Division II Officially brucellosis-free Member State or region

Any Member State or region within the meaning of Article 2 (10) of this Directive may be recognized, under the procedure laid down in Article 15, as being officially brucellosis-free:

1. 1..
   1. (a)

      in which at least 99,8 % of the ovine or caprine holdings are officially brucellosis-free holdings;

      or

   2. (b)

      which fulfils the following conditions:

      1. (i)

         ovine or caprine brucellosis is a disease that has been compulsorily notifiable for at least five years;

      2. (ii)

         no case of ovine or caprine brucellosis has been officially confirmed for at least five years;

      3. (iii)

         vaccination has been prohibited for at least three years; and

   3. (c)

      for which compliance with these conditions has been established under the procedure set out in Article 15 of this Directive;

2. 2..

   in which the conditions set out in point 1 have been satisfied; and

   1. (i)

      • F1the first year following recognition of a Member State or region as brucellosis-free (Br. melitensis) , random checks carried out at either holding or slaughterhouse level show with a confidence rating of 99 % that less than 0,2 % of the holdings were infected, or at least 10 % of the ovine and caprine animals over six months of age have undergone a test carried out in accordance with Annex C with negative results;

      • annually, from the second year following recognition of a Member State or region as brucellosis-free (Br. melitensis) , random checks carried out at either holding or slaughterhouse level show with a confidence rating of 95 % that less than 0,2 % of the holdings were infected, or at least 5 % of the ovine and caprine animals over six months of age have undergone a test carried out in accordance with Annex C with negative results;

      • the provisions laid down in the above two indents may be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15.

   2. (ii)

      the conditions for qualification continue to be fulfilled.