Article 5 Responsibilities and duties of the compartment manager

Following the grant of approval of a compartment, the compartment manager shall:

1. 1..

   supervise and monitor the compartment in order to ensure that it continues to comply with the information submitted in accordance with Article 3(2) and the criteria and requirements set out in the Annex; in particular such information must be kept up-to-date and made available to the competent authority on request;

2. 2..

   ensure that disease surveillance activities, in particular surveillance for avian influenza, are carried out according to the common biosecurity management system and each biosecurity plan of the holdings comprising the compartment and that:

   1. (a)

      an early warning system is in place for the detection of the presence of avian influenza; and sampling and diagnostic tests are carried out in accordance with Decision 2006/437/EC and Part 3 of the Annex to this Regulation;

   2. (b)

      surveillance plans as set in point 4 of Part 3 of the Annex are updated in the case of the identification of an increased risk of the introduction of avian influenza;

   3. (c)

      all avian influenza diagnostic tests are carried out in laboratories officially approved for that purpose by the competent authority; information on the surveillance and results are made available to the competent authority;

   4. (d)

      any inconclusive or positive results of the surveillance in the compartment are immediately reported to the competent authority, so that the related samples can be sent for confirmation to the national reference laboratory F1... for avian influenza;

3. 3..

   ensure that any vaccination applied is carried out according to the common biosecurity management system and each biosecurity plan of the holdings comprising the compartment and that vaccination plans and procedures are made available to the competent authority on request;

4. 4..

   organise regular internal or external audits to guarantee that all biosecurity measures, surveillance activities and the traceability system are effectively implemented in the compartment and keep the results of such audits, including those carried out in the framework of a quality assurance system, so that they are available to the competent authority on request;

5. 5..

   immediately inform the competent authority if:

   1. (a)

      the compartment no longer complies with the information submitted in accordance with Article 3(2) or the criteria and requirements set out in the Annex;

   2. (b)

      the common biosecurity management system or a biosecurity plan has been amended or adapted to the epidemiological situation, including when a holding is added or withdrawn from the compartment.