(a) ‘pig’ shall mean any animal of the Suidae family, including feral pigs;

(b) ‘feral pig’ shall mean a pig which is not kept or bred on a holding;

(c) ‘holding’ shall mean any agricultural or other premises located in the territory of a Member State where pigs are being bred or kept on a permanent or temporary basis. This definition does not include slaughterhouses, means of transport and fenced areas where feral pigs are kept and may be hunted; these fenced areas must be of a size and structure that makes the measures laid down in Article 5(1) not applicable;

(d) ‘diagnostic manual’ shall mean the diagnostic manual referred to in Article 18(3);

(e) ‘pig suspected of being infected with African swine fever virus’ shall mean any pig or pig carcase exhibiting clinical symptoms or showing post mortem lesions or reactions to laboratory tests carried out in accordance with the diagnostic manual which indicate the possible presence of African swine fever;

(f) ‘case of African swine fever’ or ‘pig infected with African swine fever’ shall mean any pig or pig carcase:

(g) ‘outbreak of African swine fever’ shall mean the holding where one or more cases of African swine fever has or have been detected;

(h) ‘primary outbreak’ shall mean the outbreak within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Community ( 4 );

(i) ‘infected area’ shall mean the area of a Member State where, following the confirmation of one or more cases of African swine fever in feral pigs, disease eradication measures are in place in accordance with Article 15 or 16;

(j) ‘primary case of African swine fever in feral pigs’ shall mean any case of African swine fever which is detected in feral pigs in an area in which no measures are in place in accordance with Article 15 or 16;

(k) ‘contact holding’ shall mean a holding where African swine fever may have been introduced, whether as a result of the location, movement of persons, pigs or vehicles or in any other way;

(l) ‘owner’ shall mean any person or persons, either natural or legal, having ownership of the pigs, or charged with keeping the said animals, whether or not for financial reward;

(m) ‘competent authority’ shall mean the competent authority within the meaning of Article 2(6) of Directive 90/425/EEC ( 5 );

(n) ‘official veterinarian’ shall mean the veterinarian designated by the competent authority of the Member State;

(o) ‘processing’ shall mean one of the treatments for high risk material laid down in Article 3 of Directive 90/667/EEC ( 6 ), applied in such a way as to avoid the risk of spread of the African swine fever virus;

(p) ‘killing’ shall mean the killing of pigs within the meaning of Article 2(6) of Directive 93/119/EEC ( 7 );

(q) ‘slaughter’ shall mean the slaughter of pigs within the meaning of Article 2(7) of Directive 93/119/EEC;

(r) ‘vector’ shall mean a tick of the species Ornithodorus erraticus.

(a) give notification of the disease and provide information to the Commission and the other Member States in accordance with Annex I on:

(b) provide information to the Commission and the other Member States on the further cases confirmed in feral pigs in an African swine fever infected area in accordance with Article 16(3)(a) and (4).

(a) all the pigs in the various categories on the holding are to be counted and a list compiled of the number of pigs already sick, dead or likely to be infected in each category; the list shall be updated to take account of pig births and deaths during the period of suspicion; the information on the list shall be produced upon request and may be checked at each visit;

(b) all the pigs on the holding shall be restricted to their living quarters or confined in some other place where they can be isolated;

(c) no pigs may enter or leave the holding. The competent authority may, if necessary, extend the ban on leaving the holding to cover other species of animals and require the application of appropriate measures to destroy rodents or insects;

(d) no pig carcases may leave the holding without an authorisation issued by the competent authority;

(e) no meat, pig products, semen, ova or embryos of pigs, animal feed, utensils, materials or waste likely to transmit African swine fever may leave the holding without an authorisation issued by the competent authority; meat, pig products, semen, ova or embryos shall not be moved from the holding for intra-Community trade;

(f) the movement of persons to or from the holding shall be subject to written authorisation by the competent authority;

(g) the movement of vehicles to or from the holding shall be subject to written authorisation by the competent authority;

(h) appropriate means of disinfection shall be used at the entrances and exits of buildings housing pigs and of the holding itself; any person entering or leaving pig holdings shall comply with appropriate hygiene measures necessary to reduce the risk of African swine fever virus spreading. Furthermore, all means of transport shall be carefully disinfected before leaving the holding;

(i) an epidemiological inquiry shall be carried out in accordance with Article 8.

