transport shall be carefully disin-
fected before leaving the holding;

(i) an epidemiological

inquiry

shall be

carried out

in

accordance with Article 8.

3. Where required by the epidemiological situation,
competent authority:

the

in the holding
(a) may apply the measures of Article 5(1)
referred to in paragraph 2; however,
the competent
authority may, where it considers that conditions permit,
limit the application of these measures only to the pigs
suspected of being infected or contaminated with African
swine fever virus and the part of the holding where they
were kept, provided that these pigs have been housed, kept
and fed completely separately from the other pigs in the
holding. In any case, a sufficient number of samples shall
be taken from the pigs when they are killed in order that
the presence of African swine fever virus can be confirmed
or ruled 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 paragraphs 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 officially ruled out.

Article 5

Measures in cases where the presence of African swine
fever on a holding is confirmed

In cases where the presence of African swine fever is
1.
officially confirmed in a holding, Member States shall ensure
that, in addition to the measures referred to in Article 4(2), the
competent authority prescribes 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 spread of African swine fever virus during transport or
killing;

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(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 intro-
duction of African swine fever virus into the holding and
the length of time during which it may have existed on the
holding before the disease was notified may be established;

(c)

the carcasses 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 disease to the holding and the
taking of official measures is wherever possible to be
traced and processed under official supervision;

(e) semen, ova or embryos of pigs collected from the holding
during the period between the probable introduction of
disease
taking of official
measures are to be traced and destroyed under official
supervision in such a way as to avoid the risk of spread
of African swine fever virus;

into the holding and the

(f) all substances and waste likely to be contaminated, such as
feedingstuffs, are to be subjected to a treatment ensuring
the destruction of African swine fever virus; all materials
for single use which may 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 carcasses and the equipment, bedding, manure and
slurry likely to be contaminated are to be cleaned and
disinfected or 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 laid down 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 scientific purposes or purposes related to
conservation of species or conservation of rare breeds, the
Member State concerned may decide to derogate from the
provisions laid down in paragraphs 1(a) and 1(e), provided
that basic Community interests are not endangered.

Such a decision shall
Commission.

immediately be notified to the

disease shall be adopted in accordance with the 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 holdings which consist of two or more separate production
units and in order that the fattening of pigs may be completed,
the competent authority may decide to derogate from the
provisions of Article 5(1)(a) as regards healthy pig production
units on a holding which is infected provided that the official
veterinarian confirms that the structure, size and distance of
these production units and the operations carried out there are
such that the production units provide completely separate
facilities for housing, keeping and feeding, so that the virus
cannot spread from one production unit to another.

If use is made of the derogation referred to in paragraph
2.
1, the Member States shall draw up detailed rules for applying
it in the light of the animal health guarantees which can be
secured.

3. Member States which make use of this derogation shall
immediately notify the Commission thereof. The Commission
shall
in all cases immediately review the situation with the
Member State concerned and in the Standing Veterinary
Committee at the earliest possible opportunity. If necessary,
measures to prevent
the disease shall be
the spreading of
adopted 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 official veterinarian finds, or considers on the basis of the
epidemiological inquiry 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
Article 5, or from the latter holding to other holdings.

The provisions of Article 4 shall be applied in such holdings
until the presence of African swine fever has been officially
ruled out.

The

2.
competent authority shall apply the measures
provided for in Article 5(1) in the contact holdings referred
to in paragraph 1 if the epidemiological situation so requires.

The Commission shall
in all cases immediately review the
situation with the Member State concerned and in the
Standing Veterinary Committee at the earliest possible oppor-
tunity. If necessary, measures to prevent the spreading of the

A sufficient number of samples shall be taken from the pigs, in
accordance with the diagnostic manual, when they are killed in
order that the presence of African swine fever virus in these
holdings can be confirmed or ruled out.

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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 on the basis of questionnaires, prepared within
the framework of the contingency plans referred to in Article
21.

Such 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 identification of other holdings in which pigs may
have become infected or contaminated from the same
source;

(c) the movement of persons, vehicles, pigs, carcasses, semen,
vectors, meat or any material which could have carried the
virus to or from the holdings in question.

If the results of this inquiry suggest that African swine fever
may have spread from or to holdings located in other Member
States, the Commission and the Member States concerned shall
be immediately informed.

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 surveillance zone of a radius of at
least ten 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;

(e)

to control any
the facilities and personnel available
movement of pigs within the zones,
in particular if the
pigs to be killed have to be moved away from their
holding of origin.

