Article 3a F1
United Kingdom
Bulgaria shall prohibit the dispatch of the following commodities within the areas listed in the Annex:
small ruminants;
semen, ova and embryos of small ruminants.
By way of derogation from the prohibition provided for in point (1) of this Article, the competent authority may authorise the movements of small ruminants to a destination located within the areas listed in the Annex, provided that the holding of origin is not subject to any of the restrictions provided for in Directive 92/119/EEC in relation to peste des petits ruminants and the small ruminants comply with the following conditions:
All the small ruminants at the holding of origin were clinically checked on the day of dispatch and did not show any clinical symptoms of peste des petites ruminants;
The small ruminants are dispatched directly to a slaughterhouse designated by the competent authority and located within the areas listed in the Annex, in order to be slaughtered immediately;
The small ruminants were subjected to a diagnostic test for the detection of antibodies against peste des petits ruminants with negative results no more than 7 days prior to the date of dispatch;
A serological survey was conducted at the holding of origin, no more than 14 days before the date of dispatch, involving sampling of a sufficient number of small ruminants to detect at least a seroprevalence of 5 % with 95 % level of confidence, with negative results.