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Article 2

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1.

Germany shall ensure that:

(a)

without prejudice to the measures provided for in Directive 2001/89/EC, and in particular Articles 9, 10 and 11 thereof:

  1. (i)

    no pigs are transported from and to holdings within the areas listed in Annex I(A);

  2. (ii)

    transport of slaughter pigs coming from holdings situated outside the areas listed in Annex I(A) to slaughterhouses located within those areas and transit of pigs through those areas is only allowed:

    • via major roads or railways, and

    • in accordance with the detailed instructions provided for by the competent authority to prevent the pigs in question coming into direct or indirect contact with other pigs during transport.

(b)

no pigs are dispatched from the areas listed in Annex I(B) to other areas within Germany, except for direct transport of:

  1. (i)

    slaughter pigs to a slaughterhouse for immediate slaughter, provided that the pigs originate from one single holding;

  2. (ii)

    breeding and production pigs to a holding, provided that the pigs have been resident for at least 30 days, or since birth if less than 30 days of age, on a single holding:

    • which has not received live pigs during the 30-day period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs; and

    • on which the clinical examination carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(2) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results.

2.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a) the competent authority may authorise the transport of pigs from a holding situated within the areas listed in Annex I(A) but outside a protection or surveillance zone:

(a)

directly to a slaughterhouse situated within those areas, or in exceptional cases, to designated slaughterhouses in Germany located outside those areas, for immediate slaughter, provided that the pigs are dispatched from a holding on which the clinical examination carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(3) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results.

(b)

not earlier than 16 May 2006 to a holding situated within those areas, provided that the pigs have been resident for at least 45 days, or since birth if less than 45 days of age, on a single holding which:

  1. (i)

    has not received live pigs during the 45-day period immediately prior to the date of dispatch of the pigs;

  2. (ii)

    on which the clinical examination carried out in accordance with Chapter IV(D)(2) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results.

3.

By way derogation from paragraph 1(a) the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of pigs from a holding situated within a surveillance zone to a designated holding in which no pigs are present and which is situated within the same surveillance zone, provided that:

  • this movement takes place in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 11, paragraphs (1) point (f) and (2) Directive 2001/89/EC;

  • the examinations provided for in Chapter IV(D)(2) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results on the holding from which the pigs are dispatched.

The German authorities shall record the above movements and inform immediately the Commission thereof in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.