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Article 8 Criteria for official confirmation of listed diseases, other than category A diseases, and certain emerging diseases and subsequent confirmation of outbreaks

United Kingdom

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1.

The competent authority shall, on suspicion of listed diseases, other than category A disease, or of an emerging disease, conduct an investigation to confirm or to rule out the presence of that disease when:

(a)

there is a need to determine the health status of the Member State, zone or compartment thereof; or

(b)

there is a need to collect necessary information on the occurrence of the disease for any of the following purposes:

  1. (i)

    to implement measures to protect animal or human health;

  2. (ii)

    to implement animal health requirements for movements of animals or products; or

  3. (iii)

    to comply with the requirements laid down in a Union surveillance programme.

2.

The competent authority shall confirm an outbreak of any of the diseases referred to in paragraph 1 when it has classified an animal or a group of animals as a confirmed case of these diseases in accordance with Article 9(2).