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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-85/article-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-85/article-51.json",
  "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": "article/51",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Conditions for emergency vaccination",
  "text": "1. The decision to introduce emergency vaccination in accordance with Article 50(3) and (4) shall specify the conditions under which such vaccination shall be carried out and these conditions must specify at least:\n(a) the delimitation in accordance with Article 45 of the geographical area in which emergency vaccination is to be carried out;\n(b) the species and the age of the animals to be vaccinated;\n(c) the duration of the vaccination campaign;\n(d) a specific prohibition on movements of vaccinated and non-vaccinated animals of susceptible species and their products;\n(e) the special additional and permanent identification and special registration of the vaccinated animals pursuant to Article 47(2);\n(f) other matters appropriate to the emergency situation.\n2. The conditions for emergency vaccination as provided for in paragraph 1, shall ensure that such vaccination is carried out in accordance with Article 52, irrespective of whether the vaccinated animals are subsequently slaughtered or stay alive.\n3. Member States shall ensure that an information programme shall be put in place to inform the public about the safety of meat, milk and dairy products from vaccinated animals for human consumption.",
  "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/2003/85/article/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:52.569704+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."
}