# Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (Text with EEA relevance), Division 4.1

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

Where for technical or security reasons the cleansing and disinfection procedures cannot be completed in accordance with this Directive, the buildings or premises must be cleansed and disinfected as much as possible to avoid spread of the foot-and-mouth disease virus and must remain unoccupied by animals of susceptible species for at least 1 year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2003/85/annex/IV/division/4/division/4.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-85/annex-IV/division-4/division-4.1
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