Article 26 Requirements for movement of kept cervid 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 cervid 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;

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 in which infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in cervid animals has not been reported during the last 42 days prior to departure;

the animals come from an establishment in which surveillance for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis) has been carried out on the cervid animals kept on the establishment in accordance with point (1) and point (2) of Part 3 of Annex II during at least the last 12 months prior to departure, and during this period

1. (i)

   only cervid animals from establishments applying the measures provided for in this point have been introduced in the establishment referred to in point (a);

2. (ii)

   in case infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis) has been reported in cervid animals kept on the establishment, measures were taken in accordance with point (3) of Part 3 of Annex II;

in case the animals are moved to a Member State or zone thereof with disease-free status or with an approved eradication programme for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis in bovine animals, they come from an establishment in which infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis in cervid 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 any establishment 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 on 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 restriction 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 they are moved in accordance with Article 27, they comply with 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.