CELEX: 51991PC0138
Language: en
Date: 1991-04-26
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INTRODUCING COMMUNITY MEASURES FOR THE CONTROL OF CERTAIN ANIMAL DISEASES

N o C 148/12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                   7.6.91
                                                              II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) introducing Community measures for the control of
                                                   certain animal diseases
                                                       (91/C 148/10)
                                                     COM(91) 138 final
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 23 May 1991)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas, in order to ensure that all vaccinated animals
                                                                  are recognizable, it is necessary that these animals must
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             be identified; whereas, in order to give the necessary
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                  guarantees, the vaccine used must be approved for
thereof,                                                          activity by a reference laboratory designated by the
                                                                  Community;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                  Whereas a thorough epidemiological enquiry is essential
Having regard       to  the  opinion   of   the  European         to prevent any spread of these diseases; whereas the
Parliament,                                                       Member States shall establish special groups for this
                                                                  purpose;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                 Whereas in order to ensure an effective system of
                                                                  control, diagnosis of these diseases must be harmonized
Whereas live animals are listed in Annex II of the                and must be carried out under the auspices of responsible
Treaty; whereas the marketing of live animals constitutes         laboratories, the coordination of which may be carried
an important source of revenue for the agricultural               out by a reference laboratory designated by the
population;                                                       Community;
Whereas it is necessary to establish at Community level           Whereas common measures for the control of these
the control measures to be taken in the event of                  diseases form a basis for maintaining a uniform standard
outbreaks of disease, in order to ensure rational devel-          of animal health,
opment of the farming sector and to contribute to the
protection of animal health in the Community;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas an outbreak of such diseases can quickly take
on epizootic proportions, causing mortality and dis-                                         Article 1
turbances on a scale liable to severely reduce the profit-
                                                                  This Regulation defines the minimum Community
ability of stock farming;
                                                                  control measures to be applied in the event of an
                                                                  outbreak of a disease mentioned in Annex I.
Whereas control measures must be taken as soon as the
presence of such a disease is suspected so that immediate
and effective action can be implemented as soon as its                                       Article 2
presence is confirmed;
                                                                  For the purpose of this Regulation the following defi-
                                                                  nitions shall apply:
Whereas the measures to be taken must be aimed at
preventing the spread of the disease, and in particular, by       1. 'holding': any establishment (agricultural or other),
carefully controlling movements of animals and products               situated in the territory of a Member State, in which
liable to spread the infection;                                       animals are kept or bred;
Whereas the prevention of these diseases in the                   2. 'animal': any domestic animal of a species liable to be
Community shall be based normally on a non-vacci-                     directly affected by the disease in question, or wild
nation policy; whereas however it is necessary to make               vertebrate animal likely to participate in the
provision for vaccination where a serious situation                   epidemiology of the disease, by acting as a carrier or
demands such action;                                                  reservoir of infection;
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3. 'vector': any wild vertebrate or invertebrate animal                                    Article 4
   which, by mechanical or biological means, is liable to
   transmit and spread the agent of the disease in               1.    When infection is suspected in animals on a
   question;                                                    holding, the competent authority shall have the holding
                                                                placed under official surveillance and shall in particular
                                                                order that:
4. 'owner or keeper': any person persons, either natural
   or legal, having ownership of the animals, or charged         (a) an official census be made of all categories of
   with keeping the said animals, whether or not for                 animals of susceptible species and that, in respect of
   financial reward;                                                 each of these categories, the number of animals
                                                                     already dead, infected or liable to be infected or
5. 'incubation period': the period of time likely to elapse          contaminated be recorded; the census must be kept
   between exposure to the agent of the disease in                   up to date by the owner or keeper to take account of
                                                                     animals born or dying during the period of
   question and the onset of clinical symptoms. The
                                                                     suspicion; the information in the census must be
   duration of this period shall be that laid down in
                                                                     produced on request and may be checked at each
   Annex I for the disease in question;
                                                                     inspection;
6. 'confirmation of infection': the declaration by the           (b) all animals of susceptible species on the holding be
    competent authority of the presence of any of the                kept in their living quarters or some other place
   diseases listed in Annex I in any animal or carcase,              where they can be isolated taking into account the
   based on clinical and/or laboratory findings, as                  possible role of vectors where appropriate;
    appropriate;
                                                                 (c) no animals of susceptible species enter or leave the
7. 'competent authority': the veterinary authority                   holding;
    appointed for the purpose by the national adminis-
    tration of the country concerned, being directly             (d) no animals of other species enter or leave the
    responsible to the national administration within the            holding without the authorization by the competent
    scope of this Regulation, and reporting through the              authority;
    national administration;
                                                                 (e) the movement of persons to or from the holding be
                                                                     made subject to authorization by the competent
8. 'official veterinarian': the veterinarian appointed by            authority;
    the competent authority of the Member State.
