Chapter III, Section 2, Article 15 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594

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Article 15Additional general conditions on movements of consignments of porcine animals kept and germinal products collected in restricted zones I, II and III within and outside those restricted zones#

1.The competent authority of the Member State concerned shall authorise movements of consignments of porcine animals kept in restricted zones I, II and III or germinal products of those animals collected in restricted zones II and III within and outside those restricted zones in the cases covered by Articles 22 to 25 and Articles 28 to 34 subject to compliance with the specific conditions laid down in those Articles and the following additional general conditions:

(a)the porcine animals have been kept in and have not been moved from the establishment of dispatch for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of movement, or since birth, if they are younger than 30 days of age, and during that period no other kept porcine animals have been introduced from establishments located in restricted zones II that do not comply with the additional general conditions laid down in this Article and in Article 16 and from establishments located in restricted zones III into either:

(i)that establishment of dispatch; or

(ii)the epidemiological unit where the porcine animals to be moved were kept completely separated. The competent authority of the Member State concerned shall determine, after carrying out a risk assessment, the boundaries of such epidemiological unit confirming that the structure, size and distance between different epidemiological units and the operations being carried out ensure separate facilities for housing, keeping and feeding of kept porcine animals so that the African swine fever virus cannot spread from one epidemiological unit to another;

(b)a clinical examination has been carried out on the porcine animals kept in the establishment of dispatch, including those animals to be moved or used for the collection of germinal products, with favourable results concerning African swine fever:

(i)by an official veterinarian;

(ii)within the period of 24 hours prior to the time of:

—the movement of the consignment of porcine animals, or

—the collection of the germinal products; and

(iii)in accordance with Article 3(1) and (2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 and point A.1 of Annex I thereto.

(c)if necessary, following the instructions of the competent authority, pathogen identification tests have been carried out prior to the date of the movement of those consignments from the establishment of dispatch or prior to the date of the collection of germinal products:

(i)following the clinical examination referred to in point (b) for porcine animals kept in the establishment of dispatch, including those porcine animals to be moved or to be used for the collection of germinal products; and

(ii)in accordance with point A.2 of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.

2.The competent authority of the Member State concerned shall obtain, where relevant, negative results of pathogen identification tests referred to in paragraph 1, point (c), before authorising the movement of the consignments of porcine animals or prior to the date of the collection of germinal products.

3.The competent authority of the Member State concerned may decide that, in the case of movements of consignments of kept porcine animals from establishments of dispatch located in restricted zones I and II within and outside those restricted zones to establishments located within the same Member State concerned, the clinical examination referred to in paragraph 1, point (b):

(a)shall be carried out only for porcine animals to be moved; or

(b)shall not be required to be carried out, provided that:

(i)the establishment of dispatch has been visited by an official veterinarian with a frequency rate referred to in Article 16(1), point (a)(i), and with a favourable outcome of all the visits by an official veterinarian during a period of at least twelve months prior to the date of movement of the consignment of porcine animals, indicating that:

—the biosecurity requirements referred to in Article 16(1), point (b), have been implemented in the establishment of dispatch;

—a clinical examination with favourable results concerning African swine fever has been carried out by an official veterinarian during those visits on the porcine animals kept in the establishment of dispatch in accordance with Article 3(1) and (2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 and point A.1 of Annex I thereto;

(ii)the continuous surveillance referred to in Article 16(1), point (c), has been in place in the establishment of dispatch during a period of at least twelve months prior to the date of movement of the consignment of porcine animals.

4.The competent authority of the Member State concerned may decide that, in the case of movements of consignments of kept porcine animals from an establishment of dispatch located in a restricted zone III to establishments located within that restricted zone III or within restricted zones I or II in the same Member State concerned, the clinical examination referred to in paragraph 1, point (b):

(a)shall be carried out only for the porcine animals to be moved; or

(b)shall not be required to be carried out, provided that:

(i)the establishment of dispatch has been visited by an official veterinarian with a frequency rate referred to in Article 16(1), point (a)(ii), and with a favourable outcome of all the visits by an official veterinarian during a period of at least twelve months prior to the date of movement, indicating that:

—the biosecurity requirements referred to in Article 16(1), point (b), have been implemented in the establishment of dispatch;

(ii)the continuous surveillance referred to in Article 16(1), point (c), has been in place in the establishment of dispatch during a period of at least twelve months prior to the date of movement.

5.The competent authority of the Member State concerned may decide that, in the case of movements of consignments of germinal products collected in restricted zones II and III to establishments located within the same Member State concerned or in other Member States, the clinical examination referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), shall not be required to be carried out, provided that:

(a)the establishment of dispatch has been visited by an official veterinarian with a frequency rate referred to in Article 16(1), point (a)(ii), and with a favourable outcome for all the visits by an official veterinarian during a period of at least twelve months prior to the date of the collection of germinal products, indicating that:

(i)the biosecurity requirements referred to in Article 16(1), point (b), have been implemented in the establishment of dispatch;

(ii)a clinical examination with favourable results concerning African swine fever has been carried out by an official veterinarian during those visits on the porcine animals kept in the establishment of dispatch in accordance with Article 3(1) and (2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 and point A.1 of Annex I thereto;

(iii)the continuous surveillance referred to in Article 16(1), point (c), has been in place in the establishment of dispatch during a period of at least twelve months prior to the date of the collection of germinal products.