If a zone includes parts of the territory of several Member
the Member States

3.
States,
the competent authorities of
concerned shall collaborate to establish the zone.

The

take

shall

authority

competent

4.
all necessary
measures, including the use of prominent signs and warning
notices and the use of media resources, such as the press and
television, to ensure that all persons in the protection and
surveillance zones are fully aware of the restrictions 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 made as soon as
possible; after the establishment of the protection zone
these holdings shall be visited by an official veterinarian
within not more than seven days for a clinical examination
of the pigs and for a check of the register and of the pig
identification marks referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of
Directive 92/102/EEC;

authority when allowing

(b) the movement and transport of pigs on public or private
roads, excluding when necessary the service roads of
shall be prohibited unless approved by the
holdings,
competent
the movements
(f). This prohibition need not be
referred to in point
applied to the transit of pigs by road or rail without
unloading or stopping. Furthermore,
in accordance with
the procedure referred to in Article 24(2), a derogation
may be granted for slaughter pigs coming from outside
the protection zone and on their way to a slaughterhouse
situated in the said zone for immediate slaughter;

(b) the geographical situation, particularly natural or artificial

(c)

boundaries;

(c) the location and proximity of holdings;

(d) patterns of movements and trade in pigs and the avail-
for processing
slaughterhouses and facilities

ability of
carcasses;

trucks and other vehicles and equipment, which are used to
transport pigs or other livestock or material which may be
contaminated (such as carcasses,
feedingstuff, manure,
slurry and so forth) shall be cleaned, disinfected and
in
treated as
accordance with the provisions and procedures laid down
in Article 12. No truck or vehicle which has been used in
connection with the transport of pigs may leave the zone
without being cleaned and disinfected and then inspected
and authorised by the competent authority;

soon as possible

contamination,

after

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(d) no other domestic animal may enter or leave a holding
without the authorisation of the competent authority;

immediately inform the
selves of
Commission thereof in the Standing Veterinary Committee.

this provision shall

(e) all dead or diseased pigs on a holding shall be immediately
notified to the competent authority, which shall carry out
appropriate
the
procedures laid down in the diagnostic manual;

accordance with

investigations

in

(f) pigs may not be removed from the holding in which they
are kept for at least 40 days after the completion of the
preliminary cleansing and disinfection of
the infected
holdings. After 40 days, subject to the conditions set out
in paragraph 3, the competent authority may authorise the
removal of pigs from the said holding to be directly trans-
ported to:

— a

slaughterhouse

designated
preferably within
for
zone

by
the

the
protection

competent
or
immediate

the purpose of

authority,
surveillance
slaughter;

reference

3. Where
the
competent authority may authorise the removal of pigs from
the holding concerned, on condition that:

to this paragraph,

is made

(a) an official veterinarian has carried out a clinical exam-
ination of the pigs in the holding and in particular of
the body
those to be moved,
temperature in accordance with the procedures laid down
in the diagnostic manual and a check of the register and
the pig identification marks referred to in Articles 4 and 5
of Directive 92/102/EEC;

including the taking of

(b) the checks and examinations have shown no evidence of
African swine fever and compliance with the provisions of
Directive 92/102/EEC;

(c)

the pigs are transported in vehicles sealed by the competent
authority;

— a processing plant or a suitable place where the pigs are
immediately killed and their carcasses are processed
under official supervision;

(d) the vehicle and equipment which have been involved in the
transport of the pigs are immediately cleaned and disin-
fected after the transport in accordance with the provisions
referred to in Article 12;

— under exceptional circumstances,

to other premises
located within the protection zone. Member States
availing themselves of this provision shall immediately
in the Standing
inform the Commission thereof
Veterinary Committee;

(e)

samples

if the pigs are to be slaughtered or killed, a sufficient
number of
in
accordance with the diagnostic manual in order that the
presence of African swine fever virus in these holdings can
be confirmed or ruled out;

then taken from the pigs

is

(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 observe
appropriate hygienic measures as necessary to reduce the
risk of spread of African swine fever virus.

