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PLACING ON THE MARKET AND EXPORT CHAPTER A Conditions for intra-Union trade in live animals, semen and embryos SECTION A Conditions which apply to ovine and caprine animals and semen and embryos thereof

1. Holdings with a negligible risk of classical scrapie and a controlled risk of classical scrapie: 1.1. For the purpose of intra-Union trade, Member States shall, where applicable, establish and supervise an official scheme for the recognition of holdings with a negligible risk of classical scrapie and holdings with a controlled risk of classical scrapie. Based on that official scheme, they shall, where applicable, establish and maintain lists of holdings of ovine and caprine animals with a negligible risk and holdings with a controlled risk of classical scrapie.

1.2. A holding of ovine animals having the TSE-resistance level I status, as laid down in Annex VII, Chapter C, Part 4, point 1(a), and where no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed for a period of at least the preceding seven years, may be recognised as having a negligible risk of classical scrapie. A holding of ovine animals, caprine animals, or ovine and caprine animals may also be recognised as having a negligible risk of classical scrapie provided that it has complied with the following conditions for a period of at least the preceding seven years:

(a) ovine and caprine animals are permanently identified and records are maintained, to enable them to be traced back to their holding of birth;

(b) records of movements of ovine and caprine animals in and out of the holding are maintained;

(c) only the following ovine and caprine animals are introduced into the holding:

(i) ovine and caprine animals from holdings with a negligible risk of classical scrapie;

(ii) ovine and caprine animals from holdings which have met the conditions set out in points (a) to (i) for a minimum period of the preceding seven years or for at least the same period of time as the period of time during which the holding, where they are to be introduced, has met the conditions set out in those points;

(iii) ovine animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype and caprine animals carrying at least one of the K222, D146 or S146 alleles;

(iv) ovine or caprine animals that comply with the conditions set out in point (i) or (ii) except during the period when they were kept at a semen collection centre, provided that the semen collection centre complies with the following conditions:

— the semen collection centre is approved in accordance with Part II, Chapter 1, of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/686 (),

— for a period of the preceding seven years, only those ovine or caprine animals from holdings which have fulfilled during that period the conditions set out in points (a), (b) and (e), and which were subject to regular checks by an official veterinarian or a veterinarian authorised by the competent authority, were introduced into the semen collection centre,

— no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed at the semen collection centre for a period of the preceding seven years,

— biosecurity measures are in place at the semen collection centre to ensure that ovine and caprine animals kept at that centre and coming from holdings with a negligible or a controlled risk status for classical scrapie have no direct or indirect contact with ovine and caprine animals coming from holdings of a lower classical scrapie status;

(d) the holding is subject to regular checks to verify compliance with the conditions set out in points (a) to (i) by an official veterinarian or a veterinarian authorised for that purpose by the competent authority, to be conducted at least on an annual basis;

(e) no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed;

(f) all ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age that have died or have been killed for reasons other than slaughter for human consumption are tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2. By way of derogation from that specific condition, Member States may decide that all ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age with no commercial value, culled at the end of their productive life instead of being slaughtered for human consumption, are inspected by an official veterinarian, and all those exhibiting wasting signs or neurological signs are tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2;

(g) only the following ova and embryos of animals of the ovine and caprine species are introduced into the holding:

(i) ova and embryos from donor animals which have been kept since birth in a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding with a negligible or a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or which comply with the following requirements:

— they are permanently identified to enable them to be traced back to their holding of birth,

— they have been kept since birth in holdings in which no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed during their residency,

— they showed no clinical sign of classical scrapie at the time of collection of the ova or embryos;

(ii) ova and embryos of animals of the ovine species carrying at least one ARR allele and of animals of the caprine species carrying at least one of the K222, D146 or S146 alleles;

(h) only the following semen of animals of the ovine and caprine species are introduced into the holding:

(i) semen from donor animals which have been kept since birth in a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or which comply with the following requirements:

— they are permanently identified to enable them to be traced back to their holding of birth,

— they showed no clinical sign of classical scrapie at the time of semen collection;

(ii) semen from rams of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype and from bucks carrying at least one of the K222, D146 or S146 alleles;

(i) ovine and caprine animals on the holding have no direct or indirect contact, including shared grazing, with ovine and caprine animals from holdings of a lower classical scrapie status.

