establishments for assembly operations of ungulates and poultry from which those animals are to be moved to another Member State or which receive those animals from another Member State;

hatcheries from which hatching eggs or day-old chicks are to be moved to another Member State;

establishments keeping poultry from which poultry intended for purposes other than slaughter or hatching eggs are to be moved to another Member State.

‘dog’ means a kept animal of the Canis lupus species;

‘cat’ means a kept animal of the Felis silvestris species;

‘ferret’ means a kept animal of the Mustela putorius furo species;

‘type of transport’ means the way transportation is carried out, such as by road, rail, air or water;

‘means of transport’ means road or rail vehicles, vessels and aircrafts;

‘day-old chicks’ means all poultry less than 72 hours old;

‘assembly centre of dogs, cats and ferrets’ means an establishment where those animals of the same health status are assembled from more than one establishment;

‘animal shelter’ means an establishment where former stray, feral, lost, abandoned or confiscated terrestrial animals are kept and whose health status might not be known for all of them at the time of entry into the establishment;

‘control posts’ means control posts as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1255/97;

‘environmentally isolated production establishment’ means an establishment where its structures together with its strict biosecurity measures, ensure an effective isolation of the production of animals from the associated facilities and from the environment;

‘bumble bee’ means an animal of the species belonging to the genus Bombus;

‘primates’ means animals of the species belonging to the order Primates excluding humans;

‘honeybees’ means animals of the Apis mellifera species;

‘establishment veterinarian’ means a veterinarian responsible for the activities carried out at the quarantine establishment for kept terrestrial animals other than primates or at confined establishment as laid down in this Regulation;

‘unique registration number’ means a number assigned by the competent authority to a registered establishment as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

‘unique approval number’ means a number assigned by the competent authority to an establishment approved by it in accordance with Articles 97 and 99 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

‘unique code’ means the unique code whereby operators keeping kept animals of the equine species are required to ensure that those animals are individually identified as provided for in Article 114(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and which is recorded in the computer database of the Member State provided for in Article 109(1) of that Regulation;

‘identification code of the animal’ means the individual code displayed by the means of identification applied to an animal and comprising:

‘bovine animal’ or ‘animal of the bovine species’ means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genera Bison, Bos (including the subgenera Bos, Bibos, Novibos, Poephagus) and Bubalus (including the subgenus Anoa) and the offspring of crossings of those species;

‘ovine animal’ or ‘animal of the ovine species’ means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Ovis and the offspring of crossings of those species;

‘caprine animal’ or ‘animal of the caprine species’ means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Capra and the offspring of crossings of those species;

‘porcine animal’ or ‘animal of the porcine species’ means an animal of the species of ungulates of family Suidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

‘electronic identifier’ means a marker with radio frequency identification (‘RFID’);

‘animal of the equine species’ or ‘equine animal’ means an animal of species of solipeds belonging to the genus Equus (including horses, asses, and zebras) and the offspring of crossings of those species;

‘computer database’ means a computer database of kept terrestrial animals as provided for in Article 109(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

‘supply chain’ means an integrated production chain of a common health status as regards listed diseases consisting of a collaborative network of specialised establishments approved by the competent authority for the purpose of Article 53, between which porcine animals are moved to complete the production cycle;

‘single lifetime identification document’ means the single lifetime document whereby operators keeping kept animals of the equine species are required to ensure that those animals are individually identified, as provided for in Article 114(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

‘breed society’ means any breeders’ association, breeding organisation or public body, other than competent authorities, which is recognised by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 for the purpose of carrying out a breeding programme on purebred breeding animals entered in the breeding book(s) it maintains or establishes;

‘breeding body’ means any breeders’ association, breeding organisation, private undertaking, stock-rearing organisation or official service in a third country which, in respect of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine species or of hybrid breeding pigs, has been accepted by that third country in connection with the entry into the Union of breeding animals for breeding;

‘registered equine animal’ means:

‘camelid animal’ means an animal of species of ungulates of family Camelidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

‘cervid animal’ means an animal of the species of ungulates of family Cervidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

