Annex

In Annex III, in Part II of Chapter A, points 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:

‘2.

Monitoring in ovine and caprine animals slaughtered for human consumption

1. (a)

   Ovine animals

   Member States, in which the population of ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram exceeds 750 000 animals, shall test a minimum annual sample of 10 000 ovine animals slaughtered for human consumption in accordance with the sampling rules set out in point 4^f1.

2. (b)

   Caprine animals

   Member States shall test healthy slaughtered caprine animals in accordance with the sampling rules set out in point 4 and the minimum sample sizes listed in Table A.

   Where a Member State experiences difficulty in collecting sufficient numbers of healthy slaughtered caprine animals to reach its allotted minimum sample size, it may choose to replace a maximum of 50 % of its minimum sample size by testing dead caprine animals over the age of 18 months at the ratio of one to one and in addition to the minimum sample size set out in point 3.

   Table A

   Minimum sample sizes are set to take account of the size of the number of healthy slaughtered caprine animals and the prevalence of BSE in the individual Member State. They are also intended to provide achievable targets. The minimum sample sizes above 60 000 allow the detection of a prevalence of 0,0017 % with a 95 % confidence.
   Member State	Minimum sample size in healthy slaughtered caprine animalsf2
   Spain	125 500
   France	93 000
   Italy	60 000
   Greece	20 000
   Cyprus	5 000
   Austria	5 000
   Other Member States	all

3.

Monitoring in ovine and caprine animals not slaughtered for human consumption

Member States shall test in accordance with the sampling rules set out in point 4 and the minimum sample sizes indicated in table B and table C, 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 B

Minimum sample sizes are set to take account of the size of the ovine populations in the individual Member States and are intended to provide achievable targets. The minimum sample sizes of 10 000, 1 500, 500 and 100 animals will allow the detection of a prevalence of 0,03 %, 0,2 %, 0,6 % and 3 % respectively with a 95 % confidence.
Member State population of ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram	Minimum sample size of dead ovine animalsf3
> 750 000	10 000
100 000-750 000	1 500
40 000-100 000	500
< 40 000	100

Table C

Minimum sample sizes are set to take account of the size of the caprine populations in the individual Member States and are intended to provide achievable targets. The minimum sample sizes of 10 000, 3 000, 1 000 and 200 animals will allow the detection of a prevalence of 0,03 %, 0,1 %, 0,3 % and 1,5 % respectively with a 95 % confidence.
Member State population of goats which have already kidded and goats mated	Minimum sample size of dead caprine animalsf4
> 750 000	10 000
250 000-750 000	3 000
40 000-250 000	1 000
< 40 000	100 % up to 200

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