                                                                 (f) the entry or exit of vehicles to or from the holding
                                                                     be made subject to authorization by the competent
                          Article 3                                  authority which shall lay down the conditions
                                                                     necessary in order to avoid spread of the agent of
1.     Any person or persons suspecting the presence of
                                                                     the disease;
one of the diseases listed in Annex I in any animal shall
immediately inform or notify the competent authority
                                                                 (g) all movement from the holding of animal products,
and, where appropriate, inform the owner or keeper of
                                                                     feedingstuffs, utensils, objects or other substances,
the animals by the most expeditious means available.
                                                                     such as waste, liable to transmit the disease in
                                                                     question, be prohibited, unless authorized by the
2.     Until such time as the measures laid down in                  competent authority;
Article 4 (1) are enforced, the owner or keeper of any
animal in which disease is suspected shall take all action       (h) appropriate means of disinfection be used at the
to ensure compliance with the said paragraph.                        entrances and exits of buildings housing animals of
                                                                     susceptible species and of the holding itself;
3.     Where information concerning one or more                  (i) an epizootiological enquiry      be   carried  out  in
animals suspected of being infected or of being                      accordance with Article 8 (1).
contaminated with any of the diseases concerned is
received, official means of investigation to confirm or          2.    The competent authority shall arrange to take
rule out the presence of the agent of the disease shall be       adequate samples for laboratory examination where these
set in motion immediately by the competent authority.            samples and examinations have not already been taken
The official veterinarian shall carry out the clinical inves-    or carried out in accordance with Article 3 (3).
tigation of the an animals and of the herd concerned.
                                                                 3.    The competent authority may extend the measures
4.     If the suspicion of infection is justified the            provided for in paragraph 1 to other holdings where
competent authority is responsible for the execution and         animals may have become infected as a result of their
supervision of the provisions laid down in this Regu-            location and direct or indirect contact with the holding
lation.                                                          under suspicion.
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 4.     The measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3                                       Article 7
 shall not be withdrawn until the suspicion of disease has
 been officially ruled out.                                          1.    In the case of holdings which consist of two or
                                                                    more separate production units, the competent authority
                                                                    may derogate from the requirements of Article 5 (1) (a)
                            Article 5                               and (b) as regards healthy production units of a holding
                                                                    which is infected, provided that the official veterinarian
 As soon as confirmation of infection on a holding has
                                                                    has confirmed that the structure and size of these units
 taken place, the competent authority shall introduce the
                                                                    and the operations carried out are such that they are
 following measures:
                                                                    completely separate as regards housing, keeping and
                                                                    feeding, to prevent the spread of the agent of the disease
 1.     In addition to the measures listed in Article 4 (1),        from one to another.
 the following measures shall be taken without delay:
 (a) all animals of susceptible species on the holding shall
                                                                    2.    "Where recourse is had to paragraph 1, the rules
      be killed on the holding, in such a way as to avoid
                                                                    laid down in Commission Decision 88/397/EEC (') shall
      all risk of spreading the agent of the disease;
                                                                    apply mutatis mutandis.
 (b) after being killed, the aforementioned animals shall
     be destroyed by burning or disposed of by burial, if
     possible on the holding; where burning or burial is            3.    In accordance with the procedure laid down in
      not possible they shall be destroyed by rendering. All       Article 17, the Decision mentioned in paragraph 2 may
      measures must be taken to prevent the risk of                be amended for the disease in question in order to take
      spreading the agent of the disease;                           account of the specific nature of the disease.
