Recital (2) · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/139

(2)Furthermore, Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts laying down rules concerning the use of veterinary medicinal products, including vaccines, for the purpose of the prevention and control of listed diseases in terrestrial animals. Those delegeted acts will specify the category A diseases which could be prevented or controlled by use of vaccines in kept and wild terrestrial animals. Therefore, this Regulation should supplement the rules laid down in Part III of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and provide for the establishment of Union antigen and vaccine banks for category A diseases, for which vaccination is not prohibited, and for the establishment of Union diagnostic reagent banks for category A diseases covered by those delegated acts that are to be adopted pursuant to Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429. In addition, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/140^note provides a list of category A diseases for which the Union antigen, vaccine and diagnostic reagent banks are established and maintained.

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bovine animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genera Bison, Bos (including the subgenera Bos, Bibos, Novibos, Poephagus) and Bubalus (including the subgenus Anoa) and the offspring of crossings of those species;
caprine animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Capra and the offspring of crossings of those species;
category A disease
means a listed disease that does not normally occur in the Union and for which immediate eradication measures must be taken as soon as it is detected, as referred to in Article 9(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
contracted manufacturer
means a selected manufacturer with whom the Commission has concluded a contract referred to in Articles 3(1) and 4(1);
European Union reference laboratories
means laboratories designated in accordance with Article 93(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
ovine animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Ovis and the offspring of crossings of those species;
porcine animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates of family Suidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429.
Union antigen bank
means a Commission-managed reserve of antigenic components that can be rapidly formulated into the final product for emergency use or other vaccination campaigns in Member States or third countries or territories granted access by the Union;
Union diagnostic reagent bank
means a Commission-managed reserve of diagnostic reagents or components thereof for the rapid diagnosis of category A diseases in Member States or third countries or territories granted access by the Union;
Union vaccine bank
means a Commission-managed reserve of ready-to-use vaccines for emergency use or other vaccination campaigns in Member States or third countries or territories granted access by the Union;