Division 2 The requirements in relation to facilities and equipment of control posts, as referred to in Article 12, shall be the following:

they must be cleansed and disinfected before and after each use, as required by the official veterinarian;

equipment that comes into contact with the animals present on the control posts must be exclusively dedicated to the premises concerned unless it has been subject to a cleaning and disinfection procedure after coming in contact with the animals or their faeces or urine; in particular, the operator of the control post must provide clean equipment and protective clothes, which must be kept exclusively for the use of any persons entering the control post, and suitable equipment must be made available for cleansing and disinfecting those items;

litter must be removed when a consignment of animals is moved from an enclosure and, after the cleansing and disinfecting operations, must be replaced by fresh bedding;

fodder, litter, faeces and urine must not be collected from the premises unless they have been subject to an appropriate treatment in order to avoid the spread of animal diseases;

they must have suitable facilities for holding, inspecting, examining the animals, whenever necessary;

an appropriate storage area must be available for bedding material, feed, fodder, litter and manure;

an appropriate system must be in place to ensure the collection of waste water.