(a) may apply the measures provided for in Article 5(1) in the holding referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article; however, the competent authority may, where it considers that conditions permit, limit the application of these measures only to the pigs suspected of being infected or contaminated with African swine fever virus and the part of the holding where they were kept, provided that those pigs have been housed, kept and fed completely separately from the other pigs in the holding. In any case, a sufficient number of samples shall be taken from the pigs when they are killed in order that the presence of African swine fever virus can be confirmed or ruled out, in accordance with the diagnostic manual;

(b) may establish a temporary control zone around the holding referred to in paragraph 2; some or all the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2 shall be applied in the pig holdings within this zone.

(a) all pigs on the holding are to be killed without delay under official supervision and in such a way as to avoid the risk of African swine fever virus spreading during transport or killing;

(b) a sufficient number of samples are to be taken, in accordance with the diagnostic manual, from the pigs when they are killed, in order that the manner of introduction of African swine fever virus into the holding and the length of time during which it may have existed on the holding before the disease was notified may be established;

(c) the carcases of pigs which have died or have been killed are to be processed under official supervision;

(d) meat of pigs slaughtered during the period between the probable introduction of the disease into the holding and the taking of official measures is wherever possible to be traced and processed under official supervision;

(e) semen, ova or embryos of pigs collected from the holding during the period between the probable introduction of disease into the holding and the taking of official measures are to be traced and destroyed under official supervision in such a way as to avoid the risk of African swine fever virus spreading;

(f) all substances and waste likely to be contaminated, such as feedingstuffs, are to be processed; all materials for single use which may be contaminated and in particular those used for the killing operations are to be destroyed; these actions are to be carried out in accordance with the instructions of the official veterinarian;

(g) after the pigs have been eliminated, the buildings used for housing the pigs, the vehicles used for transporting them or their carcases and the equipment, bedding, manure and slurry likely to be contaminated are to be cleaned, if necessary disinsectised, disinfected and treated in accordance with Article 12;

(h) in the case of a primary outbreak of disease, the African swine fever virus isolate is to be subject to the laboratory procedure laid down in the diagnostic manual to identify the genetic type;

(i) an epidemiological inquiry is to be carried out in accordance with Article 8.

(a) the length of time during which African swine fever virus may have existed on the holding before the disease was notified or suspected;

(b) the possible origin of African swine fever on the holding and the identification of other holdings in which pigs may have become infected or contaminated from the same source;

(c) the movement of persons, vehicles, pigs, carcases, semen, meat or any material which could have carried the virus to or from the holdings in question;

(d) the possibility that vectors or feral pigs cause the disease to spread.

(a) the results of the epidemiological inquiry carried out in accordance with Article 8;

(b) the geographical situation, particularly natural or artificial boundaries;

(c) the location and proximity of holdings;

(d) patterns of movements and trade in pigs and the availability of slaughterhouses and facilities for processing carcases;

(e) the facilities and personnel available to control any movement of pigs within the zones, in particular if the pigs to be killed have to be moved away from their holding of origin.

(a) a census of all the holdings shall be carried out as soon as possible; after the establishment of the protection zone these holdings shall be visited by an official veterinarian within not more than seven days in order to conduct a clinical examination of the pigs and to check the register and the pig identification marks referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of Directive 92/102/EEC;

(b) the movement and transport of pigs on public or private roads, excluding when necessary the service roads of holdings, shall be prohibited unless approved by the competent authority when allowing the movements referred to in point (f). This prohibition need not be applied to the transit of pigs by road or rail without unloading or stopping. Furthermore, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2), a derogation may be granted for slaughter pigs coming from outside the protection zone and on their way to a slaughterhouse situated in the said zone for immediate slaughter;

(c) trucks and other vehicles and equipment, which are used to transport pigs or other livestock or material which may be contaminated (such as carcases, feedingstuff, manure, slurry and so forth) shall be cleaned, disinfected, if necessary disinsectised and treated as soon as possible after contamination, in accordance with Article 12. No truck or vehicle which has been used for the transport of pigs may leave the zone without being cleaned and disinfected and then inspected and re-authorised for transport by the competent authority;

(d) no other domestic animal may enter or leave a holding without the authorisation of the competent authority;

(e) all dead or diseased pigs on a holding shall be immediately notified to the competent authority, which shall carry out appropriate investigations in accordance with the procedures laid down in the diagnostic manual;

(f) pigs may not be removed from the holding in which they are kept for at least 40 days after the completion of the preliminary cleansing and disinfection, and, if necessary, disinsectisation of the infected holdings. After 40 days, subject to the conditions referred to in paragraph 3, the competent authority may authorise the removal of pigs from the said holding to be directly transported to:

(g) semen, ova or embryos of pigs shall not leave the holdings situated within the protection zone;

(h) any person entering or leaving pig holdings shall comply with appropriate hygiene measures as necessary to reduce the risk of African swine fever virus spreading.

