# Commission Decision of 8 August 2008 on the temporary admission and imports into the Community of registered horses from South Africa (notified under document number C(2008) 4211) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/698/EC), Division 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The following diseases are compulsorily notifiable in South Africa:
African horse sickness (AHS), glanders, dourine, equine encephalomyelitis of all types including Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis, equine infectious anaemia, vesicular stomatitis, anthrax and rabies.
The whole of the Western Cape Province is declared an ‘African horse sickness control area’ in accordance with the provisions of the Animal Disease Act. In respect of the regionalisation for African horse sickness the territory of the Western Cape Province is divided into the African horse sickness free area, the surveillance zone and the protection zone.
Within the Western Cape Province, African horse sickness is a ‘controlled disease’ in accordance with the provisions of the Animal Disease Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/698/annex/I/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-698/annex-I/division-1
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