Council Directive 92/35/EEC of 29 April 1992 laying down control rules and measures to combat African horse sickness
Modified by
- Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded(94/C 241/08)Decision of the Council of the European Unionof 1 January 1995adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union(95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC), 11994N/ACT31995D0001, August 29, 1994
- Decision of the Council of the European Unionof 1 January 1995adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union(95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC), 31995D0001, January 1, 1995
- Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003of 14 April 2003adapting to Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in Council instruments adopted in accordance with the consultation procedure (qualified majority), 32003R0806, May 16, 2003
- Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, 12003T, September 23, 2003
- Commission Decisionof 5 December 2006amending Council Directives 64/432/EEC, 90/539/EEC, 92/35/EEC, 92/119/EEC, 93/53/EEC, 95/70/EC, 2000/75/EC, 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC and Decision 2001/618/EC as regards lists of national reference laboratories and State institutes(notified under document number C(2006) 5856)(Text with EEA relevance)(2006/911/EC), 32006D0911, December 9, 2006
- Council Directive 2006/104/ECof 20 November 2006adapting certain Directives in the field of agriculture (veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, 32006L0104, December 20, 2006
- Commission Decisionof 7 November 2007amending Council Directives 64/432/EEC, 90/539/EEC, 92/35/EEC, 92/119/EEC, 93/53/EEC, 95/70/EC, 2000/75/EC, 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC, and Decisions 2001/618/EC and 2004/233/EC as regards lists of national reference laboratories and State institutes(notified under document number C(2007) 5311)(Text with EEA relevance)(2007/729/EC), 32007D0729, November 13, 2007
- Council Directive 2008/73/ECof 15 July 2008simplifying procedures of listing and publishing information in the veterinary and zootechnical fields and amending Directives 64/432/EEC, 77/504/EEC, 88/407/EEC, 88/661/EEC, 89/361/EEC, 89/556/EEC, 90/426/EEC, 90/427/EEC, 90/428/EEC, 90/429/EEC, 90/539/EEC, 91/68/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 92/35/EEC, 92/65/EEC, 92/66/EEC, 92/119/EEC, 94/28/EC, 2000/75/EC, Decision 2000/258/EC and Directives 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC and 2005/94/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32008L0073, August 14, 2008
- Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/415of 16 March 2018laying down additional responsibilities and tasks for the European Union reference laboratory for African horse sickness and amending Annex II to Council Directive 92/35/EEC, Annex II to Council Directive 2000/75/EC and Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(Text with EEA relevance), 32018R0415, March 19, 2018
Corrected by
- Corrigendum to Council Directive 92/35/EEC of 29 April 1992 laying down control rules and measures to combat African horse sickness, 31992L0035R(01), November 8, 2006
(a) owner or keeper means any natural or legal person(s) having ownership of the equidae or charged with their keep, whether or not for finanical reward;(b) vector means an insect of theimicola Culicoides species or any other Culicoides insect liable to transmit African horse sickness, identifiable under the procedure provided for in Article 19, following the opinion of the Scientific Veterinary Committee;(c) confirmation means the declaration, by the competent authority, of the presence of African horse sickness, based on laboratory results; however, in the event of an epidemic the competent authority may also confirm the disease on the basis of clinical and/or epidemiological results;(d) competent authority means the central authority of a Member State responsible for carrying out veterinary checks or any veterinary authority to which it has delegated that responsibility;(e) official veterinarian means the veterinarian appointed by the competent authority.
(a) have the suspect holding(s) placed under official surveillance; (b) initiate: (i) an official census of the species of equidae, stating in the case of each species the number of equidae already dead, infected or liable to be infected, and the updating of that census to take account of equidae born or dying during the period of suspicion; the information in the census must be produced on request and may be checked at each inspection; (ii) a census of places likely to facilitate the survival of the vector or to accommodate it and the use of appropriate means of eradicating insects in such places; (iii) an epizootiological inquiry in accordance with Article 7;
(c) regularly visit the holding(s), when he shall: (i) examine each equid kept there; (ii) carry out a detailed clinical examination or an autopsy on the suspect or dead animals and take the samples necessary for laboratory examinations;
(d) ensure that: (i) all equidae on the holding(s) are kept in their living quarters or in other places protected against the vector; (ii) all movement of equidae to or from the holding(s) is prohibited; (iii) appropriate means of eradicating insects are employed in and around the buildings housing the equidae; (iv) the carcases of equidae which have died on the holding are destroyed, disposed of, burnt or buried in accordance with Council Directive 90/667/EEC of 27 November 1990 laying down the veterinary rules for the disposal and processing of animal waste, for its placing on the market and for the prevention of pathogens in feedstuffs of animal or fish origin and amending Directive 90/425/EEC OJ No L 363, 27. 12. 1990, p. 51 .