 (c) after elimination of the animals of susceptible species
     the buildings used for their housing, their                                             Article 8
     surroundings and the vehicles used for their
     transport      and   all equipment likely to be                1.    The epizootiological enquiry shall deal with:
     contaminated shall be cleaned and disinfected in
     accordance with Article 11, and appropriate means
     taken to ensure adequate control of vectors of the             (a) the length of time during which the disease may have
     agent;                                                             existed on the holding before being notified or
                                                                        suspected;
 (d) any substances which might be contaminated,
     referred to in Article 4 (1) (g) shall be destroyed or
     treated in such a way as to ensure the destruction of         (b) the possible origin of the disease on the holding and
     any agent of the disease present;                                  the identification of other holdings on which there
                                                                        are animals of susceptible species which may have
 (e) an epizootiological enquiry shall be carried out in                become infected or contaminated;
     accordance with Article 8 (1) and the provisions of
     Article 8 (2) shall be applied.
                                                                   (c) the movement of persons, vehicles and substances
                                                                        likely to have carried the agent of the disease to or
2.     The competent authority shall arrange to take                    from the holdings in question;
adequate samples to ensure the availability of data for a
thorough epizootiological investigation.
                                                                   (d) the presence and distribution of disease vectors as
3.     The competent authority may apply the measures                   appropriate.
provided for in paragraph 1 to other holdings where
animals may have become infected as a result of their
location and direct or indirect contact with the infected          2.     In order to provide full coordination of all
holding.                                                           measures necessary to ensure eradication of the disease
                                                                   as quickly as possible and for the purpose of carrying out
4.     The repopulation of the holding shall be authorized         the epizootiological enquiry, a crisis unit shall be estab-
by the competent authority, following the satisfactory             lished.
inspection by the official veterinarian of the cleaning and
disinfection operation carried out, subject to the
provisions of Article 11.                                          The general rules concerning national crisis units and the
                                                                   Community crisis unit fixed by Council Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No. . ./91 shall apply.
                            Article 6
Where it is considered that animals in the wild may be
infected, appropriate action shall be carried out, in
accordance with the provisions of Articles 4 and 5.                (*) OJ No L 189, 20. 7. 1988, p. 25.
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                          Article 9                             4.     The size of the zones mentioned in paragraph 2
                                                                will be reviewed immediately by the Commission, if
1.     Where the official veterinarian finds, or considers
                                                                necessary on the basis of a visit. A decision may be made
on the basis of confirmed data, that disease could have
                                                                in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17
been introduced from other holdings on to the holding           to amend the areas, taking into account:
referred to in Article 4 or from the latter holding on to
other holdings as a result of the movement of persons,
                                                                — the geographical situation,
animals or vehicles or in any other way, those other
holdings shall be placed under official surveillance in
                                                                — the meteorological conditions,
accordance with Article 4 and this surveillance shall not
be lifted until the suspected presence of disease on the
                                                                — the presence and distribution of vector species,
holding has been officially ruled out.
2.     Where the official veterinarian finds, or considers      — the results of the epizootiological studies carried out
on the basis of confirmed data, that disease could have             in accordance with Article 8,
been introduced from other holdings on to the holding
referred to in Article 5 or from the latter holding on to       — all available serological evidence,
other holdings as a result of the movement of persons,
animals or vehicles or in any other way, those other            — actual control measures introduced, in particular
holdings shall be placed under official surveillance in             whether or not slaughter is carried out on the spot.
