S.L. 437.94 Art. 19Contingency plan.

(1) The competent authority shall draw up a contingency plan applicable to all the diseases listed in Schedule I, specifying the national measures to be implemented in the event of an outbreak of any of these diseases. This plan must allow access to facilities, equipment, personnel and all other appropriate materials necessary for the rapid and efficient eradication of the outbreak.

(2) The general criteria to be applied for drawing up the contingency plans are laid down in points 1 to 5 and 10 of Schedule III, with points 6 to 9 representing criteria to be adopted according to the disease concerned:

Provided that the competent authority may confine itself to applying the criteria laid down in points 6 to 9 where the criteria in points 1 to 5 and 10 were already adopted when plans were submitted for the application of control measures for another disease.

(3) Contingency plans drawn up in accordance with the criteria listed in Schedule III shall be submitted to the Commission.

(4) The contingency plans shall be -

(a) examined by the Commission in order to determine whether they permit the desired objective to be attained and shall suggest to the competent authority any amendments required in particular to ensure that they are compatible with those of the other Member States;

(b) approved by the Commission, if necessary amended, in accordance with the relevant procedure of the Community;

(c) subsequently be amended or supplemented, in accordance with the same procedure, to take into account developments in the situation and the specific nature of the disease in question.