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Order Of 23 June 2003 Laying Down Measures Against Classical Swine Fever

Original Language Title: Arrêté du 23 juin 2003 fixant les mesures de lutte contre la peste porcine classique

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Transposition of Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23-10-2001 on community measures to combat classical swine. Repeal of the Order of 09-05-1964, of the amended Order of 29-06-1993 fixing measures to combat classical swine and art. 1 to 5 of the Order of 29-06-1993 relating to the prophylaxis of classical swine.

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AGRICULTURE , ELEVAGE , PORC , ESPECE PORCINE , ANIMAL MALADIA , PESTE , PESTE PORCINE , PESTE PORCINE CLASSIQUE , DEPISTAGE , VACCINATION , TRANSPOSITION OF DIRECTIVE CE , HARMONIZATION EUROPEENNE

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JORF n°184 of 10 August 2003 page 13921
text No. 12



Judgment of June 23, 2003 fixing measures to combat classical swine

NOR: AGRG0301321A ELI: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2003/6/23/AGRG0301321A/jo/texte


Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development and Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs,
In light of Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on community measures to combat classical swine;
Having regard to Decision 2002/106/EC of 1 February 2002 approving a diagnostic manual establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for the evaluation of laboratory tests for confirming the classical swine;
Considering the rural code, including title II of Book II;
Considering Book IV, Title II, of the Environmental Code;
In view of Book II title II of the Rural Code (Part: Regulation);
Considering Book II, title I, chapter II, section II, of the rural code (part: Regulation);
Having regard to amended Decree No. 63-136 of 18 February 1963 on measures to combat animal diseases;
Having regard to amended Decree No. 71-636 of 21 July 1971 for the application of articles L. 231-1, L. 231-2 and L. 251-5 of the Rural Code and relating to the health and quality inspection of living animals and animal or animal products;
In view of Decree No. 90-1033 of 19 November 1990 on the health mandate, established by Article L. 221-11 of the Rural Code;
Considering Decree No. 95-218 of 27 February 1995 amending Decree No. 65-697 of 16 August 1965 supplementing and amending the list of diseases of animals deemed contagious;
Considering Decree No. 97-903 of 1 October 1997 on the protection of animals at the time of their slaughter or death;
Considering the 28 February 1957 decision on disinfection in contagious diseases;
Considering the amended decision of 18 July 1969 on the identification of animals of the swine species;
Having regard to the decision of 28 November 1980 on the identification of calves and pigs for butchery;
In view of the ministerial decree of 8 October 1982 relating to the detention, production and breeding of boar;
In view of the amended Decree of 24 July 1990 prohibiting the use of certain animal-origin proteins and fats in the feeding and manufacturing of animal feeds and setting additional conditions for the marketing, exchange, import and export of certain animal-origin products intended for the feeding and manufacturing of animal feeds;
Considering the amended decision of 17 March 1992 on the conditions to be met by the butchery slaughterhouses for the production and marketing of fresh meat and determining the conditions for the sanitary inspection of these establishments;
Having regard to the amended decision of 29 June 1993 on the prophylaxis of classical swine;
Having regard to the amended Decree of 28 June 1994 on the identification and sanitary accreditation of establishments placing on the market of animal or animal products and the marking of safety;
Considering the decree of 2 August 1995 setting sanitary conditions for the collection, treatment and marketing of fresh wild game meats;
Having regard to the 13 March 2003 order for the application of Article L. 221-1 of the Rural Code;
Considering the opinion of the National Veterinary Commission (Health and Animal Protection Advisory Committee) of 12 September 2002;
Considering the advice of the French Food Safety Agency dated 13 February 2003;
Considering the opinion of the National Council for Hunting and Wildlife of 19 March 2003,
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This Order sets out the measures to be applied in the event of suspicion or confirmation of classical swine on one or more domestic or wild suids.