‘reindeer’ means an ungulate animal of the Rangifer tarandus species listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

‘travelling circus’ means an exhibition or fair that includes animals or animal acts which is intended to move between Member States;

‘animal act’ means any act featuring animals kept for the purpose of an exhibition or fair, and which may form part of a circus;

‘breeding poultry’ means poultry 72 hours old or more, intended for the production of hatching eggs;

‘flock’ means all poultry or captive birds of the same health status kept on the same premises or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit; in housed poultry, this includes all birds sharing the same airspace.

establishments for assembly operations of equine animals where those animals are gathered for the purposes of competitions, races, shows, training, collective leisure or work activities or in the context of breeding activities;

hatcheries of captive birds.

point 1, in relation to isolation and other biosecurity measures;

point 2, in relation to facilities and equipment;

point 3, in relation to personnel;

point 4, in relation to supervision by the competent authority.

point 1, in relation to isolation and other biosecurity measures;

point 2, in relation to facilities and equipment;

point 3, in relation to personnel;

point 4, in relation to supervision by the competent authority.

point 1 of Part 3 of Annex I, in relation to biosecurity measures;

point 2 of Part 3 of Annex I and Parts 1 and 2 of Annex II, in relation to surveillance;

point 3 of Part 3 of Annex I, in relation to facilities and equipment;

point 4 of Part 3 of Annex I, in relation to personnel;

point 5 of Part 3 of Annex I, in relation to supervision by the competent authority.

point 1 of Part 4 of Annex I, in relation to biosecurity measures;

point 2 of Part 4 of Annex I and Part 2 of Annex II, in relation to surveillance;

point 3 of Part 4 of Annex I, in relation to facilities and equipment.

assembly centres of dogs, cats and ferrets from which those animals are moved to another Member State;

animal shelters of dogs, cats and ferrets from which those animals are moved to another Member State;

control posts;

environmentally isolated production establishments for bumble bees from which those animals are moved to another Member State;

quarantine establishments for kept terrestrial animals other than primates from which those animals are moved within the same Member State or to another Member State.

point 1, in relation to isolation and other biosecurity measures;

point 3, in relation to facilities and equipment.

point 2, in relation to isolation and other biosecurity measures;

point 3, in relation to facilities and equipment.

point 1, in relation to isolation and other biosecurity measures;

point 2, in relation to facilities and equipment.

point 1, in relation to biosecurity and surveillance measures;

point 2, in relation to facilities and equipment.

point 1, in relation to quarantine, isolation and other biosecurity measures;

point 2, in relation to surveillance and control measures;

point 3, in relation to facilities and equipment.

put in place the necessary arrangements to perform veterinary post-mortem examinations in appropriate facilities in the establishment or in a laboratory;

secure by contract or by means of another legal instrument the services of an establishment veterinarian who shall be responsible for:

point 1, in relation to quarantine, isolation and other biosecurity measures;

point 2, in relation to surveillance and control measures;

point 3, in relation to facilities and equipment.

put in place the necessary arrangements to perform veterinary post-mortem examinations in appropriate facilities in the establishment or in a laboratory;

secure by contract or by means of another legal instrument the services of an establishment veterinarian who shall be responsible for:

the unique registration number assigned to it;

the date of registration with the competent authority;

the name and address of the operator of the establishment;

the address and geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) of the location of the establishment;

a description of its facilities;

the type of establishment;

the species, categories and numbers of terrestrial animals or hatching eggs which are kept on the establishment;

the period during which animals or hatching eggs are kept on the establishment if it is not continuously occupied, including seasonal occupation or occupation during particular events;

the health status of the establishment where one has been assigned to it by the competent authority;

the restrictions on movements of animals, hatching eggs or products to and from the establishment, where such restrictions are applied by the competent authority;

the date of any cessation of activity when the operator has informed the competent authority thereof.

the unique registration number assigned to it;

the date of registration with the competent authority;

the name and address of the operator;

the species and categories of kept ungulates and poultry to be assembled;

the date of any cessation of activity when the operator has informed the competent authority thereof.

