Chapter III, Section 6, Article 28 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594

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Article 28Specific conditions for derogations authorising movements of consignments of porcine animals kept in a restricted zone III within that zone and outside that restricted zone to a restricted zone I or II in the same Member State concerned#

1.By way of derogation from the prohibition provided for in Article 9(1), in exceptional circumstances, where as a result of that prohibition animal welfare problems arise in an establishment where porcine animals are kept, the competent authority of the Member State concerned may authorise movements of consignments of porcine animals kept in a restricted zone III outside that restricted zone to an establishment located in a restricted zone II, or, in the absence of such a restricted zone II in that Member State, in a restricted zone I, in the territory of the same Member State provided that:

(a)the general conditions laid down in Article 43(2) to (7) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 are met;

(b)the additional general conditions laid down in Article 14(2), Article 15(1), (2) and (4), and Articles 16 and 17 are met;

(c)the establishment of destination belongs to the same supply chain and the kept porcine animals are to be moved to complete the production cycle.

2.By way of derogation from the prohibition provided for in Article 9(1), the competent authority of the Member State concerned may authorise movements of consignments of porcine animals kept in a restricted zone III to an establishment located within that restricted zone in the territory of the same Member State concerned, subject to compliance with:

(a)the general conditions laid down in Article 43(2) to (7) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687;

(b)the additional general conditions laid down in Article 14(2), Article 15(1), (2) and (4), and Articles 16 and 17.

3.The competent authority of the Member State concerned shall ensure that kept porcine animals are not moved from the establishment of destination located in the restricted zone I, II or III during at least the monitoring period for African swine fever set out in Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.