  • Chapter I: Definitions Article 2


    For the purposes of this Order, the following means:
    (a) Sued: any domestic or wild animal of the suid family;
    (b) Porc: any animal belonging to the species Sus domesticus;
    (c) Boar: any animal belonging to the species Sus scrofa;
    (d) Wild Sued: any non-detained or high suid in an operation;
    (e) Butchery: the pig intended to be shot dead without delay in a slaughterhouse;
    (f) Owner or holder: any person, physical or moral, who has the property of the animals or who is responsible for the maintenance of the animals, whether in a costly or non-cost manner;
    (g) Hunting enclosures: parks or enclosures or other enclosed facilities in which wild boars are held and may be hunted and have a unitary area of more than 20 hectares of a single tenant;
    (h) Operation: any establishment, construction or, in the case of an outdoor breeding, any place in which animals are held, raised or handled permanently or temporarily. This definition does not include the means of transport or hunting enclosures;
    (i) Operation contact: an operation in which the classical swine plague could have been introduced due to its location, following a movement of people, superiors or vehicles or in any other way;
    (j) Suspected classic swine plague:
    - any suede with symptoms and/or post-mortem lesions evoking the classical swine pest that cannot be attributed in a certain way to another disease, or
    - any suspected superior in circumstances specified by the Minister for Agriculture;
    (k) Classic swine plague, or, suede with classical swine plague: any swept or carcass of suede on which or where:
    - symptoms or post-mortem lesions of classical swine plague have been officially recognized, or
    - the presence of the disease was officially recognized as a result of laboratory examinations specified by instruction of the Minister for Agriculture and carried out in accordance with sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Order;
    (l) Traditional swine pest management: the operation in which one or more cases of classical swine plague have or have been officially confirmed;
    (m) Primary cases of classical swine pest: any case of classical swine pest in a suid in an area where no measure has been instituted in accordance with Chapters IV or V of this Order;
    (n) Cooking wastes: food waste for human consumption from restoration, hotels or kitchens, including the cleaning of the farmer or the caregivers;
    (o) Marker Vaccine: a vaccine that may confer protective immunity that is possible to distinguish from the immune response caused by natural infection due to wild type virus by laboratory tests conducted in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of this Order;
    (p) Death: any process that causes the death of the animal;
    (q) Slaughter: putting an animal to death by bleeding;
    (r) Shotgun death: gunshot or archery;
    (s) Meat: all edible parts of the animals referred to in this Order;
    (t) Fresh meats: all meats that have not undergone any kind of treatment to ensure their conservation. However, cold-treated meats should be considered fresh for the application of this decree;
    (u) High-density area of pigs: any geographic area within a ten-kilometre radius around an operation containing suspected suids to be infected or known as infected by the classical pest virus, in which pig density is greater than 800 animals per km2; the operation in question must be located either in a region as defined in section 2, paragraph 2, point p, of the amended Council Directive 64/432/EEC, in which the density of pigs held in farms is greater than 300 animals at km2, or less than twenty kilometres from that area.

  • Chapter II: General provisions Article 3


    The classical pest virus, its genome and antigens are not held, manipulated or used for research, diagnostic or manufacturing purposes only in institutions authorized by the Minister for Agriculture.

    Article 4


    The laboratory of the Pork Virology and Immunology Unit of the French Food Safety Agency, Ploufragan site, is designated a national reference laboratory for the classical Peste Pork.

    Article 5


    Are only allowed to perform the diagnosis of classical swine plague:
    - the national reference laboratory for classical swine pest;
    - laboratories approved by the minister responsible for agriculture. The list of approved laboratories is specified by instruction of the Minister responsible for agriculture.

    Article 6


    The laboratories approved for the diagnosis of classical swine are conducting analyses in accordance with the official methods defined by instruction of the minister responsible for agriculture. However, the Minister for Agriculture may authorize an approved laboratory to use other methods provided that the laboratory demonstrates their equivalence with the official methods.

    Article 7


    In the event of a negative serological result to a classical swine analysis, the director of the national reference laboratory or the approved laboratory shall forthwith transmit the results of the diagnostic/sequence tests of the classical swine plague to the departmental director of veterinary services of the department where the operation is located. The latter notifies the results of the diagnostic tests to the owner or owner of the animals, to the health veterinarian of the operation and to the departmental health defence grouping official for their members.
    In the event of a positive or doubtful serological result in a classical swine pest analysis, the director of the approved laboratory shall promptly forward, for confirmation, the samples to the national reference laboratory and inform the departmental director of veterinary services of the department where the operation is located.

    Article 8


    When the national reference laboratory confirms a case of classical swine pest, it immediately notify the Minister for Agriculture (General Directorate for Food) who informs the departmental director of the relevant veterinary services.
    The national reference laboratory identifies, according to the official method specified by instruction of the Minister for Agriculture, the genetic type of the virus of classical swine isolated when infected swept is a primary case of classical swine or when it comes from a slaughterhouse or a means of transport.

