S.L. 437.48 ст. 8Immediate notification of suspected disease.

The suspected presence of any of the diseases referred to in Schedule E (I) is compulsorily and immediately notifiable to the competent authority. The competent authority shall forward to the European Commission by 31 May each year, and for the first time in 2004, details of the occurrence of diseases listed in Schedule E (I) and of any other diseases covered by the additional guarantees provided for by European Community legislation in the territory of Malta in the previous calendar year including details of the monitoring and eradication programmes in operation. This information shall be based on uniform criteria established by European Commission. The Commission shall present this information to the Member States in the framework of the SVC and in particular may utilize it in relation to the decisions referred to in Schedules A and D.