Article 3 · Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2207

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Article 3Measures in the restricted zone and additional emergency measures#

Greece shall ensure that:

(a)movements of sheep and goats from protection and surveillance zones to a destination located outside the external perimeter of the immediately surrounding further restricted zone and from a further restricted zone to a destination located outside the external perimeter of this further restricted zone, including destinations located in a different further restricted zone as set out in Part B of the Annex, are prohibited until the dates listed for each such protection, surveillance and further restricted zone in the Annex;

(b)movements of ovine or caprine animals from protection and surveillance zones to a destination located within the external perimeter of the immediately surrounding further restricted zone, from a further restricted zone to a destination located within the external perimeter of this further restricted zone, from a surveillance zone to a destination located within the same surveillance zone and from a further restricted zone to a destination located within a contiguous further restricted zone, shall only be permitted under the following conditions:

(i)they are authorised by the competent authority;

(ii)a number of randomly selected animals, either:

—within the same lot to be moved, and sufficient to detect 10 % disease prevalence with 95 % level of confidence, have been sampled and subjected to a PCR test of saliva samples, collected within 48 hours before the time of movement, with negative results,or

—at the establishment of origin, and sufficient to detect 10 % disease prevalence with 95 % level of confidence, have been sampled and subjected to a PCR test of saliva samples, collected no earlier than 21 days prior to the date of movement and no later than 48 hours before the time of movement, with negative results;

(iii)the animals are moved:

—directly to a slaughterhouse located within the external perimeter of the same further restricted zone as the establishment of origin, for the purpose of immediate slaughter, until the dates listed for each such protection, surveillance and further restricted zone in the Annex, or

—during the summer season, from an establishment located within a surveillance zone directly to a pasture located within the external perimeter of the same surveillance zone, and are returned from that pasture to the establishment of origin, in accordance with Article 45, paragraph 1, of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, or

—during the summer season, from an establishment located within a further restricted zone directly to a pasture located within the external perimeter of the same further restricted zone, or to a pasture located within a contiguous further restricted zone and are returned from that pasture to the establishment of origin;

(c)movements of sheep and goats from those parts of the territory of Greece that are not listed in the Annex, to a destination located within the restricted zones listed in the Annex shall only be permitted if they are authorised by the competent authority and they are moved directly to a slaughterhouse, for the purpose of immediate slaughter, until the dates listed for each such restricted zone in the Annex;

(d)the means of transport used for the movements of sheep and goats referred to in points (b) and (c) must:

(i)comply with the requirements for the means of transport laid down in Article 24 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687;

(ii)be cleaned and disinfected before any transport of animals under the control or supervision of the competent authority;

(iii)only include sheep and goats of the same health status kept in the same establishment;

(iv)be sealed by the competent authority at the establishment of origin after the loading of the animals and unsealed by the competent authority at the place of destination;

(e)movements of sheep and goats from the territory of Greece to a destination located outside Greece are prohibited until 31 December 2026;

(f)movements of milk and dairy products of sheep and goats from protection and surveillance zones to a destination located outside the external perimeter of the immediately surrounding further restricted zone and from a further restricted zone to a destination located outside the external perimeter of this further restricted zone, shall only be permitted if they are authorised by the competent authority and:

(i)the products have been subjected to one of the risk mitigation treatments listed in Annex VII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687;or

(ii)the central competent authority is assessing continuously the epidemiological situation of sheep and goat pox and the related risks in the particular protection, surveillance and further restricted zones, on the basis of appropriate and continuous surveillance, taking into account any new developments of the specific epidemiological situation and the results of this assessment indicate that the risk of the spread of sheep pox and goat pox associated with such movements is negligible;

(g)restocking of affected establishments with sheep and goats shall be prohibited.