2. Where the prohibitions provided for in paragraph 1 are
maintained beyond 40 days because of further outbreaks of the
disease and as a result animal welfare or other problems arise
in keeping the pigs, subject
in
paragraph 3,
following a
the competent authority may,
reasoned application by the owner, authorise the removal of
pigs from a holding within the protection zone, to be directly
transported to:

to the conditions set out

(a) a slaughterhouse designated by the competent authority,
preferably within the protection or surveillance zone for
the purpose of immediate slaughter;

(b) a processing plant or a suitable place where the pigs are
immediately killed and their carcasses are processed under
official supervision;

(c) under exceptional circumstances, to other premises located
within the protection zone. Member States availing them-

(f)

if the pigs are to be transported to a slaughterhouse:

— the competent authority responsible for the slaughter-
house 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

slaughtered separately from other pigs;

— during ante- and post-mortem inspection carried out at
the designated slaughterhouse, the competent authority
takes into account any signs relating to the presence of
African swine fever;

Council

Directive

72/461/EEC (1),

— the fresh meat from these pigs is either processed or
marked with the special mark referred to in Article 5a
is
of
subsequently treated in accordance with the rules laid
down in Article 4(1)(a)(i) of Council Directive
80/215/EEC (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 the
consignment
is sealed before departure and remains
sealed throughout the transport.

and

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 24. Directive as last amended by the

1994 Act of Accession.

(2) OJ L 47, 21.2.1980, p. 4. Directive as last amended by the 1994

Act of Accession.

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The measures in the protection zone shall continue to be

4.
applied at least until:

removal of the pigs from the said holding to be directly
transported to:

(a) cleansing and disinfection in the infected holdings have

— a

slaughterhouse

been carried out;

(b) pigs on all holdings have undergone clinical and laboratory
examinations 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 and disinfection measures on the infected holdings.

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 be prohibited, unless approved by the
authority. This prohibition need not be
competent
applied to the transit of pigs by road or rail, without
unloading or stopping, or to slaughter pigs coming from
outside the surveillance zone and on their way to a slaught-
erhouse situated in the said zone for immediate slaughter;

(c)

trucks and other vehicles and equipment which are used to
transport pigs or other livestock or material which may be
feedingstuff, manure,
contaminated (such as carcasses,
slurry and so forth) shall be cleaned, disinfected and
treated as
in
accordance with the provisions and procedures laid down
in Article 12. No truck or vehicle which has been used in
the transport of pigs may leave the zone without having
been cleaned and disinfected;

soon as possible

contamination,

after

(d) no other domestic animal may enter or leave a holding
the
during the first seven days after establishment of
zone 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
the
procedures laid down in the diagnostic manual;

accordance with

investigations

in

designated
preferably within
for

by
the

the
protection

competent
or
immediate

the purpose of

authority,
surveillance zone,
slaughter;

— a processing plant or a suitable place where the pigs are
immediately killed and their carcasses are processed
under official supervision;

— under exceptional circumstances, other premises located
within the protection or surveillance zone. Member
this provision shall
States availing themselves of
immediately inform the Commission thereof
in the
Standing Veterinary Committee.

However, if the pigs are to be transported to a slaughter-
house, at the request of a Member State, accompanied by
appropriate justification, and in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 24(2), derogations from
laid down in Article 10(3)(e) and (f),
the provisions
fourth indent, may be authorised,
in particular with
respect to the marking of the meat from these pigs and
its subsequent use, and the destination of
the treated
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 observe
appropriate hygienic measures as necessary to reduce the
risk of spread of African swine fever virus.

2. Where the prohibitions provided for in paragraph 1 are
maintained beyond 40 days because of further outbreaks of the
disease, and where as a result animal welfare or other problems
arise in keeping the pigs, subject to the conditions set out in
Article 10(3),
following a
the competent authority may,
reasoned application by the owner, authorise removal of pigs
from a holding within the surveillance zone to be directly
transported to:

(a) a slaughterhouse designated by the competent authority,
preferably within the protection or surveillance zone, for
the purpose of immediate slaughter;

(b) a processing plant or a suitable place where the pigs are
immediately killed and their carcasses are processed under
official supervision;

(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 and disinfection of
the infected
holdings. After 30 days, subject to the conditions set out
in Article 10(3), the competent authority may authorise the

(c) under exceptional circumstances, other premises located
within the protection or surveillance zone. Member States
availing themselves of
immediately
inform the Commission thereof in the Standing Veterinary
Committee.

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The measures in the surveillance zone shall continue to

3.
be applied at least until:

(a) cleansing and disinfection in the infected holdings have

been carried out;

presence of antibodies, in accordance with the diagnostic
manual. No pig may leave the holding before the negative
results of the serological tests are available; if none of the
pigs has developed antibodies against African swine fever
virus, full re-population may then take place.