(a) a slaughterhouse designated by the competent authority, preferably within the protection or surveillance zone for the purpose of immediate slaughter;

(b) a processing plant or a suitable place where the pigs are immediately killed and their carcases are processed under official supervision;

(c) in exceptional circumstances, to other premises located within the protection zone. Member States making use of this provision shall immediately inform the Commission thereof in the Standing Veterinary Committee.

(a) an official veterinarian has carried out a clinical examination of the pigs in the holding and in particular of those to be moved, including the taking of the body temperature in accordance with the procedures laid down in the diagnostic manual and a check of the register and the pig identification marks referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of Directive 92/102/EEC;

(b) the checks and examinations referred to in point (a) have shown no evidence of African swine fever and compliance with Directive 92/102/EEC;

(c) the pigs are transported in vehicles sealed by the competent authority;

(d) the vehicle and equipment which have been involved in the transport of the pigs are immediately cleaned and disinfected after the transport in accordance with the provisions referred to in Article 12;

(e) if the pigs are to be slaughtered or killed, a sufficient number of samples is then taken from the pigs in accordance with the diagnostic manual in order that the presence of African swine fever virus in these holdings can be confirmed or ruled out;

(f) if the pigs are to be transported to a slaughterhouse:

(a) cleansing, disinfection and, if necessary, disinsectisation in the infected holdings have been carried out;

(b) pigs on all holdings have undergone clinical and laboratory examinations carried out in accordance with the diagnostic manual in order to detect the possible presence of African swine fever virus.

(a) a census shall be taken of all pig holdings;

(b) the movement and transport of pigs on public or private roads, excluding when necessary the service roads of holdings, shall be prohibited, unless approved by the competent authority. This prohibition need not be applied to the transit of pigs by road or rail, without unloading or stopping, or to slaughter pigs coming from outside the surveillance zone and on their way to a slaughterhouse situated in the said zone for immediate slaughter;

(c) trucks and other vehicles and equipment which are used to transport pigs or other livestock or material which may be contaminated (such as carcases, feedingstuff, manure, slurry and so forth) shall be cleaned, disinfected, if necessary disinsectised and treated as soon as possible after contamination, in accordance with Article 12. No truck or vehicle which has been used in the transport of pigs may leave the zone without having been cleaned and disinfected;

(d) no other domestic animal may enter or leave a holding during the first seven days after establishment of the zone without the authorisation of the competent authority;

(e) all dead or diseased pigs on a holding shall be immediately notified to the competent authority, which shall carry out appropriate investigations in accordance with the procedures laid down in the diagnostic manual;

(f) pigs may not be removed from the holding in which they are kept for at least 30 days after the completion of the preliminary cleansing, disinfection and, if necessary, disinsectisation of the infected holdings. After 30 days, subject to the conditions set out in Article 10(3), the competent authority may authorise the removal of the pigs from the said holding to be directly transported to:

However, if the pigs are to be transported to a slaughterhouse, at the request of a Member State, accompanied by appropriate justification, and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2), derogations from Article 10(3)(e) and (f), fourth indent, may be authorised, in particular with respect to the marking of the meat from these pigs and its subsequent use, and the destination of the treated products;

(g) semen, ova or embryos of pigs shall not leave the holdings situated within the surveillance zone;

(h) any person entering or leaving pig holdings shall comply with appropriate hygienic measures as necessary to reduce the risk of African swine fever virus spreading.

(a) a slaughterhouse designated by the competent authority, preferably within the protection or surveillance zone, for the purpose of immediate slaughter;

(b) a processing plant or a suitable place where the pigs are immediately killed and their carcases are processed under official supervision, or

(c) in exceptional circumstances, other premises located within the protection or surveillance zone. Member States making use of this provision shall immediately inform the Commission thereof in the Standing Veterinary Committee.

(a) cleansing, disinfection and, if necessary, disinsectisation in the infected holdings have been carried out;

(b) pigs on all holdings have undergone clinical and, where necessary, laboratory examinations as laid down in the diagnostic manual in order to detect the eventual presence of African swine fever virus.