1.3. A holding of ovine animals, caprine animals or ovine and caprine animals may be recognised as having a controlled risk of classical scrapie provided that it has complied with the following conditions for a period of at least the preceding three years:

(a) ovine and caprine animals are permanently identified and records are maintained, to enable them to be traced back to their holding of birth;

(b) records of movements of ovine and caprine animals in and out of the holding are maintained;

(c) only the following ovine and caprine animals are introduced into the holding:

(i) ovine and caprine animals from holdings with a negligible or a controlled risk of classical scrapie;

(ii) ovine and caprine animals from holdings which have met the conditions set out in points (a) to (i) for a minimum period of the preceding three years or for at least the same period of time as the period of time during which the holding, where they are to be introduced, has met the conditions set out in those points;

(iii) ovine animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype and caprine animals carrying at least one of the K222, D146 or S146 alleles;

(iv) ovine or caprine animals that comply with the conditions set out in point (i) or (ii) except during the period when they were kept at a semen collection centre, provided that the semen collection centre complies with the following conditions:

— the semen collection centre is approved in accordance with Part II, Chapter 1, of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/686,

— for a period of the preceding three years, only those ovine or caprine animals from holdings which have fulfilled during that period the conditions set out in points (a), (b) and (e), and which were subject to regular checks by an official veterinarian or a veterinarian authorised by the competent authority, were introduced into the semen collection centre,

— no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed at the semen collection centre during the period of the preceding three years,

— biosecurity measures are in place at the semen collection centre to ensure that ovine and caprine animals kept at that centre and coming from holdings with a negligible or a controlled risk status for classical scrapie have no direct or indirect contact with ovine and caprine animals coming from holdings of a lower classical scrapie status;

(d) the holding is subject to regular checks to verify compliance with the conditions set out in points (a) to (i) by an official veterinarian or a veterinarian authorised for that purpose by the competent authority, to be conducted at least on an annual basis;

(e) no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed;

(f) all ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age that have died or have been killed for reasons other than slaughter for human consumption are tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2. By way of derogation from that specific condition, Member States may decide that all the ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age with no commercial value culled at the end of their productive life instead of being slaughtered for human consumption, are inspected by an official veterinarian, and all those exhibiting wasting signs or neurological signs are tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2;

(g) only the following ova and embryos of animals of the ovine and caprine species are introduced into the holding:

(i) ova and embryos from donor animals which have been kept since birth in a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding with a negligible or a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or which comply with the following requirements:

— they are permanently identified to enable them to be traced back to their holding of birth,

— they have been kept since birth in holdings in which no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed during their residency,

— they showed no clinical sign of classical scrapie at the time of collection of the ova or embryos, (ii) ova and embryos of animals of the ovine species carrying at least one ARR allele and of animals of the caprine species carrying at least one of the K222, D146 or S146 alleles;

(h) only the following semen of animals of the ovine and caprine species are introduced into the holding:

(i) semen from donor animals which have been kept since birth in a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding with a negligible risk or with a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or which comply with the following requirements:

— they are permanently identified to enable them to be traced back to their holding of birth,

— they showed no clinical sign of classical scrapie at the time of semen collection;

(ii) semen from rams of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype and from bucks carrying at least one of the K222, D146 or S146 alleles;

(i) ovine and caprine animals of the holding have no direct or indirect contact, including shared grazing, with ovine and caprine animals from holdings of a lower classical scrapie status.

1.4. If a case of classical scrapie is confirmed in a holding with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding found to have an epidemiological link to a holding with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie as a result of an inquiry referred to in Part 1 of Chapter B of Annex VII, the holding with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie shall be immediately deleted from the list referred to in point 1.1 of this Section. The Member State shall immediately inform the other Member States which have introduced ovine and caprine animals originating from, or semen or embryos collected from ovine and caprine animals kept in the infected holding during a period of the preceding seven years in the case of a holding with a negligible risk of classical scrapie or during the period of the preceding three years in the case of a holding with a controlled risk of classical scrapie.

