Division I.3 Specific requirements for the maintenance of disease-free health status (Category I) with regard to WSD

When targeted surveillance is required to maintain category I health status, as laid down 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 undergo a health inspection and sampling in accordance with Table 6 B set out in Section II, taking into account the risk level of the farm for the contraction of WSD.

In F4constituent GB territories, zones or compartments where the number of farms is limited and targeted surveillance on those farms does not provide sufficient epidemiological data, the surveillance programmes to maintain disease-free status shall include sampling points selected in accordance with the requirements laid down 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 6 B set out in Section II. The samples shall be selected, prepared and examined in accordance with the diagnostic and sampling methods set out in Section II and the laboratory examinations must have produced negative results as regards to the agent of WSD.

Disease-free status shall only be maintained as long as all samples tested using the diagnostic and sampling methods set out in point II.2 produce negative results for WSD and any suspicion of WSD has been ruled out in accordance with the official investigation and diagnostic methods set out in point II.3.