the unique approval number assigned by the competent authority;

the date of approval granted by the competent authority or of any suspension or withdrawal of such approval;

the name and address of the operator;

the address and geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) of the location of the establishment;

a description of its facilities;

the type of establishment;

the species, categories and numbers of terrestrial animals or hatching eggs or day-old chicks kept on the establishment;

the period during which animals are kept on the establishment if it is not continuously occupied, including seasonal occupation or occupation during particular events;

the health status assigned to the establishment if one is assigned by the competent authority;

the restrictions imposed on movements of animals or germinal products to and from the establishment by the competent authority, where such restrictions are imposed;

the date of any cessation of activity when the operator has informed the competent authority thereof.

the identification code of each identified animal as displayed by means of identification, where applied, kept on the establishment;

the unique registration or approval number of the establishment of origin of the animals, where they originate in another establishment;

the unique registration or approval number of the establishment of destination of the animals, where they are destined for another establishment.

the unique code;

the date of birth on the establishment;

the date of natural death, loss or slaughter on the establishment.

the production performances for poultry;

the morbidity rate for the poultry and captive birds on the establishment together with information concerning the cause.

the date of birth;

the date of death or loss on the establishment.

the date of death or loss of the animal on the establishment;

the name and address of the operator having responsibility for the animals or the pet owner;

details on the movements of travelling circuses and animal acts.

the estimated age and sex, breed or colour of coat;

the date of application or the date of reading of the injectable transponder;

the observations made on incoming animals during the isolation period;

the date of death or loss on the establishment.

the estimated age and sex of animals kept on the establishment;

the licence plate number or registration number of the means of transport unloading and loading animals and the unique registration number of the transporter where available;

details of the implementation and results of the disease surveillance plan provided for in point 2(a) of Part 8 of Annex I;

the results of clinical and laboratory tests and of post-mortem testing provided for in point 2(b) of Part 8 of Annex I;

details of the vaccination and treatment of susceptible animals provided for in point 2(c) of Part 8 of Annex I;

instructions, if any, of the competent authority as regards observations made during any isolation or quarantine period.

the estimated age and sex of animals kept on the establishment;

the licence plate number or registration number of the means of transport unloading and loading animals and the unique registration number of the transporter where available;

details of the implementation and results of the disease surveillance plan provided for in point 2(a) of Part 9 of Annex I;

the results of clinical, laboratory tests and post-mortem testing provided for in point 2(b) of Part 9 of Annex I;

details of the vaccination and treatment of susceptible animals provided for in point 2(c) of Part 9 of Annex I;

details of isolation or quarantine of incoming animals, instructions, if any, of the competent authority as regards isolation and quarantine and observations made during any isolation or quarantine period.

the species and number of day-old chicks or hatchlings of other species or hatching eggs kept at the hatchery;

movements of day-old chicks, hatchlings of other species and hatching eggs into and out of their establishments, stating as appropriate:

the number of incubated eggs which have not hatched and their intended destination, including the unique registration or approval number of the establishment as appropriate;

hatching yields;

details of any vaccination programmes.

the licence plate number or registration number;

the dates and times of loading of the animals at the establishment of origin;

the name, address and unique registration or approval number of each establishment visited;

the dates and times of unloading of animals at the establishment of destination;

the dates and the places of cleaning, disinfection and disinfestation of the means of transport;

the reference numbers of the documents accompanying the animals.

the date of death and loss of animals on the establishment;

the licence plate number or registration number of the means of transport loading or unloading the animals and the unique registration number of the transporter of those animals where available;

the reference numbers of the documents required to accompany animals.

the unique approval or registration number of the establishment for assembly operations through which the animal has passed after leaving the establishment of origin and prior to its purchase, where available;

the date of purchase;

the name and address of the purchaser of the animal;

the licence plate or registration number of the means of transport loading or unloading the animals and the unique registration number of the transporter, where available;

the reference numbers of the documents required to accompany the animals.

the identification code of the animal must be recorded;

the type of electronic identifier, if applied to the bovine animal, must be recorded as listed in points (c), (d) and (e) of Annex III;

the following information must be recorded for establishments keeping bovine animals:

the following information must be recorded for each movement of bovine animal into and from the establishment:

the date of natural death, loss or slaughter of bovine animal on the establishment must be recorded.