(a) the disinfectants and insecticides to be used and their concentrations are officially approved by the competent authority;

(b) the cleansing, disinfection and, if necessary, insecticide operations are carried out under official supervision in accordance with:

(a) as regards open-air holdings, the reintroduction of pigs shall start with the introduction of sentinel pigs which have been checked and found negative for the presence of antibodies against African swine fever virus or which come from holdings not subjected to any restrictions related to African swine fever. The sentinel pigs shall be placed, in accordance with the requirements of the competent authority, throughout the infected holding and shall be sampled 45 days later, and shall be tested for the presence of antibodies, in accordance with the diagnostic manual. No pig may leave the holding before the negative results of the serological tests are available; if none of the pigs has developed antibodies against African swine fever virus, full repopulation may then take place;

(b) as regards all other forms of rearing, the reintroduction of pigs shall either take place in accordance with the measures provided for in point (a) or shall be based on total repopulation, provided that:

(a) specific operations to eliminate the vector from the premises and places where the pigs are to be kept or can come into contact with the vector have been successfully carried out under official supervision, or

(b) it has been possible to show that the persistence of the vector no longer represents a significant risk of African swine fever being transmitted.

(a) all susceptible animals in the slaughterhouse or in the means of transport are killed without delay;

(b) the carcases, offal and animal waste of possibly infected and contaminated animals are processed under official supervision;

(c) cleansing, disinfection and, if necessary, disinsectisation of buildings and equipment, including vehicles, takes place under the supervision of the official veterinarian in accordance with Article 12;

(d) an epidemiological inquiry is carried out as provided in Article 8 mutatis mutandis;

(e) the African swine fever virus isolate is subject to the laboratory procedure laid down in the diagnostic manual, to identify the genetic type of virus;

(f) the measures referred to in Article 7 are applied in the holding where the infected pigs or carcases came from and in the other contact holdings. Unless otherwise indicated by the epidemiological inquiry, the measures laid down in Article 5(1) shall be applied in the holding of origin of the infected pigs or carcases;

(g) no animals are reintroduced for slaughter or transport until at least 24 hours after completion of the cleansing, disinfection and, if necessary, disinsectisation operations conducted in accordance with Article 12.

(a) establish an expert group including veterinarians, hunters, wild life biologists and epidemiologists. The expert group shall assist the competent authority in:

(b) place under official surveillance pig holdings in the defined infected area, and shall in particular order that:

(c) arrange that all feral pigs shot or found dead in the defined infected area are inspected by an official veterinarian and examined for African swine fever in accordance with the diagnostic manual. Carcases of all animals found positive shall be processed under official supervision. Where such testing proves negative as regards African swine fever, Member States shall apply the measures laid down in Article 11(2) of Council Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992 on public health and animal health problems relating to the killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild-game meat ( 11 ). Parts not intended for human consumption shall be processed under official supervision;

(d) ensure that the African swine fever virus isolate is subject to the laboratory procedure indicated in the diagnostic manual, to identify the genetic type of virus.

(a) the results of the epidemiological investigations and controls carried out in accordance with Article 15 and the geographical distribution of the disease;

(b) the definition of the infected area within the territory of the Member State concerned. When defining the infected area, the competent authority shall take into account:

(c) the organisation of close cooperation between biologists, hunters, hunting organisations, the wildlife services and veterinary authorities (animal health and public health);

(d) the information campaign to be enforced to increase hunters' awareness of the measures they have to adopt in the framework of the eradication plan;

(e) specific efforts made to determine the extent of the infection in the feral pig population, by investigating feral pigs shot by hunters or found dead, and by laboratory testing, including age-stratified epidemiological investigations;

(f) the requirements to be complied with by hunters in order to avoid any spread of the disease;

(g) the method of removal of feral pigs found dead or shot, which shall be based on:

(h) the epidemiological inquiry which is carried out on each feral pig, whether shot or found dead. This inquiry must include the completion of a questionnaire which supplies information about:

(i) surveillance programmes and prevention measures applicable to the holdings situated in the defined infected area, and, if necessary, in its surroundings, including the transport and movement of animals within, from and to the area; these measures shall at least include the ban on moving pigs, their semen, embryos or ova from the infected area for intra-Community trade and may include a temporary ban on pig production and on the establishment of new holdings;

(j) other criteria to be applied for lifting the measures taken;

(k) the authority with responsibility for supervising and coordinating the departments responsible for implementing the plan;

(l) the information system established in order that the expert group appointed in accordance with Article 15(2)(a) can review on a regular basis the results of the eradication plan;

(m) the disease monitoring measures which shall be enforced at the earliest 12 months after diagnosis of the last case of African swine fever in feral pigs in the defined infected area; these monitoring measures shall stay in place for at least 12 additional months and shall at least include the provisions already enforced in accordance with points (e), (g) and (h).