    Article 9


    The owners and holders of animals, and the holders of hunting rights or their representatives shall assist in the implementation of the measures prescribed by this Order, including for pigs, by ensuring their restraint and, in accordance with the regulations in force, their identification and census, and, for wild boars, in accordance with the firing quota that may be recommended under Chapter V of this Order.
    If necessary, in the event of failure of the owners and holders of the animals and at the request of the departmental director of veterinary services, health-care organizations with respect to their members or other relevant agricultural professional organizations shall assist in the implementation of such measures.
    If necessary, in the event of failure of the holders of hunting rights, the officers responsible for the hunting police shall assist in carrying out such measures.

    Article 10


    The use of kitchen waste in the diet of suids is prohibited.

    Article 11


    The cleaning and disinfection operations carried out for the purposes of this Order shall be carried out under the control of veterinary services in accordance with the instructions given by the departmental director of veterinary services and in accordance with procedures established by the Minister for Agriculture.

    Article 12


    The prefect summons the departmental committee to combat epizooties under the conditions prescribed by instruction of the minister responsible for agriculture, in particular in the event of suspicion or confirmation of a primary case of classical pork plague on a domestic or wild suid and on the occasion of major modifications of the prefectural order reporting infection.

  • Chapter III: Measures in the event of suspicion of conventional swine in an operation or conveyance
    • Section 1: Circumstances of suspicion of infection Article 13


      Suidae exploitation is suspected of being infected with the classical swine virus when:
      (a) At least one sweat of the exploitation is a suspect of classical swine plague;
      (b) Or an epidemiological link with a recognized infected exploitation of classical swine is highlighted following the epidemiological investigation conducted in accordance with Chapter IV, section 2, of this Order; this operation is then described as operating contact.

      Article 14


      Any owner or person who, in any event, has the responsibility for the care or custody of all or part of the Suidae of a suspicious exploitation of classical Peste Pork is required, pursuant to Article L. 223-5 of the Rural Code, to make the declaration to the health veterinarian of its operation or to the veterinary services of the department where the operation is located.

      Article 15


      The health veterinarian, the agents referred to in sections L. 221-5, L. 221-6 and L. 231-2 of the rural code, or any person who has conducted reviews or analyses to suspect or establish the existence of the classical swine plague, is required to promptly inform the departmental director of the veterinary services of the department where the animal is located and to provide him with all the information available to him.
      The Departmental Director of Veterinary Services decides how to conduct the suspicious visit. In particular, it may charge the health veterinarian:
      - to contact the diagnostic laboratory directly;
      - perform the necessary sampling;
      - to identify all animals present on exploitation;
      - and prescribe to the breeder all measures to prevent the spread of the infection inside and outside the operation by giving it a record of instructions.
      The persons referred to in the first paragraph shall take all necessary precautions during and after their visit to avoid contributing to the spread of the disease.

    • Section 2: Measures applied in cases of suspected classical swine Article 16


      When, in an operation other than a slaughterhouse, one or more sweaters are suspected of classical swine plague, the departmental director of veterinary services proposes to the prefect, in accordance with article L. 223-6 of the rural code, an order to supervise this operation, which in particular entails the following measures:
      (a) All pigs and if possible the boars of the exploitation are kept in their accommodation premises or confined in other places of exploitation allowing their isolation; those who cannot be returned to the enclosed buildings are isolated in non-contiguous parks to another farm hosting sensitive species animals;
      (b) Divagation of dogs, cats and poultry on exploitation is prohibited;
      (c) The pigs and if possible the wild boars are visited and identified. For each category of pig, and if possible wild boars, the number of animals already ill, dead or likely to be infected is specified; the census is updated by the breeder to take account of the animals born and dead during the period of suspicion and the data of this census are produced upon request and can be controlled at each visit of the veterinary services;
      (d) The necessary sampling for diagnosis and epidemiological investigations shall be carried out in accordance with the instructions of the Minister for Agriculture;
      (e) An epidemiological investigation is carried out in accordance with chapter IV, section 2, of this Order;
      (f) Any release from the exploitation of meats, products derived from suids, sperm, eggs and swept embryos, animal feeds, corpses, lisier, straw, utensils, other objects and wastes that may pass on the classic swine pest is prohibited, unless authorized by the departmental director of veterinary services; Meat and suede products, and sperm, eggs and pig embryos cannot come out of operation for intra-community exchanges;
      (g) The entry and exit of the exploitation are prohibited to any animal; However, the departmental director of veterinary services may authorize the release of animals not belonging to sensitive species; it delivers a pass to this effect indicating their place of destination, provided that this place of destination and those of possible stops do not host animals of sensitive species; it also prescribes measures to prevent the spread of the disease;
      (h) The entry and exit of persons and vehicles is subject to the authorization of the departmental director of veterinary services; panels placed at all entrances of the operation warn that access is prohibited except prefectural authorization;
      (i) Appropriate means of disinfection are used at the entrances and exits of the operation and buildings hosting suids in accordance with the instructions of the Minister responsible for agriculture; any person entering the suspicious or outgoing operation must apply the appropriate hygiene measures necessary to reduce the risk of the spread of the classical swine virus; In addition, all means of transport are carefully cleaned and disinfected before leaving the operation;
      (j) The prefect may, if necessary, prescribe appropriate measures for the destruction of rodents or insects by the departmental director of veterinary services.

