Division I COUNTRY OR REGION WITH A NEGLIGIBLE BSE RISKF1

A country or region:

1. (1)

   where a risk analysis in accordance with Chapter B has been conducted in order to identify the historical and existing risk factors;

2. (2)

   which has demonstrated that appropriate specific measures have been taken for the relevant period of time defined below to manage each identified risk;

3. (3)

   which has demonstrated that Type B surveillance, in accordance with Chapter D, is in place, and the relevant points target, in accordance with Table 2 thereof, has been met; and

4. (4)

   which is:

   1. (a)

      either in the following situation:

      1. (i)

         in the country or region there has been no case of BSE, or, any case of BSE has been demonstrated to have been imported and has been completely destroyed;

      2. (ii)

         the criteria in points (c), (d) and (e) of Chapter A of this Annex have been complied with for at least seven years; and

      3. (iii)

         it has been demonstrated through an appropriate level of control and audit that for at least eight years neither meat-and-bone meal nor greaves derived from ruminants has been fed to ruminants;

   2. (b)

      or in the following situation:

      1. (i)

         there has been one or more BSE indigenous cases in the country or region but every BSE indigenous case was born more than 11 years ago;

      2. (ii)

         the criteria in points (c), (d) and (e) of Chapter A have been complied with for at least seven years;

      3. (iii)

         it has been demonstrated through an appropriate level of control and audit that for at least eight years neither meat-and-bone meal nor greaves derived from ruminants has been fed to ruminants;

      4. (iv)

         the following animals, if alive in the country or region, are permanently identified, and their movements controlled, and, when slaughtered or at death, are completely destroyed:

         • all BSE cases,

         • all bovine animals which, during their first year of life, were reared with the BSE cases during their first year of life, and which investigation showed consumed the same potentially contaminated feed during that period, or

         • if the results of the investigation referred to in the second indent are inconclusive, all bovine animals born in the same herd as, and within 12 months of the birth of, the BSE cases.