2. Member States or zones of a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie 2.1. Where a Member State considers that its territory or part of its territory poses a negligible risk of classical scrapie, it shall submit to the Commission appropriate supporting documentation, setting out in particular that:

(a) a risk assessment has been conducted, and it has demonstrated that appropriate measures are currently in place and have been taken for the relevant period of time to manage any risk identified. This risk assessment shall identify all potential factors for classical scrapie occurrence and their historic perspective, in particular the:

(i) importation or introduction of ovine and caprine animals or their semen and embryos potentially infected with classical scrapie;

(ii) extent of knowledge of the population structure and husbandry practices of ovine and caprine animals;

(iii) feeding practices, including consumption of meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants;

(iv) importation of milk and milk products of ovine and caprine animals origin intended for use in feeding of ovine and caprine animals;

(b) for a period of at least the preceding seven years, ovine and caprine animals displaying clinical signs compatible with classical scrapie have been tested;

(c) for a period of at least the preceding seven years, a sufficient number of ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age, representative of ovine and caprine animals slaughtered, that have died or have been killed for reasons other than slaughter for human consumption, have been tested annually, to provide a 95 per cent level of confidence of detecting classical scrapie if it is present in that population at a prevalence rate exceeding 0,1 per cent and no case of classical scrapie has been reported during that period;

(d) the feeding to ovine and caprine animals of meat-and-bone meal or greaves of ruminant origin has been banned and effectively enforced in the whole Member State for a period of at least seven years;

(e) introductions from other Member States of ovine and caprine animals and semen and embryos thereof are carried out in accordance with point 4.1.(b) or point 4.2.;

(f) introductions from third countries of ovine and caprine animals and semen and embryos thereof are carried out in accordance with Chapter E or Chapter H of Annex IX.

2.2. The negligible risk status for classical scrapie of the Member State or of the zone of the Member State may be approved in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2). The Member State is to notify the Commission of any change in the information submitted according to point 2.1. relating to the disease. The negligible risk status approved in accordance with point 2.2. may, in the light of such notification, be withdrawn in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2).

2.3. The Member States or zone of the Member State with a negligible risk for classical scrapie are the following:

— Austria — Czechia — Slovenia — Finland — Sweden.

3. National control programme for classical scrapie: 3.1. a Member State which has a national control programme for classical scrapie covering all of its territory:

(a) may submit its national control programme to the Commission, outlining in particular:

— the distribution of classical scrapie in the Member State,

— the reasons for national control programme, taking into consideration the importance of the disease and the cost/benefit ratio,

— the status categories defined for holdings and the standards which must be attained in each such category,

— the test procedures to be used,

— the national control programme monitoring procedures,

— the action to be taken if, for any reason, a holding loses its status,

— the measures to be taken if the results of checks carried out in accordance with the national control programme programme are positive, (b) the programme referred to in point (a) may be approved if it complies with the criteria laid down in that point, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2); amendments or additions to the programmes submitted by Member States may be approved in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2).

3.2. The national scrapie control programmes of the following Member States are hereby approved:

— Denmark,

— Slovenia.

4. Intra-Union trade in ovine and caprine animals and semen and embryos thereofThe following conditions shall apply: 4.1. Ovine and caprine animals:

(a) ovine and caprine animals for breeding destined to Member States other than those with a negligible risk of classical scrapie or with an approved national scrapie control programme shall:

(i) come from a holding or holdings with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie; or (ii) come from a Member State or zone of a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie; or (iii) in the case of ovine animals, be of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype and in the case of caprine animals, carry at least one of the K222, D146 or S146 alleles, provided they do not come from a holding subject to the restrictions set out in Annex VII, Chapter B, points 3 and 4.

