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

the requirements defined 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 where ovine or caprine animals are kept shall be 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 ovine or caprine animals or a target prevalence rate of 0,1 % of the ovine and caprine population;

if no case of infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis has been confirmed in kept ovine and caprine 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 ovine or caprine animals or a target prevalence rate of 0,1 % of the ovine and caprine population; or

2. (ii)

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