Division 2

In the case of swine vesicular disease, the measures laid down in Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:

1. (a)

   all holdings having animals of susceptible species shall be identified;

2. (b)

   any movement of pigs other than direct to a slaughterhouse from a holding in the surveillance zone shall be permitted, provided that no pigs have moved into that holding in the previous 21 days; the owner or the person responsible for the animals must keep a record of all pig movements;

3. (c)

   the movement of pigs from the surveillance zone may be authorized by the competent authority, provided that:

   • an inspection of all pigs on the holding has been carried out with the 48 hours preceding the movement,

   • a clinical examination of the pigs to be moved has been carried out with negative results in the 48 hours preceding the movement,

   • a serological examination of a statistical sample of the pigs to be moved has been carried out without the detection of antibodies to swine vesicular disease within the 14 days preceding the movement. However, in the case of pigs for slaughter, the serological examination may be carried out on the basis of blood samples taken at the slaughterhouse of destination designated by the competent authority in its territory. In the event of positive results confirming the presence of swine vesicular disease, the measures provided for in point 9 (3) shall be applied,

   • each pig has been marked with an individual eartag or by any other approved method of identification,

   • trucks and other vehicles and equipment used for the transport of the pigs must be cleaned and disinfected after each transport operation;

4. (d)

   trucks and other vehicles and equipment used for the transport of the pigs or other livestock or material that may be contaminated and which are used within the surveillance zone shall not leave that zone without having been cleaned and disinfected in accordance with the procedures laid down by the competent authority.