(b) ovine and caprine animals for all intended uses except immediate slaughter destined to Member States with a negligible risk of classical scrapie or with an approved national scrapie control programme shall:

(i) come from a holding or holdings with a negligible risk of classical scrapie; or (ii) come from a Member State or zone of a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie; or (iii) in the case of ovine animals, be of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype and in the case of caprine animals, carry at least one of the K222, D146 or S146 alleles, provided they do not come from a holding subject to the restrictions set out in Annex VII, Chapter B, points 3 and 4.

(c) By way of derogation from points (a) and (b), the requirements set out in those points shall not apply to ovine and caprine animals which are kept in and moved exclusively between confined establishments as defined in Article 4, point (48), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 ().

(d) By way of derogation from points (a) and (b), the competent authority of a Member State may authorise intra-Union trade in animals that do not comply with the requirements set out in those points, provided that it has received prior consent from the competent authority of the Member States of destination of those animals, and provided that the animals comply with the following conditions:

(i) the breed of the animals is an endangered breed;

(ii) the animals are entered in a breeding book for that breed in the Member State of dispatch. This breeding book is established and maintained by a breed society, recognised in accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, or by a competent authority of that Member State, in accordance with Article 38 of that Regulation. The animals are also to be entered in a breeding book for that breed in the Member State of destination. This breeding book is also established and maintained by a breed society, recognised in accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, or by a competent authority of that Member State in accordance with Article 38 of that Regulation;

(iii) in the Member State of dispatch and in the Member State of destination, the breed societies or competent authorities referred to in point (ii) carry out a breeding programme aimed at the preservation of that breed;

(iv) the animals do not come from a holding subject to the restrictions set out in Annex VII, Chapter B, points 3 and 4;

(v) following the entry of the animals not fulfilling the requirements set out in points (a) or (b) into the recipient holding in the Member State of destination, the movement of all ovine and caprine animals in that holding shall be restricted in accordance with point 3.4 of Chapter B of Annex VII, for a period of three years. When the Member State of destination has negligible risk of classical scrapie or has an approved national scrapie control programme this restriction shall be maintained for a period of seven years. By way of derogation from the first paragraph of this point, such restriction on intra-Union trade or to movements of animals within the Member State shall not apply to animals belonging to an endangered breed, which are destined for a holding where this endangered breed is bred. The breed shall be subject to a breeding programme aiming at the preservation of the breed and carried out by a breed society as defined in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 or a competent authority in accordance with Article 38 of that Regulation. ◄ Following the intra-Union trade or domestic movement referred to in the second paragraph of point (v), the movement of all ovine and caprine animals on the holding or holdings receiving animals moved under that derogation shall be restricted in accordance with the first and second paragraphs of point (v).

4.2. Semen and embryos of animals of the ovine and caprine species shall:

(a) be collected from animals which have been kept continuously since birth on a holding or holdings with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie, except where the holding is a semen collection centre, provided that the semen collection centre complies with the conditions set out in point 1.3.(c)(iv); or (b) be collected from animals which have been kept continuously for the last three years before the collection on a holding or holdings which have complied with all the conditions set out in point 1.3.

(a) to (f) for three years, except where the holding is a semen collection centre, provided that the semen collection centre complies with the conditions set out in point 1.3.(c)(iv); or (c) be collected from animals which have been kept continuously since birth in a country or zone with a negligible risk of classical scrapie; or (d) in the case of semen of animals of the ovine species, be collected from male animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype and in the case of semen of animals of the caprine species, be collected from male animals carrying at least one of the K222, D146 or S146 alleles; or (e) in the case of embryos of animals of the ovine species, be carrying at least one ARR allele, in the case of embryos of animals of the caprine species, be carrying at least one of the K222, D146 or S146 alleles.

