{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2000-428/annex/chapter-V/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2000-428/annex/chapter-V/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2000/428",
  "legislation_title": "2000/428/EC: Commission Decision of 4 July 2000 establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for the evaluation of the results of laboratory tests for the confirmation and differential diagnosis of swine vesicular disease (notified under document number C(2000) 1805) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2000-428",
  "path": "annex/chapter/V/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "When sero-surveillance is carried out with the following purposes:\n(a)for surveillance of holdings located within the protection and surveillance zones, which have been established following confirmation of disease outbreaks in accordance with Annex II(7) and (8) to Directive 92/119/EEC; or\n(b)for surveillance of the holdings referred to in Article 9 of Directive 92/119/EEC,\nblood samples must be collected for serological testing from the pigs in accordance with the following scheme:\nin case of breeding holdings, a randomised sampling procedure must be carried out in such a way to detect 5 % prevalence of seroconversion with 95 % confidence;\nin case of holdings containing fattening pigs only, the sampling procedure must ensure that the total number of samples collected is at least equal to the number required to detect a prevalence of 5 % with 95 % confidence. In any case, the samples must be taken from as many random selected pens as possible;\nin case of mixed breeding and fattening holdings, each group of pigs living in separate premises must be sampled in such a way to detect a 5 % prevalence of seroconversion with 95 % confidence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2000/428/annex/chapter/V/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:49.012315+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}