(a) the infected building and its surroundings are checked for the presence of vectors, by means of physical inspection and, if necessary, the trapping of specimens in accordance with Annex III;

(b) where the presence of vectors is confirmed:

(c) where the presence of vectors is confirmed but its control is impracticable, pigs and if necessary other domestic animals are not kept on the holding for at least six years.

(a) diagnostic procedures, sampling and laboratory testing to detect the presence of African swine fever are carried out in accordance with the diagnostic manual;

(b) a national laboratory is responsible for coordinating standards and methods of diagnosis in each Member State in accordance with Annex IV.

(a) minimum quality standards to be observed by African swine fever diagnostic laboratories and for the transport of samples;

(b) criteria and procedures to be followed when clinical or post mortem examinations are carried out to confirm or exclude the presence of African swine fever;

(c) criteria and procedures to be followed for the collection of samples from live pigs or their carcases, to confirm or exclude African swine fever by laboratory examinations, including sampling methods for serological or virological screenings carried out in the framework of the application of the measures provided for in this Directive;

(d) laboratory tests to be used for the diagnosis of African swine fever, including criteria for evaluating the results of the laboratory tests;

(e) laboratory techniques for the genetic typing of the African swine fever virus isolate.

(a) the use of African swine fever vaccines is prohibited;

(b) the manipulation, manufacture, storage, supply, distribution or sale of African swine fever vaccines in the territory of the Community is carried out under official control.

(a) defining the necessary control measures;

(b) ensuring the prompt and efficient implementation of the abovementioned measures by the local disease control centres;

(c) allocating staff and other resources to local disease control centres;

(d) providing information to the Commission, to other Member States, the national veterinary organisations, national authorities and the agricultural and trading bodies;

(e) liasing with diagnostic laboratories;

(f) liasing with the press and other media;

(g) liasing with the police authorities to ensure that specific legal measures are taken.

(a) the epidemiological enquiry;

(b) sampling, testing and interpretation of results of laboratory tests;

(c) establishment of disease control measures.

1. Within 24 hours of the confirmation of any primary outbreak, primary case in feral pigs or case in a slaughterhouse or means of transport, the Member State concerned must notify by means of the Animal Disease Notification System established in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 82/894/EEC:

2. In the case of primary outbreaks or cases in slaughterhouses or means of transport, the Member State concerned must forward the following information in addition to the data referred to in point 1:

3. In the case of secondary outbreaks, the information referred to in points 1 and 2 must be forwarded within the time limits laid down in Article 4 of Directive 82/894/EEC.

4. The Member State concerned shall ensure that the information to be provided in accordance with points 1, 2 and 3, in relation to any outbreak or case of African swine fever in a holding, slaughterhouse or means of transport is followed as soon as possible by a written report to the Commission and the other Member States including at least:

1. General principles and procedures:

2. Special provisions on the cleansing and disinfection of infected holdings:

3. Disinfection of contaminated bedding, manure and slurry:

4. However, by way of derogation from points 1 and 2, in the case of open-air holdings the competent authority may establish specific procedures for cleansing and disinfection, taking into account the type of holding and the climatic conditions.

1. The Community Reference Laboratory for African swine fever is: Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal, 28130 Valdeolmos, Madrid, Spain.

2. The functions and duties of the Community Reference Laboratory for African swine fever are:

3. The Community Reference Laboratories for classical swine fever and African swine fever shall organise their activities in such a way so as to ensure proper coordination of the comparative tests organised at Community level for the diagnosis of these two diseases.

(a) the adoption of measures to ensure that the legal powers necessary for the implementation of contingency plans exist and make it possible to carry out a rapid and effective eradication campaign;

(b) the adoption of measures that will ensure access to emergency funds, budgetary means and financial resources in order to cover all aspects of the fight against an epidemic outbreak of African swine fever;

(c) a chain of command must be set up to ensure that in the event of the outbreak of an epidemic the decision-taking procedure for an epizootic is rapid and effective. If necessary, the chain of command must be placed under the authority of a central decision-taking unit responsible for directing all the strategies for the fight against the disease. The director of the veterinary services must be a member of that unit and act as a link between the central decision-taking unit and the national disease control centre provided for in Article 22;

(d) the adoption of measures to ensure that appropriate resources are available for a rapid and effective campaign, including laboratory staff, equipment and infrastructure;

(e) an instruction manual must be provided. It must give a full and detailed practical description of all the procedures, instructions and measures to be employed in the event of an outbreak of African swine fever;

(f) the staff must regularly take part in: