Division 2 F1

However, the competent authority may decide to lift the measures referred to in (1)(a) if:

1. (a)

   the epidemiological enquiry carried out in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 92/119/EEC suggests that swine vesicular disease has not been introduced in the holding;

2. (b)

   no clinical signs of swine vesicular disease have been detected in the holding; and

3. (c)

   the holding is not located in a surveillance or restriction zone established following a confirmed outbreak of disease or subject to other restrictions applied in relation to a confirmed outbreak of disease,

and provided that:

• no pigs are moved from the holding for export; and

• pigs from the holding in question are only moved to a slaughterhouse for immediate slaughter or to another holding from which no pigs are moved for export,

until the results of the further checks and serological tests indicate that swine vesicular disease can be definitely ruled out.