1. List of Member States and areas thereof established in relation to chronic wasting disease 1.1. Member States where cases of chronic wasting disease have been confirmed:

(a) Finland (b) Sweden 1.2. Areas of Finland and Sweden defined in relation to the risk of chronic wasting disease linked to traditional cross-border movements of live semi-domesticated reindeer to and from Norway:

(a) in Finland: the area located between the Norwegian-Finnish border and the Norwegian-Finnish Reindeer Fence;

(b) in Sweden:

— the county of Norrbotten,

— the county of Västerbotten,

— the county of Jämtland,

— the county of Västernorrland,

— the Älvdalen municipality in the county of Dalarna,

— the municipalities of Nordanstig, Hudiksvall and Söderhamn in the county of Gävleborg.

2. Movements of live cervids from Norway into the Union 2.1. The movements of live cervids from Norway into the Union shall be prohibited.

2.2. By way of derogation from point 2.1, the following movements of live cervids shall be permitted:

(a) movements from Norway to the areas in Sweden listed in point 1.2(b) of live semi-domesticated reindeer for seasonal grazing, provided that the competent authority of Sweden gives its prior written consent to such movements;

(b) the return from Norway to the areas in Sweden listed in point 1.2(b) of live semi-domesticated reindeer after seasonal grazing in Norway, provided that the competent authority of Sweden gives its prior written consent to such movements;

(c) movements from Norway to the areas in Finland listed in point 1.2(a) of live semi-domesticated reindeer for seasonal grazing;

(d) the return from Norway to Finland of live semi-domesticated reindeer which have grazed in Norway in the area located between the Norwegian-Finnish border and the Norwegian-Finnish Reindeer Fence;

(e) movements from Norway to Sweden or Finland of live cervids for direct slaughter, provided that the competent authority of the Member State of destination gives its prior written consent to such movements;

(f) movements from Norway to the areas in Sweden listed in point 1.2(b) of live semi-domesticated reindeer for sportive or cultural events, provided that the competent authority of Sweden gives its prior written consent to the movement of each consignment;

(g) the return from Norway to the areas in Sweden listed in point 1.2(b) of live semi-domesticated reindeer after having taken part in sportive or cultural events in Norway, provided that the competent authority of Sweden gives its prior written consent to the movement of each consignment;

(h) transit of live cervids from Norway through Sweden or Finland and destined to Norway, provided that the competent authority of the Member State of transit gives its prior written consent.

3. Movements of live cervids out of the areas of Finland and Sweden with a tradition of cross-border movements with Norway of semi-domesticated reindeer 3.1. The movements of live cervids out of the areas listed in point 1.2 shall be prohibited.

3.2. By way of derogation from point 3.1, the following movements of live cervids out of the areas listed in point 1.2 shall be permitted:

(a) movements of live cervids to Norway, provided that the competent authority of Norway gives its prior written consent to such movements;

(b) movements of live cervids for direct slaughter in Finland or Sweden, provided that the competent authority of destination gives its prior written consent to such movements;

(c) movements from the areas of Sweden listed in point 1.2(b) to Finland of live forest reindeer, provided that the competent authority of Finland gives its prior written consent to such movements;

(d) movements of live cervids from a confined establishment as defined in Article 4(48) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council () and located in an area listed in point 1.2(b) of this Annex, to a confined establishment, as defined in Article 4(48) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, in Sweden, provided that the competent authority of Sweden gives its prior written consent to such movements.

4. Movements of live cervids out of a Member State where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed

4.1. Without prejudice to the provisions laid down in point 3, the movements of live cervids out of a Member State listed in point 1.1 to other Member States shall be prohibited.

4.2. By way of derogation from point 4.1, the following movements of live cervids out of a Member State listed in point 1.1 shall be permitted:

(a) movements of live cervids for direct slaughter in another Member State listed in point 1.1 or Norway;

(b) movements of live cervids for purposes other than direct slaughter to another Member State listed in point 1.1 or Norway, provided that the competent authority of destination gives its prior written consent to such movements;

(c) movements of live cervids from a confined establishment as defined in, Article 4(48) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 to a confined establishment, as defined in Article 4(48) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, in another Member State, provided that the competent authority of destination gives its prior written consent to such movements. CHAPTER B Conditions relating to progeny of TSE suspect or confirmed animals referred to in Article 15(2)