Part II, Chapter 1, Article 6 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/361

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Article 6Official vaccination plan for the prevention and control of category A diseases in terrestrial and aquatic animals, and information obligations for the Member States#

1.The official vaccination plan referred to in Article 5(1), point (b), shall:

(a)detail, at least, the information and measures set out in Part 1 of Annex III;

(b)be implemented under the control of the competent authority and only for the strictly necessary period of time.

2.The competent authority may include in the official vaccination plan referred to in Article 5(1), point (b), the simplified information provided for in Part 2 of Annex III, when implementing the vaccination strategy referred to in Article 7(1), point (a)(i).

3.The competent authority shall keep up to date, amend or supplement the official vaccination plan referred to in Article 5(1), point (b), taking into account the evolution of its implementation and the evolution of the epidemiological situation of the disease.

4.Member States shall provide the other Member States and the Commission with:

(a)at least the preliminary information set out in Annex IV, at the latest two days before starting the vaccination;

(b)the official vaccination plan and its amendments and updates, as soon as possible and at the latest two weeks after starting the vaccination or implementing the amendments or updates of the official vaccination plan.

5.The Commission shall, in accordance with Article 71 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, review the national measures referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, as laid in the official vaccination plan, and act in accordance with that Article.