Article 2a Surveillance and eradication programmesF1
Where a constituent GB territory is not known to be infected and is not declared free of one of more of the non-exotic diseases listed in Annex 1A to Regulation 1251/2008, the appropriate authority may establish a surveillance programme for achieving disease-free status for one or more of those diseases.
A surveillance programme established in accordance with paragraph 1 must include specific requirements for surveillance, sampling and diagnostics as provided for in Annex 1.
Where a constituent GB territory is known to be infected by one or more of the non-exotic diseases listed in Annex 1A to Regulation 1251/2008, the appropriate authority may establish an eradication programme for achieving disease-free status.
A programme established in accordance with paragraph 1 or 3 must contain—
a description of the epidemiological situation of the disease before the date of commencement of the programme;
an analysis of the estimated costs and the anticipated benefits of the programme;
the likely duration of the programme and the objective to be attained by the completion date of the programme;
a description and demarcation of the geographical and administrative area in which the programme is to be applied.