# Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, Division 3: Points values and point targets

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

Surveillance samples must meet the point targets set out in Table 2, on the basis of ‘ point values ’ fixed in Table 1. All clinical suspects shall be investigated, regardless of the number of points accumulated. A country shall sample at least three out of the four sub-populations. The total points for samples collected shall be accumulated over a period of a maximum of seven consecutive years to achieve the target number of points. The total points accumulation shall be periodically compared to the target number of points for a country or region.
Table 1
Surveillance point values for samples collected from animals in the given sub-population and age category
Bovine animals over 36 months of age at routine slaughter.
Bovine animals over 30 months of age which are found dead or killed on farm, during transport or at an abattoir (fallen stock).
Bovine animals over 30 months of age that are non-ambulatory, recumbent, unable to rise or to walk without assistance; bovine animals over 30 months of age sent for emergency slaughter or with abnormal observations at ante-mortem inspection (casualty or emergency slaughter).
Bovine animals over 30 months of age displaying behavioural or clinical signs consistent with BSE (clinical suspects).
Surveillance sub-population
Routine slaughter
Fallen stock
Casualty slaughter
Clinical suspect
Age ≥ 1 year and < 2 years
0,01
0,2
0,4
N/A
Age ≥ 2 years and < 4 years (young adult)
0,1
0,2
0,4
260
Age ≥ 4 years and < 7 years (middle adult)
0,2
0,9
1,6
750
Age ≥ 7 years and < 9 years (older adult)
0,1
0,4
0,7
220
Age ≥ 9 years (aged)
0,0
0,1
0,2
45
Table 2
Points targets for different adult bovine animals population sizes in a country or region
Points targets for country or region
Adult bovine animals population size (24 months and older)
Type A surveillance
Type B surveillance
> 1 000 000
300 000
150 000
900 001 - 1 000 000
214 600
107 300
800 001 - 900 000
190 700
95 350
700 001 - 800 000
166 900
83 450
600 001 - 700 000
143 000
71 500
500 001 - 600 000
119 200
59 600
400 001 - 500 000
95 400
47 700
300 001 - 400 000
71 500
35 750
200 001 - 300 000
47 700
23 850
100 001 - 200 000
22 100
11 500
90 001 - 100 000
19 900
9 950
80 001 - 90 000
17 700
8 850
70 001 - 80 000
15 500
7 750
60 001 - 70 000
13 000
6 650
50 001 - 60 000
11 000
5 500
40 001 - 50 000
8 800
4 400
30 001 - 40 000
6 600
3 300
20 001 - 30 000
4 400
2 200
10 001 - 20 000
2 100
1 050
9 001 - 10 000
1 900
950
8 001 - 9 000
1 600
800
7 001 - 8 000
1 400
700
6 001 - 7 000
1 200
600
5 001 - 6 000
1 000
500
4 001 - 5 000
800
400
3 001 - 4 000
600
300
2 001 - 3 000
400
200
1 001 - 2 000
200
100

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/999/annex/II/chapter/D/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-999/annex-II/chapter-D/division-3
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