Article 4 Requirements as regards the holding of origin

The holding of origin referred to in Article 3 shall fulfil the following requirements:

1. (a)

   the holding of origin may not be located in a protection zone established following an outbreak of African swine fever;

2. (b)

   the appropriate bio-security measures to prevent the introduction of African swine fever as well as a self-control programme to detect African swine fever, both referred to in the eradication programme approved by Commission Decision 2005/362/EC^f1, have been put in place in the holding of origin and have been approved by the competent authority before the establishment of the surveillance zone around an outbreak of African swine fever in which the holding is located;

3. (c)

   African swine fever may not have been diagnosed in the holding of origin for at least two years before the dispatch of the pigs from this holding.