Article 5
The plans referred to in Article 1 must also ensure that: 1. after the slaughter of the animals referred to in Article 4 and prior to restocking, sheds and other flock quarters, and all containers, equipment and other articles used for the animals are cleaned and disinfected under official supervision, in accordance with the instructions given by the official veterinarian. Re-use of pastures which have contained the animals must not take place for 60 days after their removal from such pastures; 2. all means of transport of containers and equipment are cleaned and disinfected after the transport of animals from an infected holding, or of materials from such animals, or of materials or substances which have been in contact with such animals. Loading areas for such animals must be cleaned and disinfected after use; 3. the disinfectant to be used and its concentrations are authorized by the competent authority; 4. after the slaughter of animals referred to in Article 4 and prior to restocking, no animals may enter or leave the infected holding concerned unless authorization has been given by the competent authority for the purpose of slaughter without delay; 5. official brucellosis tests are carried out on the infected holding concerned to confirm that the disease has been eliminated; 6. the infected holding is not restocked with animals for breeding until the animals over six months old remaining on it for this purpose have passed one or more official brucellosis tests. However, for sheep and goats which have been vaccinated - where every animal on a holding has been vaccinated before the age of seven months using a REV 1 vaccine or any other vaccine approved by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 - these tests need only be carried out on animals more than 18 months old. The Commission may, in certain special circumstances and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12, authorize a Member State, when it comes to examination of the plan to be submitted pursuant to Article 6, to carry out the said tests on animals more than 30 months old; 7. should brucellosis be diagnosed in a sheep or goat which: - has returned from transhumance, - mixes regularly with sheep and goats from other holdings, in particular in the course of grazing, milking or transhumance, all of the holdings which supplied animals, in particular for transhumance, grazing or milking, are regarded as one large infected holding and subjected to official brucellosis tests to confirm that the disease has been eliminated.