      Article 17


      When the epidemiological situation requires it, and in particular if the exploitation referred to in the previous article is located in a high density area of pigs, the prefect may, on the proposal of the departmental director of veterinary services:
      (a) Apply the measures provided for in section 23, point a, of this order in suspicious exploitation. However, where conditions permit, these measures may be limited to the only suspected superiors of being infected or contaminated with the classical pest virus and only to the part of the operation where they were held, provided that these animals were housed, detained and fed in a completely separate manner from the other exploitative superiors. A sufficient number of samples will be taken from the suids when they are put to death in order to confirm or infirm the presence of the classical swine virus in accordance with the instructions of the Minister for Agriculture;
      (b) Implement, around suspicious exploitation, a monitoring area in which a number or all of the measures referred to in the previous article are applied to the suspected exploitations present.

      Article 18


      The prefect may, on the proposal of the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services, apply the measures provided for in sections 16 and 17 above in any contact operation identified by the epidemiological investigation conducted, in accordance with section 2 of Chapter IV of this Order, in the operations or means of transport in which a case of classical pork plague has been formally confirmed.

      Article 19


      When, in a slaughterhouse, one or more pigs are suspected of classical swine pestilence, the prefect shall, on the proposal of the departmental director of veterinary services and in accordance with article L. 223-6 of the rural code, take an order to supervise the slaughterhouse, including the following measures:
      (a) In case of suspicion during ante mortem inspection:
      - the batch(s) of live pigs originating from the exploitation of the suspected pig(s) present at the slaughterhouse are isolated from other animals;
      - all suspected pigs are euthanized and their bodies destroyed in accordance with the provisions of article 30 of the aforementioned order of 17 March 1992, after carrying out the necessary sampling for the diagnosis and epidemiological investigations carried out in accordance with the instructions of the Minister for Agriculture;
      - an epidemiological investigation is carried out in the original operation of the suspect pig(s) in accordance with section 2 of Chapter IV of this Order;
      - pigs originating from the exploitation of the suspected pig(s) shall be slaughtered in accordance with the provisions of section 23 (c) of the aforementioned 17 March 1992 order; during the post-mortem inspection of the batch(s) concerned, inspection services focus in particular on identifying potential signs related to the presence of the classical pest virus; at the conclusion of this inspection and pending the results of the analyses provided for in this item, fresh meat, excluding blood, from these pigs are recorded; the blood from the pigs concerned, all of the buffer bins containing the blood of one of these pigs and the parts of these pigs not intended for human consumption are processed in a factory approved for the treatment of animal by-products for their destruction or destroyed in a factory authorized for the incineration of animal by-products, by the departmental director of veterinary services;
      (b) In case of suspicion during post-mortem inspection:
      - levies necessary for the diagnosis of classical swine plague and epidemiological investigations are carried out on the suspicious carcass(s) in accordance with the instructions of the minister responsible for agriculture;
      - an epidemiological investigation is carried out in the original operation of the suspect pig(s) in accordance with section 2 of Chapter IV of this Order;
      - during the post-mortem inspection of pig carcasses originating from the exploitation of the suspected pig(s), inspection services seek, inter alia, any signs related to the presence of the classical swine virus; fresh meat, excluding blood, from these pigs as well as suspicious carcasses, shall be recorded pending the results of the samples provided for in the first paragraph above; the blood from the pigs concerned, all of the buffer bins containing the blood of one of these pigs and the parts of these pigs not intended for human consumption are processed in a factory approved for the treatment of animal by-products for their destruction or destroyed in a factory authorized for the incineration of animal by-products, by the departmental director of veterinary services;
      (c) In addition, the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services ensures that:
      - Appropriate means of cleaning and disinfection are used at the entrances and exits of the slaughterhouse and buildings hosting pigs in accordance with Article 11 of this Order and any person entering the slaughterhouse or outgoing applies the appropriate hygiene measures necessary to reduce the risk of spreading the virus of the classical swine plague;
      - all means of transport are carefully cleaned and disinfected before leaving the slaughterhouse, including the vehicle transporting the suspected pig(s);
      - Suspect pork accommodation is cleaned and disinfected in accordance with Article 11 of this Order.