accordance with Article 4, and this surveillance shall not
be lifted until the suspected presence of disease on the        5.     The following measures shall be applied in the
holding has been officially ruled out.                          protection zones:
3.     When a holding has been subject to the provisions
of paragraph 2 the competent authority shall maintain           (a) a census of all the holdings having animals of
the provisions of Article 4 on the holding for a period of           susceptible species shall be undertaken; those
at least one incubation period following the likely time             holdings considered to be at greatest risk shall be
of introduction of infection as established by the                  visited as soon as possible;
epizootiological enquiry carried out in accordance with
Article 8.                                                      (b) the movement and transport of animals of susceptible
                                                                     species on public or private roads, excluding the
4.     Where it considers that conditions permit, the                service roads of holdings, shall be prohibited;
competent authority may limit the measures provided for
in paragraphs 1 and 2 to a part of the holding and the          (c) animals of susceptible species may not be removed
animals contained therein provided that the holding can              from the holding in which they are kept, except to
satisfy the conditions of Article 7, or to animals of               be transported directly under official supervision to a
susceptible species only.                                            slaughterhouse for emergency slaughter located in
                                                                    that zone or, if that zone has no slaughterhouse
                          Article 10                                 under veterinary supervision, to a slaughterhouse in
1.     Immediately the diagnosis has been officially                the surveillance zone designated by the competent
confirmed, a protection zone and a surveillance zone                 authority.
shall be established. The establishment of zones must
take account of natural boundaries and facilities for                Such transport may be authorized by the competent
control.                                                             authority only after the official veterinarian has
                                                                     carried out an examination of all the susceptible
2.     The protection and surveillance zones shall have              animals on the holding and confirmed that none of
the following minimum radii, centred on the infected                the animals is suspected of being infected. The
holding(s):                                                          competent authority responsible for the slaught-
(a) where the disease is Rinderpest or Peste des Petits              erhouse shall be informed of the intention to send
     Ruminants — 10 kilometres and 25 kilometres                     animals to it.
     respectively;
(b) where the disease is Swine Vesicular Disease, Sheep         6.     The duration of the measures mentioned in
     and Goat Pox, Lumpy Skin Disease or Teschen                paragraph 5 shall continue for at least one incubation
     Disease — 3 kilometres and 10 kilometres                   period after the elimination of animals from the infected
     respectively;                                              holding as laid down in Article 5 and the carrying out of
                                                                cleaning and disinfection measures as laid down in
(c) where the disease is Vesicular Stomatitis, Bluetongue
                                                                Article 11. However, when the disease is transmitted by
     or Rift Valley Fever — 50 kilometres and 100
                                                                an insect vector, the duration of the measures and the
     kilometres respectively.
                                                                possible need for sentinel animals shall be determined by
3.     In the case that such a zone or zones include parts      the Standing Veterinary           Committee, acting in
of the territory of several Member States, the competent        accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17.
authorities of the Member States concerned shall colla-
borate to establish the zones as mentioned in paragraph         On expiry of this period, the rules applied to the
1.                                                              surveillance zone shall also apply to the protection zone.
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7.     The following measures shall be applied in the                 (e) The boundaries of the high health risk area may
surveillance zone:                                                        be revised with a progressive elimination of
                                                                          protection zones. The measures laid down in (c)
(a) a census shall be taken of all holdings having animals                and (d) shall be discontinued after the elimination
     of susceptible species;                                              of the last protection zone in the high health risk
                                                                          area.
(b) the movement of animals of susceptible species on
     public roads shall be prohibited except for the              10.     The competent authority shall take all necessary
     purpose of leading them to pasture or animal                measures, including the use of prominent signposts and
     buildings;                                                  warning notices and use of media resources such as the
                                                                 press and television to ensure that all persons in the
(c) the transport of animals of susceptible species within       protection and surveillance areas are fully aware of the
     the surveillance zone shall be subject to the authori-      restrictions in force, and shall take such measures as may
     zation of the competent authority;                          be considered appropriate to ensure the adequate
                                                                 enforcement of these measures.
