Assessment parameters for the listing of diseases
Article 7
The Commission shall use the following assessment parameters in order to determine whether a disease meets the conditions requiring it to be listed in accordance with Article 5(2): (a) the disease profile, which shall comprise the following: (i) the animal species concerned by the disease; (ii) the morbidity and mortality rates of the disease in animal populations; (iii) the zoonotic character of the disease; (iv) the resistance to treatments, including antimicrobial resistance; (v) the persistence of the disease in an animal population or in the environment; (vi) the routes and speed of transmission of the disease between animals and, when relevant, between animals and humans; (vii) the absence or presence and distribution of the disease in the Union, and, where the disease is not present in the Union, the risk of its introduction into the Union; (viii) the existence of diagnostic and disease control tools; (b) the impact of the disease on: (i) agricultural and aquaculture production and other parts of the economy, as regards: — the level of presence of the disease in the Union; — the loss of production due to the disease; — other losses; (ii) human health, as regards: — transmissibility between animals and humans; — transmissibility between humans; — the severity of human forms of the disease; — the availability of effective prevention or medical treatment in humans; (iii) animal welfare; (iv) biodiversity and the environment; (c) its potential to generate a crisis situation and its potential use in bioterrorism; (d) the feasibility, availability and effectiveness of the following disease prevention and control measures: (i) diagnostic tools and capacities; (ii) vaccination; (iii) medical treatments; (iv) biosecurity measures; (v) restrictions on the movement of animals and products; (vi) killing of animals; (vii) disposal of carcasses and other relevant animal by–products; (e) the impact of disease prevention and control measures, as regards: (i) the direct and indirect costs for the affected sectors and the economy as a whole; (ii) their societal acceptance; (iii) the welfare of affected subpopulations of kept and wild animals; (iv) the environment and biodiversity.