Annex III Coordinated monitoring programmes as referred to in Article 5

When a coordinated monitoring programme is established, at least the following characteristics of the programme must be defined:

• its purpose;

• its duration;

• its geographical area or region;

• the zoonoses and/or zoonotic agents concerned;

• the type of samples and other data units requested;

• minimum sampling schemes;

• the type of laboratory testing methods;

• the tasks of competent authorities;

• the resources to be allocated;

• the estimation of its costs and how they will be covered; and

• the method and time of reporting the results.