Division I.3 Specific requirements for the maintenance of Category I status with regard to KHVD

When targeted surveillance is required in order to maintain Category I health status, as provided for in F1Article 2c of Commission Decision 2009/177/EC, all farms keeping susceptible species F2... F3... within the constituent GB territory, zone or compartment concerned shall be subject to health inspection and sampled in accordance with Table 2.B set out in Section III of this Part, taking into account the risk level of the farm for the contraction of KHV.

The inspection frequency for health inspections of Category I compartments with regard to KHVD placed in continental areas and comprising one or more farms whose health status regarding KHVD is dependent on the health status for that listed disease of surrounding natural waters in accordance with point 2 of Part II of Annex V to Directive 2006/88/EC, shall be in accordance with the number set out for high risk level in that Table 2.C.

In F4constituent GB territories, zones or compartments in which the number of farms is limited and targeted surveillance on these farms does not provide sufficient epidemiological data, the surveillance schemes to maintain disease-free status shall include sampling points selected in accordance with the requirements set out in point I.1.

Those sampling points shall be inspected and sampled by rotation of 50 % of the sampling points each year. The sampling shall be carried out in accordance with Table 2.C set out in Section III. The samples shall be selected, prepared and examined as described in Section II and the laboratory examinations must be negative with regard to the presence of the agent of KHVD.

Disease-free status shall only be maintained as long as all samples tested using the diagnostic methods set out in point II.2 produce negative results for KHVD and any suspicion of KHVD must be ruled out in accordance with the diagnostic methods set out in point III.2.