Division 1 The status free from infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis with vaccination may only be granted to an establishment keeping bovine, ovine or caprine animals if:

the requirements set out in points (a), (c) and (d) of point 1 of Section 1 of Chapter 1 are fulfilled;

since the beginning of the sampling referred to in point (c)(i) of point 1 of Section 1 of Chapter 1, all bovine, ovine, or caprine animals introduced into the establishment originate from establishments free from infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis without vaccination or free from infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis with vaccination and:

1. (i)

   originate from a Member State or a zone free from infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis for the relevant animal population;

2. (ii)

   are entire bovine animals over 12 months of age or entire ovine or caprine animals over 6 months of age and have tested negative in a serological test on a sample taken

   • during the 30 days prior to their introduction into the establishment; or

   • during the 30 days following their introduction into the establishment provided they have been kept isolated during this period; or

3. (iii)

   are post-parturient females kept in isolation since their introduction into the establishment until they have tested negative in a serological test carried out on a sample taken not earlier than 30 days after parturition; and

since the beginning of the sampling referred to in point (c)(i) of point 1 of Section 1 of Chapter 1, all germinal products of bovine, ovine or caprine origin introduced into or used in the establishment originate from:

1. (i)

   establishments free from infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis without vaccination or free from infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis with vaccination; or

2. (ii)

   approved germinal product establishments.