      Rule 20


      In the event of suspicion of classic pork pest in a means of transport, the departmental director of veterinary services immediately implements the following measures:
      (a) Samplings necessary for the diagnosis of classical swine are carried out on the suspect swine(s) in accordance with the instructions of the Minister for Agriculture; these samples may require the on-site killing of suspected pigs;
      (b) An epidemiological investigation is carried out in the original operation of the suspect pig(s), in accordance with Chapter IV, section 2, of this Order;
      (c) The pigs present in the conveyance are directed under pass issued by the departmental director of veterinary services and sealed vehicle:
      - either towards their original operation;
      - either, in accordance with the regulations in force, to a slaughterhouse designated by the departmental director of veterinary services for the purpose of slaughtering them in the conditions fixed by points a, b, and c of the preceding article;
      - either to an approved processing plant for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of their destruction or to a factory authorized for the incineration of animal by-products or to any other suitable place where pigs are immediately put to death and their bodies transformed under official control for the purpose of their destruction;
      - or, in exceptional circumstances, to other premises designated by the departmental director of veterinary services.

      Article 21


      When the suspicion of classical swine is officially denied, the warning is lifted and the record of the carcasses provided for in paragraphs a and b of section 19 above.

  • Chapter IV: Measures in the event of confirmation of conventional pork in an operation or conveyance
    • Section 1: General provisions Article 22


      When the existence of the classical swine plague is officially confirmed in an operation, the departmental director of veterinary services proposes to the prefect a statement of infection under article L. 223-8 of the rural code.
      The order sets out a prohibited perimeter in which the measures prescribed by this chapter are implemented. This perimeter includes, in addition to the operation hosting the or suids with classical swine pest, a protection area of a minimum radius of 3 kilometres, which is itself included in a monitoring area of a minimum radius of 10 kilometres around the said operation. The delimitation of these areas takes into account:
      - results of the epidemiological investigation conducted in accordance with section 2 of this chapter;
      - geographical location, including natural or artificial barriers;
      - the location and density of pig farms;
      - movements and currents of pork exchange;
      - available slaughterhouses as well as approved plants for the processing of animal by-products for the purpose of their destruction and plants authorized for the incineration of animal by-products;
      - facilities and personnel available to control any movement of pigs inside the areas, especially if the pigs to be put to death must come out of their original operation.
      These areas may be modified, if necessary, to take into account new elements.
      The prefect shall make every provision to inform persons present within the perimeter of the measures in force. These measures are prescribed by order and instructions of the Minister responsible for agriculture.

      Article 23


      In the event of confirmation of classical swine in an operation other than a slaughterhouse, the following measures are implemented as soon as possible, under the control of the departmental director of veterinary services, in addition to those listed in Article 16 of this Order:
      (a) All the suicides in the home are put to death on site; any risk of dispersal of the classical swine virus must be avoided during death and during the carriage of the corpses;
      (b) A sufficient number of samples shall be taken from the suids when they are put to death, in accordance with the instructions of the Minister responsible for agriculture, so that they can determine the mode of introduction of the classical pestiline virus in the operation and the period during which it may have been present in the operation prior to the notification of the disease;
      (c) The bodies of dead or put to death suids are transformed into an approved plant for the treatment of animal by-products for their destruction or destroyed in a factory authorized for the incineration of animal by-products or buried on site or destroyed by incineration on site under conditions specified by the Minister responsible for agriculture;
      (d) The fresh meats of the suids of this operation that were slaughtered during the period between the likely introduction of the disease and the application of the health police measures that would still be present at the slaughterhouse are sought and destroyed under the conditions set by the regulations in force;
      (e) Semen, eggs and pig embryos collected in the operation during the period between the likely introduction of the disease in the operation and the application of health police measures are found and destroyed under the control of the departmental director of veterinary services;
      (f) Any material and waste that may be contaminated, such as animal foods, is destroyed or subjected, under the control of the departmental director of veterinary services, to a treatment that ensures the destruction of the classical pestil virus possibly present;
      (g) After the removal of the corpses, the accommodation facilities of the animals as well as the vehicles used for the transport of the suids and any material likely to be contaminated by the virus of the classical swine are cleaned and disinfected or processed without delay, in accordance with Article 11 of this Order;
      (h) An epidemiological investigation is carried out in the operation in accordance with section 2 of this chapter.