(b) pigs on all holdings have undergone clinical and, where
laboratory examinations as laid down in the
eventual

necessary,
diagnostic manual
presence of African swine fever virus.

to detect

in order

the

(b) as regards all other forms of rearing, the reintroduction of
pigs shall either take place in accordance with the measures
provided for in point (a) or shall be based on total repopu-
lation, provided that:

The examinations referred to in point (b) shall not take place
until 40 days have elapsed since the completion of preliminary
cleansing and disinfection measures on the infected holdings.

— all the pigs arrive within a period of twenty days and
come from holdings not subjected to any restrictions
related to African swine fever;

Article 12

Cleansing and disinfection

Member States shall ensure that:

(a) the disinfectants to be used and their concentrations are

officially approved by the competent authority;

(b) the cleansing and disinfection operations are carried out

under official supervision in accordance with:

— the instructions given by the official veterinarian; and

— the principles and procedures for cleansing, disinfecting

and treatment laid down in Annex II.

Article 13

Repopulation of pig holdings following disease outbreaks

The reintroduction of pigs to holdings referred to in
least 40 days after
the cleansing and disinfection operations in

1.
Article 5 shall not
completion of
accordance with Article 12.

take place until at

The reintroduction of pigs shall take account of the type
2.
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 checked and found negative for the presence
of antibodies against African swine fever virus or which
come from holdings not subjected to any restrictions
related to African swine fever. The sentinel pigs shall be
placed,
the
competent authority, throughout the infected holding and
shall be sampled 45 days later, and shall be tested for the

in accordance with the

requirements of

— pigs in the repopulated herd shall be subjected to a
serological examination in accordance with the diag-
nostic manual. Sampling for that examination shall be
carried out at the earliest 45 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 6 years, unless specific operations to eliminate the vector
from the premises and places where the pigs are to be kept or
can come in contact with the vector have been successfully
carried
the
measures laid down in paragraph 3(a) shall apply.

supervision. Thereafter,

official

under

out

In addition to those measures, however, no pig may leave the
holding in question after full repopulation until further sero-
logical examinations for African swine fever have been carried
out with negative results on samples collected from the pigs in
the holding at the earliest 60 days after full repopulation, in
accordance with the diagnostic manual.

5. Where the occurrence of disease has not been linked to
if more than 6 months have elapsed since the
vectors,
completion of
the cleansing and disinfection operations in
the holding, the competent authority may authorise derogation
from the provisions laid down in paragraph 3, taking into
account the epidemiological situation.

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
transport, Member States shall
slaughterhouse or means of
ensure that
in
motion official means of investigation to confirm or to rule
out
the disease in accordance with the
procedures laid down in the diagnostic manual.

the competent authority immediately sets

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Should a case of African swine fever be detected in a
competent

2.
slaughterhouse or means of
authority shall ensure that:

transport,

the

— studying the epidemiological situation and defining an
infected area in accordance with the provisions laid
down in Article 16(3)(b);

(a) all susceptible animals in the slaughterhouse or in the

means of transport are killed without delay;

— establishing appropriate measures to be applied in the
infected area in addition to the ones referred to in
points
these measures may include
suspension of hunting and a ban on feeding feral pigs;

and (c);

(b)

(b) the carcasses, offal and animal waste of possibly infected
and contaminated animals are processed under official
supervision;

— drawing up the eradication plan to be submitted to the

Commission in accordance with Article 16;

(c) cleansing and disinfection of buildings and equipment,
takes place under the supervision of

including vehicles,
the official veterinarian in accordance with Article 12;

— carrying out audits to verify the effectiveness of the
measures adopted to eradicate African swine fever
from the infected area;

(d) an epidemiological

inquiry is carried out as provided in

Article 8 mutatis mutandis;

(b) place under official surveillance pig holdings in the defined

infected area, and shall in particular order that:

(e) the African swine fever virus isolate is subject

to the
laboratory procedure laid down in the diagnostic manual,
to identify the genetic type of virus;

(f)

the measures referred to in Article 7 are applied in the
holding where the infected pigs or carcasses came from
and in the other contact holdings. Unless otherwise
the measures
indicated by the epidemiological
laid down in Article 5(1) shall be applied in the holding
of origin of the infected pigs or carcasses;

inquiry,

— 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 pig holdings,
the first census carried out may be done on the basis of
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. The feral pigs must not have access to any
material which may subsequently come in contact with
the pigs on the holding;

(g) no animals are reintroduced for slaughter or transport until
at least 24 hours after completion of the cleansing and
disinfection operations conducted in accordance with
Article 12.

