Part 1 Description of the compartment as referred to in Article 3(2)(b)

The description of the compartment as referred to in Article 3(2)(b) shall be based on a site map(s) of the compartment showing its demarcations, indicating the precise location of all its components including the holdings and their premises, and all related functional units, such as feed processing or storage facilities, and other material storage facilities.

Sufficient information must be included in the application in order to provide a detailed description of the compartment, in particular:

1. 1..

   Information on the infrastructural factors and their contribution to an epidemiological separation between the poultry and other captive birds in the compartment and animal populations with a different health status, including:

   1. (a)

      a description of the type of activity and the commodities produced in the compartment, including the total capacities of the premises and the number of poultry or other captive birds present;

   2. (b)

      a flow chart clearly indicating in detail all activities carried out in the compartment, and the responsibilities, roles and interrelations of all involved parties;

   3. (c)

      a description of the functional interactions between the holdings comprising the compartment, including a diagram of all premises showing their links to one another;

   4. (d)

      a description of the animal and animal product transport means, their usual routes, and cleaning and parking places.

2. 2..

   Information on the epidemiological status regarding avian influenza and on the risk factors including the following elements:

   1. (a)

      the epidemiological history of the holdings comprising the compartment, and in particular their health status and any information in relation to avian influenza;

   2. (b)

      the movements into, out of, or within the compartment (inputs, outputs), such as movements of persons, commodities, other animals, products of animal origin or other products in contact with animals, transport vehicles, equipment, animal feed, water supply and drainage;

   3. (c)

      the presence of other poultry and other captive birds holdings in the vicinity of the compartment, including density (such as breeding or fattening farms, backyard farms, markets, collection centres, slaughterhouses, zoos);

   4. (d)

      the environmental risk factors such as waterways, wildlife resting and mixing places (including migratory routes of wild birds), the presence of rodents, the historical presence of the avian influenza agent in the environment;

   5. (e)

      the risk factors and potential pathways for the entry into and spread of avian influenza within the compartment in accordance with F1EU-derived domestic legislation and/or standards and guidelines of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE);

   6. (f)

      the early warning system in place to inform the competent authority of findings of any risk factors and potential pathways as referred to in point (e).