Chapter II, Article 3 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2623

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Article 3Requirements for granting disease-free status for category A diseases to compartments keeping terrestrial animals#

1.Operators that apply to the competent authority for approval of the disease-free status for a category A disease of a compartment keeping terrestrial animals shall ensure that:

(a)the surveillance in the compartment for the category A disease complies with:

(i)the requirements on the design of surveillance laid down in Article 3(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689;

(ii)the specific surveillance requirements laid down in Chapter III of this Regulation;

(b)the biosecurity measures in place in the compartment comply with:

(i)the requirements laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

(ii)the specific biosecurity requirements laid down in Chapter III of this Regulation;

(c)establishments forming part of the compartment:

(i)are approved in accordance with Article 94(1), points (b) to (e), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429; and

(ii)comply with Article 97(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

(d)establishments forming part of the compartment are not:

(i)establishments keeping:

—free-range animals;

—more than one animal species in the same epidemiological unit;

(ii)establishments for assembly operations, markets, exhibition places, fairs, animal shelters, confined establishments, zoos, and wildlife sanctuaries.

2.Operators that apply to the competent authority for approval of the disease-free status for a category A disease of a compartment keeping terrestrial animals shall appoint an appropriately qualified compartment manager who shall ensure:

(a)compliance with the requirements set out in Part I of Annex I;

(b)that all establishments forming part of the compartment, as well as all other compartment components, are managed under a common biosecurity management system, which complies with the requirements set out in Part II of Annex I;

(c)that all involved parties comply with the requirements of the common biosecurity management system.

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all involved parties
means the operator of the compartment, the compartment manager and food and feed business operators, animal professionals, transporters, veterinarians, pharmaceutical producers or retailers, or operators of other industries providing services for, delivering animals, products or other commodities to, or receiving animals, products or other commodities from, the compartment;
biosecurity plan
means a plan that identifies potential pathways for the introduction and spread of disease in an establishment, and describes the biosecurity to be applied to mitigate the risks of specific disease introduction and spread;
common biosecurity management system
means the common rules governing the functioning of a compartment designed to ensure the disease-free status of all establishments forming part of it;
compartment component
means any establishment forming part of the compartment or any premises, food or feed business, animal by-products establishments or other plants belonging to the compartment;
compartment manager
means an appointed person responsible for the common biosecurity management system of the compartment;
early warning system
means a system for the timely detection, reporting and communication of the occurrence, incursion or emergence of category A diseases.