the information provided for in Article 42(a) to (d);

the date of birth of each animal;

the name of issuing competent authority, or the issuing body to which the task was assigned;

the date of issuance.

the following information must be recorded for establishments keeping those animals:

the following information must be recorded for each movement of those animals into and from the establishment:

the individual identification code of the animal or the unique registration number of the establishment of birth of the animal as displayed by the means of identification;

the type of electronic identifier, listed out in points (c) to (f) of Annex III, and its location, if applied to the animal;

the information provided for in Article 49(a)(i) and Article 49(b)(i), (ii) and (iv);

the unique registration number of the transporter;

the licence plate number or registration number of the means of transport.

the operators must not transport the kept ovine and caprine animals in the same means of transport as animals from other establishments, unless the batches of those animals are kept physically separated from each other in the means of transport;

the operators of establishments where the animals are to be assembled shall, subject to a permission by the competent authority, record the individual identification code of each animal as referred to in Article 50(a) on behalf of the operator of establishment from where ovine and caprine animals are received and such records are kept by that operator;

the competent authority must have granted access to the computer database referred to in Article 49 to the operators of establishments where assembly operations are to be conducted for the ovine and caprine animals;

the operators of establishments where the animals are to be assembled must have in place procedures to ensure that the information referred to in point (b) is recorded in the computer database referred to in Article 49.

the following information must be recorded for establishments keeping those animals:

the following information must be recorded for each movement of those animals into and from the establishment:

the information to be kept in the computer database as referred to in Article 56(a)(i) and Article 56(b)(i), (ii) and (iv);

the unique registration number of the transporter;

the licence plate number or registration number of the means of transport.

for the establishment where those equine animals are habitually kept must be recorded:

for each equine animal habitually kept on the establishment must be recorded:

for each equine animal kept on the establishment for a period exceeding 30 days, the unique code shall be recorded; however, except in the following cases:

those animals are individually identified by an injectable transponder as listed in point (e) of Annex III when they are moved to another Member State;

the injectable transponder intended for implantation in the animal is approved by the competent authority;

they provide to the competent authority and where necessary to other operators the reading device which enables at any time the verification of the individual identification of the animal where the implanted injectable transponder has not been approved by the competent authority.

the deadlines for the identification of equidae born in the Union provided for in Article 12(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/262 shall remain applicable until a date to be determined by the Commission in an implementing act adopted in accordance with Article 120(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

the rules on equidae intended for slaughter for human consumption and medication records provided for in Article 37 of Regulation (EU) 2015/262 shall remain applicable until a date to be determined by the Commission in a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 109(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6;

the rules on the format and content of identification documents issued for equidae born in the Union provided for in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2015/262 shall remain applicable until a date to be determined by the Commission in an implementing act adopted in accordance with Article 120(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429.

appropriate isolation facilities for the ungulates must be available;

at any given time, the establishment must only accommodate the same category of ungulates of the same species and health status;

an appropriate system must be in place to ensure the collection of waste water;

the areas where the ungulates are kept and any passageways, and material and equipment that comes into contact with them must be cleaned and disinfected after the removal of each batch of ungulates, and where necessary before the introduction of any new batch of ungulates, in accordance with established operational procedures;

appropriate sanitary breaks must be taken after the cleaning and disinfecting operations and prior to the arrival of any new batch of ungulates in the facilities where ungulates are kept.

suitable equipment and facilities must be available for the purpose of loading and unloading ungulates;

adequate housing of a suitable standard for the ungulates must be available and constructed in such a way that contact with livestock outside and direct communication with isolation accommodation are prevented, and that inspection and any necessary treatment can be easily carried out;

an appropriate storage area must be available for bedding material, fodder, litter and manure;

the areas where those animals are kept and the passageways, floors, walls, ramps and all other material or equipment that comes into contact with them can be readily cleaned and disinfected;

appropriate equipment must be available for the cleaning and disinfection of facilities, equipment and means of transport used for the ungulates.

