{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-119/annex-II/division-11/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-119/annex-II/division-11/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1992/119",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992 introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-119",
  "path": "annex/II/division/11/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The re-introduction of pigs shall take account of the type of farming practised on the holding and must conform to one of the following procedures:\n(a) in the case of outdoor pig holdings, restocking shall start with the introduction of a limited number of sentinel piglets which have been checked and found negative for the presence of antibodies against swine vesicular disease virus. The sentinel piglets shall be placed, in accordance with the requirements of the competent authority, throughout the infected holding and will be examined clinically 28 days after having been placed on the holding, and sampled for serological testing.\nIf none of the piglets shows clinical evidence of swine vesicular disease nor has developed antibodies against the virus of the disease, full restocking may take place;\n(b) for all other forms of rearing, the re-introduction of pigs shall take place either in accordance with the measures provided for in paragraph (a) or by full restocking, provided that:\nall the pigs arrive within a period of eight days and come from holdings situated outside areas restricted as a result of swine vesicular disease, and are seronegative,\nno pig may leave the holding for a period of 60 days after the arrival of the last pigs,\nthe repopulated herd is subjected to a clinical and serological examination in accordance with the requirements of the competent authority. That examination may be carried out at the earliest 28 days after the arrival of the last pigs.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1992/119/annex/II/division/11/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:20.111119+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}