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Article 1Subject-matter and scope1.This Regulation supplements the rules on surveillance, eradication programmes and disease-free status for certain listed and emerging diseases of terrestrial, aquatic and other animals as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/429.2.Chapter 1 of Part II of this Regulation lays down the rules for surveillance of the diseases referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and the emerging diseases as defined in Article 6(2) of that Regulation in relation to:(a)the design of the surveillance including the targeted animal population and the diagnostic methods;(b)the disease confirmation and the case definition;(c)Union surveillance programmes.3.Chapter 2 of Part II of this Regulation lays down the rules for eradication programmes for the diseases of terrestrial animals referred to in points (b) and (c) of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 in relation to:(a)the disease control strategy, the territory, the animal populations, the targets and the period of application;(b)the obligations of operators and competent authorities;(c)the disease control measures in the event of suspicion and of confirmation.4.Chapter 3 of Part II of this Regulation lays down the rules for eradication programmes for the diseases of aquatic animals referred to in points (b) and (c) Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 in relation to:(a)the disease control strategy, the territory, the animal populations, the targets and the period of application;(b)the obligations of operators and competent authorities;(c)the disease control measures in the event of suspicion and of confirmation.5.Chapter 4 of Part II of this Regulation lays down the rules for disease-free status with regard to certain diseases of terrestrial and aquatic animals referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 in relation to:(a)the criteria for the approval of the disease-free status of Member States and zones;(b)the criteria for the approval of the disease-free status for compartments keeping aquaculture animals;(c)the criteria for the maintenance of the disease-free status;(d)the suspension, the withdrawal and the restoration of disease-free status.6.Part III of this Regulation lays down transitional and final provisions in relation to:(a)the approval of the disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments which are recognised disease-free under the legislation in force before the date of application of this Regulation;(b)the approval of eradication programmes of Member States, zones and compartments which have an approved eradication or surveillance programme under the legislation in force before the date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2DefinitionsFor the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:(1)"category E disease": means a listed disease for which there is a need for surveillance within the Union, as referred to in point (e) of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;(2)"targeted animal population" means the population of animals of listed species defined by species and, as appropriate, by categories, relevant for the surveillance activities, the eradication programmes or the disease-free status of a specific disease;(3)"additional animal population" means the population of kept or wild animals of listed species subjected to optional prevention, surveillance and disease control measures necessary to achieve or maintain the disease-free status of a targeted animal population;(4)"category A disease": means a listed disease that does not normally occur in the Union and for which immediate eradication measures must be taken as soon as it is detected, as referred to in point (a) of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;(5)"category B disease": means a listed disease which must be controlled in all Member States with the goal of eradicating it throughout the Union, as referred to in point (b) of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;(6)"category C disease": means a listed disease which is of relevance to some Member States and for which measures are needed to prevent it from spreading to parts of the Union that are officially disease-free or that have eradication programmes for the listed disease concerned, as referred to in point (c) of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;(7)"bovine animal" or "animal of the bovine species" means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genera Bison, Bos (including the subgenera Bos, Bibos, Novibos, Poephagus) and Bubalus (including the subgenus Anoa) and the offspring of crossings of those species;(8)"ovine animal" or "animal of the ovine species" means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Ovis and the offspring of crossings of those species;(9)"caprine animal" or "animal of the caprine species" means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Capra and the offspring of crossings of those species;(10)"travelling circus" means an exhibition or fair that includes animals or animal acts which is intended to move between Member States;(11)"animal acts" means any act featuring animals kept for the purpose of an exhibition or fair, and which may form part of a circus;(12)"porcine animal" or "animal of the porcine species" means an animal of the species of ungulates of family Suidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;(13)"means of transport" means road or rail vehicles, vessels and aircrafts;(14)"dog" means a kept animal of the Canis lupus species;(15)"cat" means a kept animal of the Felis silvestris species;(16)"ferret" means a kept animal of the Mustela putorius furo species;(17)"seasonally BTV-free area" means the whole territory of a Member State or a zone thereof where the competent authority has established a temporary status of freedom from infection with bluetongue virus (serotype 1-24) ("infection with BTV") in accordance with Article 40(3) on the basis of a vector-free period and the demonstration of absence of the disease in listed animal species;(18)"vector protected establishment" means part or all facilities of an establishment that are protected against attacks from Culicoides by appropriate physical and management means, with a status of vector protected establishment being granted by the competent authority in accordance with Article 44;(19)"well-boat" means a vessel used by the aquaculture industry which has a well or tank for the storage and transport of live fish in water;(20)"fallowing" means, for disease management purposes, an operation where an establishment is emptied of aquaculture animals from listed species, and where feasible, of water;(21)"eligibility period" means the period of time before the competent authority submits the application for disease-free status or, when relevant, before the provisional declaration referred to in point (a) of Article 83(1) is published electronically;(22)"non-listed species", means an animal species or group of animal species not listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 for a particular disease;(23)"flock" means all poultry or captive birds of the same health status kept on the same premises or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit; in housed poultry includes all birds sharing the same airspace;(24)"DIVA (differentiating infected from vaccinated animals) vaccination" means a vaccination using vaccines that enable in conjunction with appropriate serological diagnostic methods, the detection of infected animals in a vaccinated population;(25)"DIVA vaccinated animals" means animals that have been vaccinated in the framework of a DIVA vaccination;(26)"approved germinal product establishment" means a semen collection centre, an embryo collection team, an embryo production team, a germinal product processing establishment or a germinal product storage centre, approved in accordance with Article 97(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;(27)"semen" means the ejaculate of an animal or animals, either in the unaltered state or prepared or diluted;(28)"oocytes" means the haploid stages of the ootidogenesis including secondary oocytes and ova;(29)"embryo" means the initial stage of development of an animal while it is capable of being transferred to a recipient dam;(30)"vector-free period" means in a defined area the period of inactivity of Culicoides determined in accordance with Section 5 of Chapter 1 of Part II of Annex V;(31)"honeybees" means animals of the Apis mellifera species;(32)"breeding poultry" means poultry 72 hours old or more, intended for the production of hatching eggs;(33)"random annual surveillance" means a surveillance consisting of at least one survey of a targeted animal population organised during the year for which probability-based sampling methods are used to select units to examine.