they must possess the appropriate ability and knowledge, and have received specific training, or have acquired the equivalent practical experience in:

the operator must provide the official veterinarian with the possibility to use an office for

the operator must ensure that assistance is provided on request from the official veterinarian to carry out the supervision duties referred to in 4(a)(i).

appropriate isolation facilities for the poultry must be available;

at any given time the establishment must only accommodate the same category of poultry of the same species and health status;

an appropriate system must be in place to ensure the collection of waste water;

the areas where the poultry are kept and any passageways, and the material and equipment that comes into contact with them must be cleaned and disinfected after the removal of each batch of poultry, and where necessary before the introduction of any new batch of poultry, in accordance with established operational procedures;

appropriate sanitary breaks must be taken after the cleaning and disinfecting operations and prior to the arrival of any new batch of poultry in the facilities where poultry are kept;

visitors must wear protective clothing and the personnel must wear appropriate working clothing and act in accordance with the hygiene rules drawn up by the operator.

the establishment must only house poultry;

an appropriate storage area must be available for bedding material, feed, litter and manure;

the poultry must not come into contact with rodents and with birds coming from outside the establishment;

the areas where those animals are kept and the passageways, floors, walls, ramps and all other material or equipment that comes into contact with them must be readily cleaned and disinfected;

appropriate equipment must be available for the cleaning and disinfection of facilities, equipment and means of transport used for the poultry;

the establishment must have good conditions of hygiene and allow health monitoring to be carried out.

they possess the appropriate ability and knowledge, and have received specific training, or have acquired the equivalent practical experience in:

the operator must provide the official veterinarian with the possibility to use an office for:

the operator must ensure that assistance is provided on request from the official veterinarian to carry out the supervision duties referred to in 4(a)(i).

hatching eggs of poultry must come either from approved establishments keeping breeding poultry or from other approved hatcheries of poultry;

eggs must be cleaned and disinfected, between the time of their arrival at the hatchery and the incubation process or at the time of their dispatch unless they have been previously disinfected on the establishment of origin;

the following must be cleaned and disinfected:

an appropriate system must be in place to ensure the collection of waste water;

protective clothing is provided for visitors working;

appropriate working clothing and the code of conduct with hygiene rules must be provided to personnel.

the operator must implement a microbiological quality control programme in accordance with Part 1 of Annex II;

the operator of the hatchery must ensure that arrangements are in place with the operator of the establishment keeping the poultry, where the hatching eggs are originating for sampling to be carried in the hatchery for testing for the disease agents referred to in the disease surveillance programme referred to in Part 2 of Annex II, in order to complete that programme.

hatcheries must be physically and operationally separated from facilities keeping poultry or any other birds;

the following functional units and equipment must be kept separate:

day-old chicks or hatching eggs kept at the hatchery must not come into contact with rodents and with birds outside the hatchery;

operations must be based on a one-way circuit for hatching eggs, mobile equipment and personnel;

appropriate natural or artificial lighting, air flow and temperature systems must be available;

it must be possibly to readily clean and disinfect the floors, walls and all other material or equipment at the hatchery;

appropriate equipment must be available for the cleaning and disinfection of facilities, equipment and means of transport used for the day-old chicks and hatching eggs.

the personnel must possess the appropriate ability and knowledge, and have for that purpose received specific training, or have acquired the equivalent practical experience in the disinfection and hygiene techniques needed to prevent the spread of transmissible diseases.

the operator must provide the official veterinarian with the possibility to use an office for

the operator must ensure that assistance is provided on request from the official veterinarian to carry out the supervision duties referred to in 5(a)(i).

the hatching eggs must be:

if an establishment houses poultry species of the orders Galliformes and Anseriformes at the same time, a clear separation must be made between them;

appropriate sanitary breaks must be taken after the cleaning and disinfecting operations and prior to the arrival of any new flock of poultry in the facilities where poultry is kept;

visitors must wear protective clothing and the personnel must wear appropriate working clothing and act in accordance with the hygiene rules drawn up by the operator;

an appropriate system must be in place to ensure the collection of waste water.

