Division CHAPTER E Imports of ovine and caprine animalsF1

Ovine and caprine animals imported into F2Great Britain shall be subject to the presentation of an animal health certificate attesting that they have been kept continuously since birth in a country where the following conditions are fulfilled:

1. (1)

   classical scrapie is compulsorily notifiable;

2. (2)

   an awareness, surveillance and monitoring system is in place;

3. (3)

   ovine and caprine animals affected with classical scrapie are killed and completely destroyed;

4. (4)

   the feeding to ovine and caprine animals of meat-and-bone meal or greaves of ruminant origin, as defined in the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, has been banned and effectively enforced in the whole country for a period of at least the preceding seven years.

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1. (5)

   For ovine and caprine animals for breeding imported into F4parts of Great Britain other than those with a negligible risk of classical scrapie or those with an approved national scrapie control programme listed in point 3.2 of Section A of Chapter A of Annex VIII, the following conditions have been complied with:

   1. (a)

      the imported ovine and caprine animals come from a holding or holdings that have complied with the conditions of point 1.3 of Section A of Chapter A of Annex VIII; or

   2. (b)

      they are ovine animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype and they come from a holding where no official movement restriction has been imposed due to BSE or classical scrapie during the last two years.

2. (6)

   For ovine and caprine animals for all uses except immediate slaughter imported into F5parts of Great Britain with a negligible risk of classical scrapie or with an approved national scrapie control programme listed in point 3.2 of Section A of Chapter A of Annex VIII, the following conditions have been complied with:

   1. (a)

      they come from a holding or holdings that have complied with the conditions of point 1.2 of Section A of Chapter A of Annex VIII; or

   2. (b)

      they are ovine animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype and they come from a holding where no official movement restriction has been imposed due to BSE or classical scrapie during the last two years.