— no pigs enter or leave the holding, except where auth-
orized by the competent authority having regard to the
epidemiological situation;

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 take all appropriate measures to confirm or
rule out the presence of the disease, 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:

— appropriate means of disinfection be used at

the
entrance and exits of buildings housing pigs and of
the holding itself;

— appropriate hygienic measures be applied by all persons
coming in contact with feral pigs, to reduce the risk of
spread of African swine fever virus;

— 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 with African swine fever virus, shall be
brought into a pig holding;

(a) establish an expert group including veterinarians, hunters,
wild life biologists and epidemiologists. The expert group
shall assist the competent authority in:

— pigs, their semen, embryos or ova shall not be moved
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(c) arrange that all feral pigs shot or found dead in the defined
infected area are inspected by an official veterinarian and
examined for African swine fever in accordance with the
diagnostic manual. Carcasses of all animals found 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 in
Article 11(2) of Council Directive 92/45/EEC (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 identify the 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 of disease 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 from the confirmation of a primary case of African swine
fever in feral pigs a written plan of the measures taken to
eradicate the disease in the area defined as infected, and of
the measures applied on the holdings in that area.

The Commission shall examine the plan in order to determine
whether it permits the desired objective to be attained. The
plan,
if necessary with amendments, shall be approved in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2).

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

investigations and
the results of
controls carried out in accordance with Article 15 and
the geographical distribution of the disease;

the epidemiological

the definition of the infected area within the territory of
the Member State concerned. When defining the infected
area, the competent 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

movements of feral pigs;

the organisation of close cooperation between biologists,
hunters, hunting organisations, the wildlife services and
veterinary services (animal health and public health);

the information campaign to be enforced to increase
hunters' awareness of the measures they have to adopt
in the framework of the eradication plan;

the
specific efforts made to determine the extent of
infection in the feral pig population, by investigating
feral pigs
found dead, and by
laboratory testing, including age-stratified epidemiological
investigations;

shot by hunters or

(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:

The plan may subsequently be amended or supplemented to
take account of developments in the situation.

— processing under official supervision; or

If these amendments concern the re-definition of the infected
area, Member States shall ensure that the Commission and the
other Member States are informed of
these amendments
without delay.

the amendments concern other provisions of
submit

If
Member States
approval
Commission for
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2).

the plan,
amended plan to the
in

the
examination and eventual

shall

2.
After the measures provided for in the plan mentioned in
paragraph 1 have been approved, they shall replace the initial
measures laid down in Article 15, on a date which shall be
decided upon when approval is given.

The plan mentioned in paragraph 1 shall contain

3.
information on:

— inspection by an official veterinarian and laboratory
in the diagnostic manual.
tests as provided for
found positive shall be
Carcasses of all animals
such
supervision. Where
processed under official
testing proves negative as
regards African swine
fever, Member States shall apply the measures laid
down in Article 11(2) of Directive 92/45/EEC. Parts
not
intended for human consumption shall be
processed under official supervision;

(h)

the epidemiological inquiry which is carried out on each
feral pig, whether shot or found dead. This inquiry must
include the completion 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;

(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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— the age and sex of the pig;

(b) where the presence of vectors is confirmed:

— if shot: symptoms before shooting;

— if found dead: the state of the carcass;

— laboratory findings;

(i)

and

programmes
to the holdings

prevention measures
surveillance
situated in the defined
applicable
surroundings,
if necessary,
infected area, and,
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
from the infected area for intra-Community trade;

in its

(j)

other criteria to be applied for lifting the measures taken;

the authority with responsibility for
co-ordinating
the
implementing the plan;

departments

supervising and
for

responsible

(k)

(l)

— appropriate laboratory tests are carried out to confirm
or rule out the presence of African swine fever virus in
the vectors;

— further appropriate monitoring and control measures

are established in the area around the holding;

(c) where the presence of vectors is confirmed but its control
is impracticable, pigs are not kept on the holding for at
least 6 years.

2.
Information on the implementation of the provisions laid
down in 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 Veterinary Committee.

