Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/2005 of 9 February 2005 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in caprine animals (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 214/2005
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In Annex III, in Part II of Chapter A, points 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:

‘2.   Monitoring in ovine and caprine animals slaughtered for human consumption

(a)

Ovine animals

Member States, in which the population of ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram exceeds 750 000 animals, shall test a minimum annual sample of 10 000 ovine animals slaughtered for human consumption in accordance with the sampling rules set out in point 4  ( 1 ) .

(b)

Caprine animals

Member States shall test healthy slaughtered caprine animals in accordance with the sampling rules set out in point 4 and the minimum sample sizes listed in Table A.

Where a Member State experiences difficulty in collecting sufficient numbers of healthy slaughtered caprine animals to reach its allotted minimum sample size, it may choose to replace a maximum of 50 % of its minimum sample size by testing dead caprine animals over the age of 18 months at the ratio of one to one and in addition to the minimum sample size set out in point 3.

Table A

Member State

Minimum sample size in healthy slaughtered caprine animals  ( 1 )

Spain

125 500

France

93 000

Italy

60 000

Greece

20 000

Cyprus

5 000

Austria

5 000

Other Member States

all

3.   Monitoring in ovine and caprine animals not slaughtered for human consumption

Member States shall test in accordance with the sampling rules set out in point 4 and the minimum sample sizes indicated in table B and table C, ovine and caprine animals which have died or been killed, but which were not:

—

killed in the framework of a disease eradication campaign, or

—

slaughtered for human consumption.

Table B

Member State population of ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram

Minimum sample size of dead ovine animals  ( 1 )

> 750 000

10 000

100 000 -750 000

1 500

40 000 -100 000

500

< 40 000

100

Table C

Member State population of goats which have already kidded and goats mated

Minimum sample size of dead caprine animals  ( 2 )

> 750 000

10 000

250 000 -750 000

3 000

40 000 -250 000

1 000

< 40 000

100 % up to 200’

( 1 )   The minimum sample size has been calculated to detect a prevalence in slaughtered animals of 0,03 % with a 95 % confidence.

( 1 )   Minimum sample sizes are set to take account of the size of the number of healthy slaughtered caprine animals and the prevalence of BSE in the individual Member State. They are also intended to provide achievable targets. The minimum sample sizes above 60 000 allow the detection of a prevalence of 0,0017 % with a 95 % confidence.

( 1 )   Minimum sample sizes are set to take account of the size of the ovine populations in the individual Member States and are intended to provide achievable targets. The minimum sample sizes of 10 000, 1 500, 500 and 100 animals will allow the detection of a prevalence of 0,03 %, 0,2 %, 0,6 % and 3 % respectively with a 95 % confidence.

( 2 )   Minimum sample sizes are set to take account of the size of the caprine populations in the individual Member States and are intended to provide achievable targets. The minimum sample sizes of 10 000, 3 000, 1 000 and 200 animals will allow the detection of a prevalence of 0,03 %, 0,1 %, 0,3 % and 1,5 % respectively with a 95 % confidence.