(d) animals of susceptible species may not be removed
     from the surveillance zone during a period consisting
     of at least one incubation period after the most                                       Article 11
     recent outbreak. Thereafter, animals may be
                                                                  1.     The disinfectants and insecticides, where appro-
     removed from the said zone to be transported under
                                                                 priate, to be used and their concentrations shall be those
     official supervision directly to a slaughterhouse for
                                                                 approved by the competent authority.
     emergency slaughter. Such transport may be auth-
     orized by the competent authority only after the
                                                                 2.      The cleaning, disinfection and disinsectisization
     official veterinarian has carried out an examination
                                                                 operations shall be carried out in a manner such as to
     of all the susceptible animals on the holding and
                                                                 eliminate the risk of spread or survival of the agent of
     confirmed that none of the animals is suspected of
                                                                 the disease.
     being infected. The competent authority responsible
     for the slaughterhouse shall be informed of the
     intention to send animals to it.                            3.      After the completion of this operation, the
                                                                 competent authority shall ensure that the measures have
                                                                 been properly carried out and that an appropriate period,
8.     The measures in the surveillance zone shall be kept
                                                                 which shall be not less than 21 days, has elapsed to
in force for at least one incubation period after the elimi-
                                                                 ensure the complete elimination of the agent.
nation of all the animals from the infected holding
referred to in Article 5 and the carrying out on that
holding of cleaning and disinfection operations in                                          Article 12
accordance with Article 11. However, when the disease
                                                                  1.     Laboratory testing to detect the presence of disease
is transmitted by an insect vector, the duration of the
                                                                 shall be carried out by the national laboratories
measures and the possible need for sentinel animals shall
                                                                 designated in accordance with paragraph 5. This
be determined by the Standing Veterinary Committee,
                                                                 laboratory testing should, if necessary and especially on
acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                 the first appearance of the disease, show, where appro-
Article 17.
                                                                 priate, the type, sub-type or the variant of the relevant
                                                                 virus, which may be confirmed, if necessary, by a
9. (a) Where, in a given region, an epizootic is excep-          reference laboratory designated by the Community.
         tionally serious and is tending to spread, a
         demarcated territorial area including at least all      2.      One of the national laboratories indicated in
         the protection zones and surveillance zones in          paragraph 1 shall be responsible for coordinating
         that area shall be declared a 'high health risk         standards and methods of diagnosis in each Member
         area'.                                                  State.
    (b) The size of the area mentioned in paragraph 1
                                                                 3.      The national laboratories referred to in paragraph 1
         may be immediately reviewed, if necessary on the
                                                                 shall liaise with the Community reference laboratories
         basis of a visit by the Commission. A decision may
                                                                 mentioned in Annex II. The powers and duties of the
         be made in accordance with the procedure laid
                                                                 Community reference laboratories shall be laid down, in
         down in Article 17 to amend the areas.
                                                                 so far as they are not already covered by Article 28 of
                                                                 Council Decision 90/424/EEC ( l ), in accordance with
    (c) The Member States shall apply all measures taken
                                                                 the procedure laid down in Article 17.
         in the protection zones to the high health risk
         area.
                                                                 4.      Methods of diagnosis for each of the diseases
    (d) If the exceptionally serious situation continues, all    mentioned in Annex I shall be established in accordance
         the measures to be taken by the Member States           with the procedure laid down in Article 17.
         concerned shall be the subject of a decision in
         accordance with the procedure laid down in
        Article 17.                                              0) OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19.
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5.    Member States shall notify the Commission and                5.     Member States shall inform the Commission of the
other Member States of the laboratories designated to             progress of the vaccination measures on a regular basis.
carry out diagnostic tests in accordance with Articles 4          A decision may be taken, in accordance with the
and 5.                                                            procedure laid down in Article 17, to modify, extend or
                                                                   terminate the measures.
                          Article 13
                                                                                            Article 14
1.    Vaccination against the diseases mentioned in
                                                                   1.    Each Member State shall draw up a contingency
Annex I is prohibited. However, it may be decided in
                                                                  plan, specifying how it will implement, in the event of an
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17,
                                                                   outbreak of one of the diseases mentioned in Annex I, or
when the epizootic threatens to become extensive, that
                                                                   other epizootic diseases as sppropriate, the measures laid
vaccination may be introduced. In this case the measures
                                                                   down in this Regulation.
shall include:
                                                                  This plan should allow access to facilities, equipment,
— the extent of the geographical area in which the                personnel and all other appropriate materials necessary
    vaccination is to be carried out,                              for the rapid and efficient eradication of the outbreak.
