(3)Regarding the monitoring of bovine animals subject to normal slaughter for human consumption, Article 2(1)(a) of Decision 2009/719/EC provides that the EU-25 shall test for BSE all bovine animals above 72 months of age, whereas Article 2(3) provides that, from 1 January 2013, the EU-25 may decide to test only a minimum annual sample of the healthy slaughtered cattle over 72 months of age.