3.
Further measures for the monitoring and control of
vectors and for the prevention of African swine fever may be
adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
24(2).

the information system established in order that the expert
group appointed in accordance with Article 15(2)(a) can
review on a regular basis the results of the eradication
plan;

Article 18

Diagnostic procedures and bio-safety requirements

1. Member States shall ensure that:

(m) the disease monitoring measures that shall be enforced
after a period of at
twelve months has elapsed
least
from the last confirmed case of African swine fever in
feral pigs in the defined infected area; these monitoring
measures shall stay in place for at least twelve months and
shall at least include the measures already enforced in
accordance with 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
every six months.

More detailed rules relating to the information that is to be
provided by the Member States on this matter may be adopted
in accordance with the procedure 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) 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

responsible
laboratory is
standards and methods of diagnosis
State in accordance with the provisions of Annex III.

for coordinating
in each Member

laboratory as

The national laboratories shall liaise with the Community
2.
reference
indicated in Annex IV. Without
prejudice to the provisions of Council Decision 90/424/EEC (1),
and in particular Article 28 thereof, the powers and duties of
the laboratory shall be those described in that Annex.

In order

3.
to diagnose
to ensure uniform procedures
African swine fever and an appropriate differential diagnosis
with classical swine fever, within six months from the date
when this Directive enters into force and in accordance with
the procedure referred to in Article 23(2), the classical swine
fever diagnostic manual adopted in accordance with Article
17(3) of Directive 2001/89/EC shall be amended to include
at least:

(a) minimum quality standards to be observed by the African
swine fever diagnostic laboratories and for the transport of
samples;

(a) the infected building and its surroundings are checked for
inspection

the presence of vectors, by means of physical
and, if necessary, the trapping of specimens;

(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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(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;

This plan shall allow access to facilities, equipment, personnel
and all other appropriate materials necessary for the rapid and
efficient eradication of the outbreak.

(c) criteria and procedures to be followed for the collection of
samples from live pigs or their carcasses, to confirm or
exclude African swine fever by laboratory examinations,
including sampling methods for serological or virological
screenings carried out in the framework 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.

In order

4.
that appropriate bio-safety conditions are
guaranteed to protect animal health, the African swine fever
virus,
its genome and antigens 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 within six months of the
date laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 27 and
shall be kept updated thereafter.

Article 19

Use, manufacture and sale of African swine fever vaccines

Member States shall ensure that:

The criteria and requirements

2.
to be applied mutatis
mutandis for drawing up the contingency plan shall be those
set out in Annex VII to Directive 2001/89/EC.

In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 23(2),
those criteria and requirements may be amended or supple-
mented to take into account the specific nature of African
swine fever and the progress made in the development of
disease control measures.

The Commission shall examine the plans in order to
the desired objective to be
to the Member State concerned
in particular to ensure that they

3.
determine whether they permit
attained and shall suggest
any amendments required,
are compatible with those of the other Member States.

The plans,
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 23(2).

if necessary amended,

shall be approved in

Whenever necessary, the plans shall subsequently be amended
or supplemented, in accordance with the procedure referred to
in Article 23(2), to take into account developments in the
situation.
In any case, every five years each Member State
shall update the plan and submit it to the Commission for
approval
in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 23(2).

Article 22

(a) the use of African swine fever vaccines is prohibited;

Disease control centres and expert groups

(b) the manipulation, manufacture, storage, supply, distribution
or sale of African swine fever vaccines in the territory of
the Community is carried out under official control.

In order to ensure full coordination of the measures necessary
for the swift eradication of African swine fever, the provisions
laid down in Article 23 of Directive 2001/89/EC shall apply
mutatis mutandis.

Article 20

Community controls

Experts from the Commission may, in co-operation with the
competent authorities of the Member State concerned, and in
so far as it is necessary to ensure the uniform application of
this Directive, make on-the spot checks in accordance with the
procedures laid down in Commission Decision 98/139/EC (1).

Article 21

Contingency plans

Article 23

Normal regulatory procedure

The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing
1.
Veterinary Committee established by Decision 68/361/EEC (2).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the regulatory
procedure laid down in Article 5 of Decision 1999/468/EC (3)
shall apply, in compliance with Article 7 thereof.

Each Member State shall draw up a contingency plan
1.
specifying the national measures to be implemented in the
event of an outbreak of African swine fever.

The period referred to in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be three months.

(1) OJ L 38, 12.2.1998, p. 10.