— the species and the age of the animals to be                     2.    The criteria to be applied for drawing up those
    vaccinated,                                                   plans shall be those laid down in Commission Decision
                                                                   91/42/EEC (') which shall apply mutatis mutandis.
— the duration of the vaccination campaign, and                   The Commission may, in accordance with the procedure
                                                                   laid down in Article 17, amend or supplement those
— other matters appropriate to the emergency situation.            criteria taking into account the specific nature of the
                                                                   disease.
2.     In the case referred to in paragraph 1:
                                                                   3.    Plans drawn up in accordance with the criteria
(a) the vaccination or re-vaccination of animals of                provided for in paragraph 2 shall be submitted to the
     susceptible species on the holdings referred to in            Commission not later than three months after this Regu-
     Article 4 is prohibited;                                      lation enters into force.
(b) hyperimmune serum injection is prohibited;                     4.    The Commission shall examine the plans in order
                                                                   to determine whether they permit the desired objective to
(c) the type of vaccine and its method of use shall be             be attained and shall suggest to the Member State
     determined in accordance with the procedure laid              concerned any amendments required, in particular to
     down in Article 17;                                           ensure that they are compatible with those of the other
                                                                   Member States.
(d) the Commission, if necessary, may designate                   The Commission shall approve the plans, if necessary
     Community vaccine reference laboratories for the              amended, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
     disease in question. The powers and duties of the            Article 17.
     Community reference laboratories shall be laid
     down, in so far as they are not already covered by           The plans may subsequently be amended                    or
     Article 28 of Decision 90/424/EEC, in accordance              supplemented, in accordance with the same procedure,
     with the procedure laid down in Article 17.                   to take into account developments in the situation.
                                                                                            Article 15
3.     In the event of recourse        to vaccination,   the
following rules shall apply:                                       In accordance with the procedure of Article 17 the
                                                                   Commission may amend the Annexes to this Regulation
(a) all vaccinated animals must be identified by an                to take account of technical developments and of the
     approved method;                                              emergence of new disease problems.
(b) while the vaccination zone is enforced all vaccinated          In such an event, by the same procedure, the
     animals must remain within the zone unless sent to a          Commission shall amend Article 10 in respect of the size
     slaughterhouse     designated    by the      competent        of the protection and surveillance zone, applied to the
     authority for immediate slaughter, in which case the        ' disease in question.
     movement of animals may only be authorized after
     the official veterinarian has carried out an exam-                                      Article 16
     ination of all the susceptible animals on the holding         The Commission shall be assisted by the           Standing
     and confirmed that none of the animals is suspected           Veterinary Committee set up by Council            Decision
     of being infected.                                            68/361/EEC (2), hereinafter referred to           as 'the
                                                                   Committee'.
4.     Movements of animals of susceptible species from
the vaccination zone may, after an appropriate period
after finishing the vaccination, be permitted in                   O OJ No L 23, 29. 1. 1991, p. 29.
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17.             O OJ No L 255, 18. 10. 1968, p. 23.
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                          Article 17                              The Commission shall take the utmost account of the
                                                                  opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall inform the
Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be            Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been
followed, the following provisions shall apply:                   taken into account.
The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The
Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a                                  Article 18
time limit which the chairman may lay down according              This Regulation shall enter into force on the 30th day
to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
vote.                                                             European Communities.
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in
addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
to have its position recorded in the minutes.                     directly applicable in all Member States.
                                                            ANNEX I
                                       LIST OF COMPULSORY NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
                                          Disease                                    Incubation period
             Rinderpest                                                                  21  days
             Peste des Petits Ruminants                                                  21  days
             Swine Vesicular Disease                                                     28  days
             Bluetongue                                                                  40  days
             Sheep and Goat Pox (Capripox)                                               21  days
             Vesicular Stomatitis                                                        21  days
             Teschen Disease                                                             40  days
             Lumpy Skin Disease                                                          28  days
             Rift Valley Fever                                                           30  days
                                                            ANNEX II
                  LIST OF COMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORIES FOR DIAGNOSTIC METHODS
             For virus diseases transmitted by arthropodes:
             — Aristotelian University,
                 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
                 GR-54006 Thessaloniki.