# Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents, amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC and repealing Council Directive 92/117/EEC, Annex III: Coordinated monitoring programmes as referred to in Article 5

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

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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2003/99/annex/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-99/annex-III
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