# Council Directive of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (64/432/EEC), Article 10

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

1. Where a Member State considers that its territory or part of its territory is free from one of the diseases listed in Annex E (II), it shall present to the Commission appropriate supporting documentation, setting out in particular:
the nature of the disease and the history of its occurrence in its territory,
the results of surveillance testing based on serological, microbiological, pathological or epidemiological investigation and on the fact that the disease must by law be notified to the competent authorities,
the period over which the surveillance was carried out,
where applicable, the period during which vaccination against the disease has been prohibited and the geographical area concerned by the prohibition,
the arrangements for verifying the absence of the disease.
2. The Commission shall examine documentation submitted by Member States. The additional guarantees, general or specific, which may be required in intra-Community trade may be defined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17. Such guarantees must not exceed those which the Member State implements nationally.
3. The Member State concerned shall notify the Commission of any change in the details specified in paragraph 1 which relate to the disease, in particular regarding any new outbreaks of the disease. The guarantees defined in accordance with paragraph 2 may, in the light of such notification, be amended or withdrawn in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1964/432/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1964-432/article-10
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