Division 1 The status free from infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis as regards kept bovine animals of a Member State or a zone may only be maintained if:

the requirements set out in points (a), (b) and (d) of Section 1 continue to be fulfilled; and

for the first 2 consecutive years following granting of the status, annual surveillance based on a representative sample of all establishments keeping bovine animals has been carried out that must allow at least for the detection, with a 95 % level of confidence, of infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis, at a target prevalence rate of 0,2 % of the establishments keeping bovine animals or a target prevalence rate of 0,1 % of the bovine population;

if no case of infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis has been confirmed in kept bovine animals for 2 consecutive years following granting of the status, surveillance must be based on:

1. (i)

   random annual surveillance that must allow at least for the detection, with a 95 % level of confidence, of infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis, at a target prevalence rate of 0,2 % of the establishments keeping bovine animals or a target prevalence rate of 0,1 % of the bovine population; or

2. (ii)

   risk-based annual surveillance to detect infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis taking into account the systems of production and the risk factors identified, including spread of infection from other animals than kept bovine animals.