S.L. 437.83 Art. 4Specifications of plan of eradication of disease.

(1) The plan referred to in rule 3 must be designed to ensure that Malta will be officially free from swine fever after six years at most.

(2) Such plan must specify as appropriate:

(i) the date of prohibition of vaccination of breeding pigs,

(ii) the date of prohibition or, in the first two years of implementing the plan, of restriction of vaccination of fattening pigs,

(iii) the date of commencement of the swine fever detection campaign, where such has proved necessary,

(iv) the measures, resources and timetable proposed by the competent authority in order to attain the objective fixed in sub-rule (1).

(3) The plan may be implemented on a regional basis if the competent authority is able to guarantee that the status of the regions concerned will be protected and maintained. In that event, the details required under sub-rule (2) must relate to each of the regions defined in the plan.

(4) The competent authority shall notify the European Commission of:

(a) the annual expenditure in connection with swine fever in each of the past three years, with a breakdown of such expenditure;

(b) the forecast annual expenditure on the six-year plan.