Annex III MINIMUM CRITERIA APPLICABLE TO CONTINGENCY PLANS

The contingency plans must provide for at least the following:

1. 1..

   the establishment at national level of a crisis unit to coordinate all emergency measures in the Member State concerned;

2. 2..

   a list of local emergency centres adequately equipped for the purpose of coordinating control measures at local level;

3. 3..

   detailed information on the personnel responsible for emergency measures, their qualifications and their responsibilities;

4. 4..

   the possibility, for each local centre, of swiftly contacting persons or organisations directly or indirectly affected by an outbreak;

5. 5..

   the availability of the equipment and materials necessary for the proper implementation of emergency measures;

6. 6..

   precise instructions regarding the steps to be taken, including means of destroying carcases, when cases of infection or contamination are suspected and confirmed;

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   training programmes for updating and enhancing knowledge of procedures on the ground and administrative procedures;

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   for the diagnostic laboratories, an autopsy function, the capability required for conducting serological and histological tests, etc., and the updating of rapid diagnostic techniques (provisions on the swift transportation of samples should be laid down for this purpose);

9. 9..

   information concerning the quantity of vaccines against bluetongue deemed necessary in case emergency vaccination needs to be reintroduced;

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    regulatory provisions for implementing the contingency plans.