(2) OJ L 255, 18.10.1968, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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Article 24

Article 27

Accelerated regulatory procedure

Transposition into national law

The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing

1.
Veterinary Committee established by Decision 68/361/EEC.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the regulatory
procedure laid down in Article 5 of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall apply, in compliance with Article 7 thereof.

The period referred to in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be 15 days.

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 31 December 2002 at
the latest. They shall
forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

They shall apply those provisions from 1 January 2003. When
Member States adopt the provisions referred to in the first
paragraph, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or
be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their
official publication. Member States shall determine how such
reference is to be made.

Article 25

Amendment to Annex I to Directive 92/119/EEC

In Annex I of Directive 92/119/EC the words ‘Teschen disease’
are replaced by the words ‘African swine fever’.

Article 26

Amendments to the annexes and adoption of

further

detailed rules

The Annexes to this Directive may be amended as
1.
necessary in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 23(2).

Any further detailed rules necessary for the implemen-
2.
tation of this Directive shall be adopted in accordance with
the procedure referred to in Article 23(2).

Article 28

Transitional provisions

Pending the application of this Directive, transitional provisions
on the control of African swine fever may be adopted in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 23(2).

Article 29

Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.

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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 Council 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 information 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 carcasses 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 carcasses.

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 carcasses

processed;

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(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 ascertained, its actual origin;

(e)

information on the control system established to ensure that the measures laid down in Article 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 responsible for the outbreak or for the case;

(g) where pigs have been killed in contact holdings or in holdings containing pigs suspected of being infected with

African swine fever virus, information 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.

PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION

ANNEX II

1. General principles and procedures:

(a)

the cleansing and disinfection operations and where necessary the measures to destroy rodents and insects 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 efficacity of disinfectants must be checked before use, as the efficacity of certain disinfectants is diminished by
prolonged storage;

(d) the choice of disinfectants and of procedures for disinfection 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 and disinfectants 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 apply:

— 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, floors, ramps and walls after the
removal or dismantling, where possible, of equipment or installations otherwise impairing the effective
cleansing and disinfection procedures,

— then, further application of disinfectant for a minimum contact time as stipulated in the manufacturer's

recommendations;

(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;

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(i)

following the disinfection procedures re-contamination must be avoided;

(j) cleansing and disinfection 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 official 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 minimize the dispersion of
temporary disinfection
instruments and

African swine fever virus. Those measures include inter alia the installation of
equipment, supply of protective clothing, showers, decontamination of used equipment,
facilities and the interruption of power supply to the ventilation,

— carcasses of killed animals must be sprayed with disinfectant,

— if the carcasses have to be removed from the holding for processing, covered and leak proof containers must

be used,

— as soon as the carcasses 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 carcasses,

— the disinfectant must remain on the surface for at least 24 hours;

(b) final cleansing and disinfection:

— manure and used beddings 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 disinfectant 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 infective 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.

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NATIONAL AFRICAN SWINE FEVER LABORATORIES AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES

ANNEX III

1. The national African swine fever laboratories are as follows:

BELGIUM

Centre d'Etude et de Recherche Vétérinaires et Agrochimiques, 1180 Bruxelles

DENMARK

Statens veterinære Institut for Virusforskning, Lindholm, 4771 Kalvehave

GERMANY

Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere, Tübingen

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

LUXEMBOURG

Laboratoire de Medicine Vétérinaire de l'Etat, 1020 Luxembourg

THE NETHERLANDS

Instituut voor Veehouderij en Diergezondheid (ID-Lelystad), 8200 AB Lelystad

AUSTRIA

Bundesanstalt für Veterinärmedizinische Untersuchungen in Mödling, Robert-Koch-Gasse 17, 2340 Mödling

PORTUGAL

Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária, 1500 Lisboa

FINLAND

Eläinlääkintä- ja elintarviketutkimuslaitos, 00231 Helsinki

SWEDEN

Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt, 75189 Uppsala

UNITED KINGDOM

Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 ONF

2. The 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.

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3. The national African swine fever laboratory in each Member State is responsible 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 outbreaks confirmed in that Member State.

COMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORY FOR AFRICAN SWINE FEVER

ANNEX IV

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 diagnosis 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.

3. The Community Reference Laboratories for classical swine fever and African swine fever shall organise their activites
in such a way so as to ensure a proper co-ordination of the comparative tests organised at Community level for the
diagnosis of these two diseases.