{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-85/annex-X/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2003/85",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-85",
  "path": "annex/X/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Additional criteria for the decision to introduce emergency vaccination",
  "text": "24/48 hours rule means:\n(a) infected herds on holdings referred to in Article 10 cannot be stamped out within 24 hours after the confirmation of the disease, and\n(b) the pre-emptive killing of animals likely to be infected or contaminated cannot be safely carried out within less than 48 hours.\nCriteria\nDecision\nFor vaccination\nAgainst vaccination\nAcceptance of regionalisation by third countries\nknown\nunknown\nEconomic assessment of competing control strategies\nIf it is foreseeable that a control strategy without emergency vaccination would lead to significantly higher economic losses in the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors\nIf it is foreseeable that a control strategy with emergency vaccination would lead to significantly higher economic losses in the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors\nIt is foreseeable that the 24/48 hours rule cannot be implemented effectively for two consecutive days\nYes\nNo\nSignificant social and psychological impact of total stamping out policy\nYes\nNo\nExistence of large holdings of intensive livestock production in a non-densely populated livestock area\nYes\nNo",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "24/48 hours rule means: (a) infected herds on holdings referred to in Article 10 cannot be stamped out within 24 hours after the confirmation of the disease, and (b) the pre-emptive killing of animals likely to be infected or contaminated cannot be safely carried out within less than 48 hours."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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