Article 15 Requirements for movements of kept ovine and caprine animals to other Member States

the animals have been continuously resident in the establishment for at least 30 days prior to departure, or since birth, if they are younger than 30 days of age, and during this period they have not been in contact with kept ovine or caprine animals of a lower health status or subject to movement restrictions for animal health reasons, or with kept animals coming from an establishment which did not fulfil the requirements set out in point (b);

any animals entering the Union from a third country or territory during the last 30 days prior to the departure of the animals referred to in point (a), and introduced into the establishment where those animals were resident, are kept separate so as to prevent direct and indirect contact with all other animals on that establishment;

except when they are moved in accordance with Article 16, they come from an establishment free from infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis without vaccination regarding ovine and caprine animals, and

either

1. (i)

   the establishment is situated in a Member State or zone thereof with the status free from infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis regarding the ovine and caprine population;

   or

2. (ii)

   the animals have been subjected to a test for infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis with one of the diagnostic methods provided for in Part 1 of Annex I, carried out, with negative results, on a sample taken during the last 30 days prior to departure, and in the case of post-parturient females, taken at least 30 days after parturition;

   or

3. (iii)

   the animals are less than 6 months old;

   or

4. (iv)

   the animals are castrated.

the animals come from an establishment in which infection with rabies virus in kept terrestrial animals has not been reported during the last 30 days prior to departure;

the animals come from an establishment situated in an area of at least 150 km radius around that establishment in which infection with epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus has not been reported in kept animals of listed species for that disease during the last 2 years prior to departure;

the animals come from an establishment in which anthrax in ungulates has not been reported during the last 15 days prior to departure;

the animals come from an establishment in which surra (Trypanosoma evansi) has not been reported during the last 30 days prior to departure, and in case they come from an establishment in which surra (Trypanosoma evansi) has been reported during the last 2 years prior to departure, following the last outbreak the affected establishment has remained under movement restrictions until:

1. (i)

   the infected animals have been removed from the establishment;

   and

2. (ii)

   the remaining animals on the establishment have been subjected to a test for surra (Trypanosoma evansi) with one of the diagnostic methods provided for in Part 3 of Annex I, carried out, with negative results, on samples taken at least 6 months after the infected animals have been removed from the establishment;

except when the animals are moved in accordance with Article 17, they fulfil at least one of the requirements for infection with Bluetongue virus (serotype 1-24) set out in points 1 to 3 of Section 1 of Chapter 2 of Part II of Annex V to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689;

the conditions set out in Articles 32 and 33 are fulfilled where applicable.

the animals come from an establishment in which ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis) has not been reported during the last 12 months prior to departure;

the animals have been subjected to a serological test for ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis), carried out, with negative results, on a sample taken during the last 30 days prior to departure.