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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-106/annex/chapter-IV/division-H/division-3",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2002/106",
  "legislation_title": "2002/106/EC: Commission Decision of 1 February 2002 approving a Diagnostic Manual establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for evaluation of the laboratory tests for the confirmation of classical swine fever (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 381)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-106",
  "path": "annex/chapter/IV/division/H/division/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 15(2)(c) of Directive 2001/89/EC, the minimum number of pigs to be sampled within the defined sampling area must allow to detect 5 % seroprevalence with 95 % confidence. For this purpose at least 59 animals must be sampled in each area which has been identified.\nIt is also recommended that:\nin areas where hunting pressure is higher and regularly performed, or selective hunting is carried out as a disease control measure, approximately 50 % of the sampled animals belong to the three months to one year age class, 35 % to one to two years age class and 15 % to more than 2 years age class;\nin areas where hunting pressure is very low or absent, at least 32 animals are sampled for each one of the three age classes;\nsampling is performed in a short time, preferably not more than one month;\nthe age of sampled animals is identified according to the teeth eruption.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2002/106/annex/chapter/IV/division/H/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:36.246374+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."
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