# 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 3.1: each constituent nation must have a national control programme for classical scrapie covering all of its territory:

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

(a) which outlines in particular:
the distribution of classical scrapie in the constituent nation,
the reasons for national control programme, taking into consideration the importance of the disease and the cost/benefit ratio,
the status categories defined for holdings and the standards which must be attained in each such category,
the test procedures to be used,
the national control programme monitoring procedures,
the action to be taken if, for any reason, a holding loses its status,
the measures to be taken if the results of checks carried out in accordance with the national control programme programme are positive,
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/999/annex/VIII/chapter/A/section/A/division/3/division/3.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-999/annex-VIII/chapter-A/section-A/division-3/division-3.1
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