Part II, Chapter I, Section 2, Article 15 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687

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Article 15Cleaning and disinfection and control of insects and rodents in the affected establishment#

1.The competent authority shall order and supervise the cleaning and disinfection and, where relevant, the control of insects and rodents, in the affected establishment, as follows:

(a)a preliminary cleaning and disinfection, and where relevant, control of insects and rodents, immediately after the completion of the disease control measures accordance with Article 12, 13 and 14; and

(b)a final cleaning and disinfection, and, where relevant, control of insects and rodents as provided for in Article 68(1), point (b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, immediately after the completion of the preliminary cleaning and disinfection.

2.The preliminary and final cleaning, disinfection and control of insects and rodents, referred to in paragraph 1 shall be:

(a)performed in accordance with the general requirements set out in point A of Annex IV and the relevant procedures set out in points B and C of that Annex, using the appropriate biocidal products to ensure the destruction of the relevant category A disease agent; and

(b)adequately documented.

3.If the competent authority has granted one of the specific derogations from the disease control measures laid down in Article 12(1), point (a), provided for in Article 13(2) and (4), it shall adapt the procedures laid down in Annex IV to the specific situation, without detriment to the control of the spread of the category A disease from the affected animals and affected establishments and locations to other unaffected animals or to humans.

4.In addition to the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authority shall order and supervise that the means of transport used for the transport of animals to and from the affected establishment are properly cleaned and disinfected and, where relevant, subjected to measures ensuring the control of insects and rodents.

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carcass of an ungulate
means the whole body of a slaughtered or killed ungulate after:
casings
means the bladders and intestines that after cleaning have been processed by tissue scraping, defatting and washing and have been treated with salt or dried;
colostrum
means the fluid secreted by the mammary glands of kept animals up to five days post parturition that is rich in antibodies and minerals, and precedes the production of raw milk.
colostrum-based products
means processed products resulting from the processing of colostrum or from the further processing of such processed products;
day-old chicks
means poultry less than 72 hours old;
embryo
means the initial stage of development of an animal while it is capable of being transferred to a recipient dam;
fresh meat
means meat, minced meat and meat preparations, including vacuum-wrapped or wrapped in a controlled atmosphere, which has not undergone any process other than chilling, freezing or quick-freezing;
infected zone
means a zone in which restrictions on the movements of kept and wild animals or products and other disease control and biosecurity measures may be applied with the view to preventing the spread of a category A disease in the event of official confirmation of the disease in wild animals.
means of transport
means road or rail vehicle, vessels and aircrafts;
meat products
means processed products, including treated stomachs, bladders, intestines, rendered fats, meat extracts and blood products, resulting from the processing of meat or from the further processing of such processed products, so that the cut surface shows that the product no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat;
offal
means fresh meat other than that of the carcass as defined in (7), even if it remains naturally connected to the carcass;
oocytes
means the haploid stages of the ootidogenesis including secondary oocytes and ova;
safe commodity
means a commodity that can be moved without the need for risk mitigation measures specifically directed against a particular listed disease regardless of the status of the Member State or zone of origin for that disease;
semen
means the ejaculate of an animal or animals, either in the unaltered state or prepared or diluted;
supply chain
means an integrated production chain of a common health status as regards listed diseases consisting of a collaborative network of specialised establishments approved by the competent authority for the purpose of Article 45, between which animals are moved to complete the production cycle;