(a) shall proceed immediately with the killing under official control of any equidae on the infected holding which are infected with or present clinical symptoms of African horse sickness; (b) shall arrange for the destruction, disposal, burning or burial of the carcases of the aforesaid equidae in accordance with Directive 90/667/EEC and/or; (c) shall extend the measures laid down in Article 4 to holdings situated within a 20 km radius (included in the protection zone) around the infected holding(s); (d) shall proceed, in the zone laid down in (c), with the systematic vaccination of all equidae using a vaccine authorized by the competent authority, and shall identify them by a clear, indelible mark applied by an approved method in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19. However, on the basis of the epizootiological, meteorological, geographical or climatological circumstances, the vaccination requirements may be waived by the competent authority. The competent authority shall inform the Commission thereof; (e) carry out an epizootiological enquiry in accordance with Article 7.
the length of time during which African horse sickness may have existed on the holding, the possible origin of the African horse sickness on the holding and the identification of other holdings on which there are equidae which may have become infected or contaminated from the same source, the presence and distribution of disease vectors, the movement of equidae to or from the holdings concerned or any carcases of equidae removed from them.
(a) The protection zone shall consist of a part of Community territory with a radius of at least 100 km around the entire infected holding. (b) The surveillance zone shall consist of a part of Community territory extending at least 50 km beyond the protection zone, in which no systematic vaccination has been carried out in the last 12 months. (c) Where such zones are situated on the territory of several Member States, the competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall collaborate in order to define the zones referred to in (a) and (b). However, if necessary, the protection zone and the surveillance zone shall be defined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19.
their geographical situation and ecological factors, the meteorological conditions, the presence and distribution of the vector, the results of the epizootiological studies carried out in accordance with Article 7, the results of the laboratory examinations, the application of the control measures, in particular the insect eradication measures.
(a) all holdings containing equidae within the zone are identified; (b) the official veterinarian conducts: periodic visits to all holdings containing equidae, a clinical examination of the said equidae including, if necessary, the collection of samples for laboratory examination; a record of visits and findings must be kept;
(c) equidae leave the holding on which they are kept only for transport directly under official supervision for emergency slaughter to a slaughterhouse located in that zone or, if that zone has no slaughterhouse, to a slaughterhouse in the surveillance zone designated by the competent authority.
1. the measures provided for in Article 9 (1) apply in the surveillance zone. However, if the surveillance zone has no slaughterhouse, the equidae may be slaughtered in the protection zone in a slaughterhouse designated by the competent authority; 2. all vaccination against African horse sickness is prohibited in the surveillance zone.
(a) equidae from the protection zone and from the surveillance zone may be transported under official supervision and under the conditions laid down in Article 5 (3) of Directive 90/426/EEC to the quarantine station referred to in Article 5 (3) (d) of that Directive; (b) movements of equidae within zones of the same status shall be subject to authorization from the competent authorities on the basis of the following rules: (i) equidae shall: undergo a prior official check, require identification, and be accompanied by an official document;
(ii) Member States shall ensure, in all events, that equidae vaccinated less than 60 days previously cannot leave the holding on which they were at the time the vaccination was carried out; (iii) Member State shall inform the Commission within the Standing Veterinary Committee on measures taken in this field.
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(a) may provide diagnostic reagents to diagnostic laboratories requesting them; (b) will control the quality of all diagnostic reagents used in that Member State; (c) will arrange comparative tests periodically; (d) will hold isolates of African horse sickness virus from cases confirmed in that Member State; (e) will ensure the confirmation of positive results obtained in regional diagnostic laboratories.
1. to coordinate, in consultation with the Commission, the methods employed in the Member States for diagnosing African horse sickness, specifically by: (a) typing, storing and supplying strains of African horse sickness virus for serological tests and the preparation of antiserum; (b) supplying standard sera and other reference reagents to the national reference laboratories in order to standardize the tests and reagents used in each Member State; (c) building up and maintaining a collection of African horse sickness virus strains and isolates; (d) organizing periodical comparative tests of diagnostic procedures at Community level; (e) collecting and collating data and information on the methods of diagnosis used and the results of tests carried out in the Community; (f) characterizing isolates of African horse sickness by the most up-to-date methods available to allow greater understanding of the epizootiology of African horse sickness; (g) monitoring developments in African horse sickness surveillance, epizootiology and prevention throughout the world;
2. to assist actively in the diagnosis of African horse sickness outbreaks in Member States by receiving virus isolates for confirmatory diagnosis, characterization and epizootiologial studies; 3. to facilitate the training or retraining of experts in laboratory diagnosis with a view to the harmonization of techniques throughout the Community; 4. to carry out a mutual and reciprocal exchange of information with the world laboratory for African horse sickness designated by the International Office of Epizootics (IOE), in particular with regard to developments in the world situation concerning African horse sickness.
1. the establishment of a crisis centre on a national level, which shall coordinate all control measures in the Member State concerned; 2. a list shall be provided of local disease control centres with adequate facilities to coordinate the disease control measures at a local level; 3. detailed information shall be given about the staff involved in control measures, their skills and their responsibilities; 4. each local disease control centre must be able to contact rapidly persons/organizations which are directly or indirectly involved in an outbreak; 5. equipment and materials shall be available to carry out the disease control measures properly; 6. detailed instructions shall be provided on action to be taken, including means of disposal of carcases, on suspicion and confirmation of infection or contamination; 7. training programmes shall be established to maintain and develop skills in field and administrative procedures; 8. diagnostic laboratories must have facilities for post-mortem examination, the necessary capacity for serology, histology, etc., and must maintain the skills for rapid diagnosis (to that end arrangements should be made for rapid transportation of samples); 9. details shall be provided of the quantity of African horse sickness vaccine estimated to be required in the event of a reinstatement of emergency vaccination; 10. provisions shall be made to ensure the legal powers, necessary for the implementation of the contingency plans.
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