      Article 24


      In cases where a home has been confirmed in a laboratory, zoo or fenced area where the suids are held for scientific purposes or related to the conservation of rare species or races, the prefect may derogate from the provisions set out in points a and e of the previous article. It then takes any action to prevent the spread of the virus of the classical swine.

      Rule 25


      In the event of confirmation of the classic swine plague in a slaughterhouse or a means of transport, the departmental director of veterinary services ensures that:
      (a) All pigs present in the slaughterhouse, originating from the exploitation of the infected pig(s) or all pigs present in the conveyance are put to death as soon as possible;
      (b) The corpses, carcasses, abats, parts not intended for human consumption, blood and all of the buffer bins containing blood from infected pigs or pigs originating from the same operation still present in the slaughterhouse or originating from the same means of transport are transformed into a registered plant for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of destruction or destruction in a licensed plant for the purpose of control
      (c) The cleaning and disinfection of buildings and equipment, including vehicles, shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions referred to in Article 11 of this Order;
      (d) An epidemiological investigation shall be conducted in accordance with section 2 of this chapter and, unless otherwise specified in the epidemiological investigation, the measures provided for in section 23 shall be applied in the original exploitation of infected pigs or carcasses;
      (e) The reintroduction of animals for the purpose of slaughter or transport shall not take place, at the earliest, only twenty-four hours after the completion of the cleaning and disinfection operations carried out in accordance with Article 11 of this Order.

      Rule 26


      In the case of swine operations involving two or more separate production units, the prefect may, in order to complete the swine fattening, derogate from the requirements of item 23 (a) of this Order with respect to healthy units of an infected operation, provided that the departmental director of veterinary services has visited these units and confirmed:
      - that no pork has a sign evoking the classical pork plague;
      - and that the structure, importance and distance between these production units and the operations carried out therein are such that these production units, in terms of accommodation, maintenance and feeding, are completely distinct, so that the virus cannot spread from one production unit to another.

      Rule 27


      The lifting of the notice of infection and the reintroduction of the suids in the operation shall not take place, at the earliest, only thirty days after the completion of the cleaning and disinfection operations provided for in item g of section 23 of this Order.

      Rule 28


      The reintroduction of suids takes into account the type of livestock used in the operation concerned and must comply with the following provisions:
      (a) When it comes to open-air operations, the reintroduction of suids begins with the introduction of sentinel piglets that have previously reacted negatively to a control of the presence of antibodies against the virus of the classical pestilence or from exploitations that are not subject to any restrictions related to the classical pestiline. Sentinel piglets are distributed throughout the infected operation and are subject to regular clinical monitoring; forty days after being placed in the operation, sampling is carried out in accordance with the instructions of the Minister for Agriculture to detect the presence of antibodies; if none of the swinelets produced antibodies against the classical swine virus at the end of this period, the full repopulation may take place. No sweat can leave the operation before the negative results of the serologic examination are known;
      (b) For all other forms of livestock, the reintroduction of suids is carried out either according to the measures set out in point a above or in accordance with the following provisions:
      - all the suids come in a period of twenty days and come from farms that have not been subject to any restrictions related to the classical swine plague;
      - the followers of the herd of repeuplement are subject to a serological examination in accordance with the instructions of the minister responsible for agriculture. Sampling for this examination will be carried out at the earliest forty days after the arrival of the last suids;
      - no sweat can leave the operation before the negative results of the serologic examination are known.
      However, if more than six months have elapsed since the completion of cleaning and disinfection operations in the home, the departmental director of veterinary services may, taking into account the epidemiological situation, deviate from the provisions of items a and b of this article.

    • Section 2: Epidemiological Survey Rule 29


      The epidemiological investigation of suspected cases or traditional swine pestilence homes is carried out in a manner specified by the Minister for Agriculture. It must be complete and intervene as soon as possible after suspicion or confirmation of a classic swine case in order to quickly identify contact farms that could spread the virus of classical swine.