the operator must apply and adhere to a disease surveillance programme referred to in Part 2 of Annex II;

the operator of the establishment must ensure that arrangements are in place with the operator of the hatchery where the hatching eggs are destined for sampling to be carried in the hatchery for testing for the disease agents referred to in the disease surveillance programme referred to in Part 2 of Annex II, in order to complete of that programme.

the setting and layout must be compatible with the type of production pursued;

the establishment must house only poultry:

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the poultry must be prevented from coming into contact with rodents and with birds coming from outside;

the facilities must provide good conditions of hygiene and allow health monitoring to be carried out;

it must be possibly to readily clean and disinfect the floors, walls and all other material or equipment at the establishment;

the establishment must have appropriate equipment, compatible with the type of production pursued, which is available for the cleaning and disinfection of facilities, equipment and means of transport at the most suitable spot in the establishment.

they must only admit dogs, cats and ferrets coming from registered establishments keeping those animals;

appropriate isolation facilities for the dogs, cats and ferrets must be available;

appropriate sanitary breaks must be taken after the cleaning and disinfecting operations and prior to the arrival of any new batch of dogs, cats and ferrets in the facilities keeping such animals;

appropriate system must be in place to ensure the collection of waste water.

appropriate isolation facilities for the dogs, cats and ferrets must be available;

the areas where the cats, dogs and ferrets are kept and any passageways, and material and equipment that comes into contact with them must be cleaned and disinfected after the removal of each batch of those animals, and where necessary before the introduction of any new batch of such animals, in accordance with established operational procedures;

appropriate sanitary breaks must be taken after the cleaning and disinfecting operations and prior to the arrival of any new batch of dogs, cats and ferrets in the facilities where those animals are kept;

appropriate system must be in place to ensure the collection of waste water.

adequate housing of a suitable standard for those animals must be available and must be constructed in such a way that contact with animals from the outside is prevented and there is no direct communication with the isolation accommodation, and inspections and any necessary treatments can be easily carried out;

the areas where those animals are kept and any passageways, floors, walls and all other material or equipment that comes into contact with them can be readily cleaned and disinfected;

appropriate storage areas must be available respectively for bedding material, litter, manure and petfood;

appropriate equipment must be available for the cleaning and disinfection of facilities, implements and means of transport.

control posts must be located, designed, constructed and operated in such a way as to ensure sufficient biosecurity to prevent the spread of listed or emerging diseases to other establishments and between consecutive consignments of animals passing through these premises;

control post must be constructed, equipped and operated in such a way as to ensure that cleaning and disinfection procedures can be readily carried out; a means of transport wash must be provided on-the-spot;

control posts must have suitable facilities for the separate isolation of animals suspected of being infected with an animal disease;

appropriate sanitary breaks must be taken between two consecutive consignments of animals and if appropriate adapted depending on whether the animals come from a similar region, zone or compartment with the same health status; in particular, there must be no animals present in the control posts for a period of at least 24 hours after a maximum period of 6 days’ use and after cleansing and disinfecting operations have been completed, and prior to the arrival of any new consignment of animals;

before accepting animals, operators of control posts must:

they must be cleansed and disinfected before and after each use, as required by the official veterinarian;

equipment that comes into contact with the animals present on the control posts must be exclusively dedicated to the premises concerned unless it has been subject to a cleaning and disinfection procedure after coming in contact with the animals or their faeces or urine; in particular, the operator of the control post must provide clean equipment and protective clothes, which must be kept exclusively for the use of any persons entering the control post, and suitable equipment must be made available for cleansing and disinfecting those items;

litter must be removed when a consignment of animals is moved from an enclosure and, after the cleansing and disinfecting operations, must be replaced by fresh bedding;

fodder, litter, faeces and urine must not be collected from the premises unless they have been subject to an appropriate treatment in order to avoid the spread of animal diseases;

they must have suitable facilities for holding, inspecting, examining the animals, whenever necessary;

an appropriate storage area must be available for bedding material, feed, fodder, litter and manure;

an appropriate system must be in place to ensure the collection of waste water.

