S.L. 437.57 Art. 4Collection of information on zoonoses and zoonotic agents. Cap. 437.

(1) The following rules shall be ensured in Malta:

(a) the operators or managers of establishments approved in accordance with European Union Council Directives 64/433/EEC, 71/118/EEC and 77/99/EEC are obliged to keep for a minimum period to be specified by the competent authority and to communicate to the latter at its request, the results of examinations for the presence of the zoonoses listed in Schedule I, point I;

(b) the isolation and identification of zoonotic agents or the establishment of any other evidence of their presence rests with the person responsible for the laboratory or, where the identification is carried out elsewhere than at a laboratory, with the person responsible for the examination;

(c) the diagnosis and identification of a zoonotic agent are reported to the competent authority;

(d) the competent authority collects information on any zoonotic agents the presence of which has been confirmed in the course of the tests or examinations carried out and on any clinical cases in humans or animals of the zoonoses listed in Schedule I, point I;

(e) the other Member States are regularly informed within the Standing Veterinary Committee set up by European Decision 68]/61/EEC of clinical cases recorded in accordance with paragraph (d).

(2) In accordance with the procedure laid down in article 5(3) of the Veterinary Services Act, the provisions of this regulation may be extended to cover the zoonoses and zoonotic agents listed in Schedule I, points II and III.