S.L. 437.105 · African Horse Sickness (Control (S.L. 437.105)

S.L. 437.105 Art. 10Application and maintenance of measures and control conditions in relation to the movement of equidae. S.L. 437.60 S.L. 437.11 S.L. 437.60

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(1) The period of application and maintenance of the measures provided for in rules 5, 7, 8 and 9 shall be determined according to the procedure provided in the definition "Standing

Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health" in rule 2(2). The period may in no case be less than twelve months where vaccination has been carried out in accordance with rules 5(2) and 8(2).

(2) However, notwithstanding rules 8(1)(c) and 9(a), equidae from the protection zone and from the surveillance zone may be transported under official supervision and under the conditions prescribed in regulation 5(3)(iv) of the Animal Health Conditions governing the Movement and Import from Third Countries of Equidae Rules, to the quarantine station referred to in regulation 5(3)(iv) of those regulations and movements of equidae within zones of the same status shall be subject to authorization from the competent authority on the basis of the following rules:

(a) equidae shall:

(i) undergo a prior official check;

(ii) require identification in accordance with Commission Regulation EC504/2008 implementing Council Directives 90/426/EEC and 90/427/EEC as regards methods for the identification of equidae and which finds its legal basis in the Trade with Member States in

Equidae (Zootechnical and Genealogical Conditions) Regulations and the Animal Health

Conditions governing the Movement and Import from Third Countries of Equidae Rules; and

(iii) be accompanied by an official document;

(b) the competent authority shall ensure, in all events, that equidae vaccinated less than sixty days previously cannot leave the holding on which they were at the time the vaccination was carried out;