      Rule 30


      The epidemiological investigation includes:
      (a) The duration of the period during which the classical swine virus may have been present in operation before notification or suspicion of the disease;
      (b) The possible origin of the classical swine pest in the operation and determination of other farms in which swepts were infected or contaminated from that same origin;
      (c) Movements of persons, vehicles, suids, carcasses, sperm, meats, corpses or any material likely to have transported the virus from or in the direction of the farms in question for at least three months;
      If the results of these investigations indicate that the classical swine plague may have spread from farms or to farms located outside the department where the operation is located, the departmental director of veterinary services shall immediately inform the Ministry of Agriculture (General Directorate of Food) and the departmental directors of veterinary services of the other departments concerned.

    • Section 3: Measures in the area of protection Rule 31


      The following measures are applied in the area of protection:
      (a) All suide operations in the area of protection are identified without delay by the departmental director of veterinary services. The prefect may ask the mayors of the municipalities of the protection zone to identify all owners or holders of suidas present in their commune and to provide the updated list to the departmental director of veterinary services; the Departmental Director of Agriculture and Forestry shall transmit to the Prefect (Departmental Director of Veterinary Services) the list of wild boar-hunting enclosures identified in the area of protection and inform the Public Prosecutor, if necessary to order the home visit of these enclosures;
      (b) Suede farms are visited by the health veterinarian within a maximum of seven days for a clinical examination of pigs and if possible of wild boars, and a check of the register and identification marks of pigs referred to in sections 4 and 5 of Directive 92/102/EEC. Hunting enclosures are visited by a veterinary services officer accompanied as a need for a judicial police officer;
      (c) Any movement or transport of suids on public or private channels, excluding, where appropriate, routes of service to the farms, is prohibited, unless the departmental director of veterinary services has granted exemptions for the purpose of authorizing movements referred to in point g below. This prohibition does not apply to the transit of pigs by road or rail, without unloading or stopping. However, after authorization from the departmental director of veterinary services, it may be derogated from the above provisions with respect to butchery pigs from outside the protection area and directed directly to a slaughterhouse located in that area for immediate slaughter;
      Dropping wild boars in the protection area or from the protection area is prohibited;
      (d) Trucks as well as other vehicles and equipment used for the transport of suids or other animals or materials that may be contaminated (e.g. food, manure, lisiers, etc.) and that are used within the protection area cannot leave:
      - an operation located inside the protection area;
      - or the area of protection;
      - or a slaughterhouse;
      - or a hunting hatch,
      without being cleaned and disinfected in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of this Order. These procedures include that no truck or vehicle that has been used to transport suids may leave the area without having been previously inspected by a veterinary service officer or a health veterinarian;
      (e) No other domestic animal may enter or leave the operation without authorization from the departmental director of veterinary services;
      (f) All dead or sick suids in an operation must be immediately reported to the departmental director of veterinary services, who conducts the investigations specified by the Minister responsible for agriculture to confirm or infirm the presence of classical swine;
      (g) Suedes may not leave an operation in which they are held within thirty days of the completion of preliminary operations for the cleaning and disinfection of the infected operation provided for in Article 23 (g) of this Order; after thirty days, authorization may be granted by the departmental director of veterinary services, subject to the conditions set out in section 33 of this order, so that pigs may leave the operation to be routed directly:
      - to a slaughterhouse designated by the departmental director of veterinary services, preferably within the area of protection or monitoring for their immediate slaughter;
      - or to an approved processing plant for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of their destruction or to a factory authorized for the incineration of animal by-products or to any other appropriate place where pigs are immediately put to death and their bodies transformed under official control;
      - or in exceptional circumstances, to other premises located inside the protection area;
      (h) Semen, eggs and pork embryos cannot leave the farms located inside the protection area;
      (i) Any person entering or leaving a pig farm must observe the hygiene measures prescribed by the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services to reduce the risk of the spread of the classical pestil virus.

      Rule 32


      When the prohibitions provided for in the previous article are maintained beyond thirty days due to the occurrence of new homes of the disease and create problems related to the well-being of animals or other difficulties for the accommodation of pigs, subject to the conditions set out in section 33 below, the departmental director of veterinary services may, upon a justified request from the owner, authorize the release of pigs from an inland operation
      - to a slaughterhouse designated by the departmental director of veterinary services, preferably within the area of protection or surveillance, for immediate slaughter;
      - or to an approved processing plant for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of their destruction or to a factory authorized for the incineration of animal by-products or to any other appropriate place where the suids are immediately put to death and their bodies transformed under official control;
      - or in exceptional circumstances, to other premises located inside the protection area.

