S.L. 437.48 Art. 18Checks at origin and at destination. Schedules I. For the the exception 1. A (a) all (b) all (c) an 1 is for 2. A (a) (b) all (c) all and that the fattening will year - of the infected with the defined periods, the to three years these tests may year - of the infected with the defined periods, the f

The competent authority shall ensure that the regulations laid down in the European Union Council Directive 90/425/EEC shall apply in particular to checks at origin, to the organization of, and follow-up to, the checks to be carried out by the country of destination, and to the safeguard measures to be implemented. SCHEDULE

A, B, C, D, E and F to the European Council Directive 64/432/EEC SCHEDULE A Officially tuberculosis-free bovine herd purposes of this section "bovine animals" means all bovine animals with of animals taking part in cultural or sporting events.

bovine herd is officially tuberculosis-free if -the animals are free from clinical signs of tuberculosis; the bovine animals over six weeks old have reacted negatively to at least two official intra-dermal tuberculin tests carried out in accordance with Schedule B, the first six months after the elimination of any infection from the herd and the second six months later or, where the herd has been assembled solely from animals that originate in officially tuberculosis-free herds, the first test shall be carried out at least sixty days after assembly and the second shall not be required; following the completion of the first test referred to in (b), no bovine animal over six weeks old has been introduced into the herd unless it has reacted negatively to an intra-dermal tuberculin test performed and assessed according to Schedule B and carried out either in the thirty days prior to, or the thirty days after the date of its introduction into the herd; in the latter case the animal(s) must be isolated physically from the other animals of the herd in a way to avoid any direct or indirect contact with the other animals until proven negative. However, the competent authority may not require this test to be carried out for movements of animals on its own territory if the animal is from officially tuberculosis-free herd, except in a Member State where, on January 1998 and until the status of officially tuberculosis-free region obtained, the competent authority required such tests to be carried out animals moving between herds participating in a network system as referred to in regulation 14. bovine herd will retain officially tuberculosis-free status if -the conditions detailed in 1(a) and (c) continue to apply; animals entering the holding come from herds of officially tuberculosis-free status; animals on the holding, with the exception of calves under six weeks old which were born in the holding, are subjected to routine tuberculin testing in accordance with Schedule B at yearly intervals. However, the competent authority of a Member State may, for the Member State or part of the Member State where all the bovine herds are subject to an official programme to combat tuberculosis, alter the frequency of the routine tests as follows -- if the average - determined at 31 December of each year - of the annual percentages of bovine herds confirmed as infected with tuberculosis is not more than 1% of all herds within the defined area during the two most recent annual supervisory periods, the interval between routine herd tests may be increased to two years and male animals for fattening within an isolated epidemiological unit may be exempted from tuberculin testing provided that they come from officially tuberculosis-free herds competent authority guarantees that the males for not be used for breeding and will go direct for slaughter, - if the average - determined at 31 December of each annual percentages of bovine herds confirmed as tuberculosis is not more than 0,2% of all herds within area during the two most recent biennial supervisory interval between routine tests may be increased and/or the age at which animals have to undergo be increased to twenty-four months, - if the average - determined at 31 December of each annual percentages of bovine herds confirmed as tuberculosis is not more than 0,1% of all herds within area during the two most recent supervisory triennial interval between routine tests may be increased to providing the following conditions are met, authority may dispense with tuberculin testing of the

(1) before the introduction into the herd all the are subjected to an intra-dermal tuberculin test results; or

(2) all bovine animals slaughtered are examined tuberculosis and any such lesions are submitted histopathological and bacteriological examination evidence of tuberculosis. The competent authority may also, in respect of the Member thereof, increase the frequency of tuberculin testing if the level of inereased.