the operator must ensure, verify and record by internal controls that the entry into the establishment of small hive beetles is prevented and their presence within the establishment is detectable.

the production of bumble bees must be isolated from all the associated activities of the establishment and must be conducted in flying insect-proof facilities;

the bumble bees must be kept isolated within that building throughout the whole production;

the storage and handling of pollen within facilities must be isolated from the bumble bees throughout the whole production of bumble bees until it is fed to them.

each unit of the quarantine establishment must:

litter must be removed when a consignment of animals is moved from an enclosure, and it must be replaced by fresh bedding, after the cleansing and disinfecting operations have been completed;

fodder, litter, faeces and urine must not be collected from the premises unless they have been subject to an appropriate treatment in order to avoid the spread of animal diseases;

precautions must be taken to prevent cross-contamination between incoming and outgoing consignments of animals;

animals released from the quarantine establishment must comply with Union requirements for movements of kept terrestrial animals between Member States.

the disease surveillance plan must include appropriate zoonoses control of the animals, and must be implemented and updated according to the number and species of the animals present in the establishment and to the epidemiological situation in and around the establishment as regards listed and emerging diseases;

animals suspected of being infected or contaminated by listed or emerging disease agents must be subject to clinical, laboratory or post-mortem testing;

the vaccination and treatment of susceptible animals against transmissible animal diseases must carried out as appropriate;

where ordered by the competent authority, sentinel animals must be used for the early detection of possible disease.

the establishments must be clearly demarcated and the access of animals and humans to animal facilities must be controlled;

there must be sufficiently large premises at the disposal of the staff responsible for carrying out veterinary checks, including changing rooms, showers and toilets;

adequate means for catching, confining, where necessary restraining and isolating animals must be available;

equipment and facilities for cleaning and disinfecting must be available;

the part of the establishment where the animals are kept must be:

they must only admit kept terrestrial animals which have been subject to a quarantine period appropriate to diseases relevant to the species, where those animals coming from establishment other than a confined establishment;

they must only admit primates complying with the rules as strict as those referred to in Article 6.12.4 of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Edition 2018;

where necessary, adequate facilities to quarantine kept terrestrial animals introduced from other establishments must be available.

the disease surveillance plan must include appropriate zoonoses control of the kept terrestrial animals, and must be implemented and updated according to the number and species of the kept terrestrial animals present in the establishment and to the epidemiological situation in and around the establishment as regards listed and emerging diseases;

kept terrestrial animals suspected of being infected or contaminated by listed or emerging disease agents must be subject to clinical, laboratory or post-mortem testing;

the vaccination and treatment of susceptible kept terrestrial animals against transmissible diseases must be carried out as appropriate.

the establishments must be clearly demarcated and the access of animals and humans to animal facilities must be controlled;

adequate means for catching, confining, where necessary restraining and isolating animals are available;

animal accommodation areas shall be of a suitable standard and constructed in such way that

environmental samples must be collected and undergo a bacteriological examination;

samples must be taken at least every six weeks and each sampling must include 60 samples.

Identification of infection with the agents:

Target poultry species:

Examinations:

Sampling matrix:

Sampling frame and frequency of sampling:

Processing of samples and testing methods:

Results:

A flock is considered positive when, following the positive results of the testing performed in accordance with points 2.3 to 2.6, a second test of an appropriate type confirms the infection by the disease agents.

Identification of infection with the following agents:

Target species:

Examinations:

Each flock must be clinically examined during each laying or productive period at the best time for detecting the disease in question.

Sampling matrix:

Samples to be taken from each flock in the establishment keeping poultry, as appropriate:

Sampling frame and frequency of sampling:

Examinations, sampling and testing methods:

Testing for the presence of infection by serological, bacteriological and molecular tests must be carried out by validated methods recognised by the competent authority.

Results:

A flock is considered positive when, following the positive results of the testing performed in accordance with points 3.3 to 3.6, a second test of an appropriate type confirms the infection by the disease agents.

conventional ear tag;

conventional pastern band;

electronic ear tag;

ruminal bolus;

injectable transponder;

electronic pastern band;

tattoo;

leg-ring.