# 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: Monitoring in ovine and caprine animals not slaughtered for human consumption

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

The appropriate authorities shall test, in accordance with the sampling rules set out in point 4 and the minimum sample sizes indicated in Table A and Table B, ovine and caprine animals which have died or been killed, but which were not:
killed in the framework of a disease eradication campaign, or
slaughtered for human consumption.
Table A
Minimum sample sizes are set to take account of the size of the ovine populations ... and are intended to provide achievable targets.
...Population of ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram
Minimum sample size of dead ovine animals
> 750 000
10 000
100 000 - 750 000
1 500
40 000 - 100 000
100 % up to 500
< 40 000
100 % up to 100
Table B
Minimum sample sizes are set to take account of the size of the caprine population ... and are intended to provide achievable targets.
...Population of goats which have already kidded and goats mated
Minimum sample size of dead caprine animals
> 750 000
10 000
250 000 - 750 000
1 500
40 000 - 250 000
100 % up to 500
< 40 000
100 % up to 100

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