Subject matter and scope
1. This Regulation lays down rules supplementing those laid down in Article 37(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 as regards the requirements and procedures for the approval by the competent authority of the disease-free status, for listed diseases referred to in Article 9(1), point (a), of that Regulation (category A diseases), of compartments keeping terrestrial animals.
2. Chapter II of this Regulation lays down the following requirements and procedures for the approval of the disease-free status of compartments keeping terrestrial animals referred to in Article 37(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429:
(a)
general requirements for granting disease-free status to such compartments;
(b)
responsibilities and duties of the operators and the compartment managers of such compartments;
(c)
common biosecurity management systems for such compartments;
(d)
procedures for the approval by the competent authority of the disease-free status of such compartments, including for compartments that are located in the territory of more than one Member State.
3. Chapter III of this Regulation lays down specific requirements for the approval of the disease-free status of compartments keeping terrestrial animals as regards the category A diseases listed in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/690 for the relevant listed species and categories of animals.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
(1)
‘biosecurity plan’ means a plan that identifies potential pathways for the introduction and spread of disease in an establishment, and describes the biosecurity to be applied to mitigate the risks of specific disease introduction and spread;
(2)
‘common biosecurity management system’ means the common rules governing the functioning of a compartment designed to ensure the disease-free status of all establishments forming part of it; it includes the functional relations between all the compartment components and the overall biosecurity measures implemented in the establishments, in accordance with their biosecurity plans;
(3)
‘compartment manager’ means an appointed person responsible for the common biosecurity management system of the compartment;
(4)
‘compartment component’ means any establishment forming part of the compartment or any premises, food or feed business, animal by-products establishments or other plants belonging to the compartment;
(5)
‘all involved parties’ means the operator of the compartment, the compartment manager and food and feed business operators, animal professionals, transporters, veterinarians, pharmaceutical producers or retailers, or operators of other industries providing services for, delivering animals, products or other commodities to, or receiving animals, products or other commodities from, the compartment;
(6)
‘early warning system’ means a system for the timely detection, reporting and communication of the occurrence, incursion or emergence of category A diseases.