      Rule 33


      In cases where reference is made to this section, the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services may authorize the release of the pigs from the operation concerned, provided that:
      (a) The operator's health veterinarian conducted a clinical examination of the pigs present in the operation and in particular of the pigs to be transported, including the taking of the body temperature of a sample of them in accordance with the instructions of the Minister responsible for agriculture, as well as a check of the register and marks of identification of the pigs referred to in sections 4 and 5 of Directive 92/102/EEC;
      (b) The above-mentioned controls and reviews did not highlight the presence of the classical swine plague and attested to compliance with the provisions of Directive 92/102/EEC;
      (c) Each pig has been fitted with an atrial mark as specified by the Minister for Agriculture;
      (d) Porks are transported in vehicles sealed by veterinary services;
      (e) The vehicle and equipment used to transport pigs shall be immediately cleaned and disinfected after carriage in accordance with the provisions referred to in Article 11 of this Order;
      (f) If pigs are destined to be slaughtered or put to death, a sufficient number of samples are taken from animals in accordance with the instructions of the Minister for Agriculture to confirm or infirm the presence of the classical pest virus in these farms;
      (g) If pigs are to be transported to a slaughterhouse:
      - the Veterinary Public Health Inspector responsible for the designated slaughterhouse shall be informed of the intention to send pigs and of the expected date of arrival of the animals and shall notify their arrival to the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services of the Swine Shipping Department;
      - upon arrival at the slaughterhouse, these pigs are discharged, detained and slaughtered separately from other pigs;
      - during ante and post mortem inspection conducted at the designated slaughterhouse, inspection services focus in particular on identifying potential signs related to the presence of the classical swine virus;
      - fresh meat from these pigs shall be processed in an approved plant for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of their destruction, or destroyed in a factory authorized for the incineration of animal by-products, or identified by means of the special mark referred to in section 12 of the above-mentioned Order of June 28, 1994 and subsequently processed in accordance with the rules established by instruction of the Minister responsible for agriculture. This treatment must be performed at an establishment designated by the departmental director of veterinary services. Meat is shipped to the said establishment provided that the shipment is sealed before departure and throughout the transport period. In addition, these meats are accompanied, during their transport, by a health pass prepared by the veterinary services of the department of origin.

      Rule 34


      The application of measurements in the protection area is maintained at least until:
      (a) All cleaning and disinfection measures provided for in Article 23 (g) of this Order have been completed;
      (b) And pigs present in all farms in the area of protection have undergone clinical and laboratory examinations conducted in accordance with the instructions of the Minister for Agriculture to detect the possible presence of the classical pest virus. These examinations cannot be performed until 30 days have elapsed since the completion of preliminary cleaning and disinfection operations of infected farms.

    • Section 4: Measures in the monitoring area Rule 35


      The following measures are applied in the monitoring area:
      (a) All suide operations in the monitoring area are identified without delay by the departmental director of veterinary services. The prefect may request the mayors of the municipalities of the monitoring area to identify all owners or holders of suids present in their commune and to provide the updated list to the departmental director of veterinary services; the Departmental Director of Agriculture and Forestry shall transmit to the Prefect (Departmental Director of Veterinary Services) the list of wild boar hunting enclosures identified in the surveillance area and inform the Public Prosecutor, if necessary, of ordering the home visit of these enclosures;
      (b) Any movement or transport of suids on public or private routes, excluding, where appropriate, routes of operation, is prohibited, unless authorized by the departmental director of veterinary services for the purpose of authorizing the movements referred to in point f below; This prohibition does not apply to the transit of pigs by road or rail, without unloading or stopping, or to butchery pigs from outside the monitoring area and forwarded, after authorization of the departmental director of veterinary services, directly to a slaughterhouse located in that area for immediate slaughter;
      (c) Trucks, as well as other vehicles and equipment used for the transport of suids or other animals or materials that may be contaminated (e.g. carcasses, food, manure, linen) are cleaned, disinfected and treated as soon as possible after contamination in accordance with the provisions of the procedures established in section 11 of this Order; no truck or vehicle used for the transport of suids can leave the area without being cleaned and disinfected;
      (d) No domestic animal of any species may enter or leave a farm belonging to that area without authorization from the departmental director of veterinary services for the seven days following the establishment of the area;
      (e) All dead or sick suids in an operation of the surveillance zone must be immediately reported to the departmental director of veterinary services, who conducts the investigations specified by instruction of the minister responsible for agriculture to confirm or infirm the presence of classical swine;
      (f) Suedes may not leave the operation in which they are held within twenty-one days of the completion of the preliminary cleaning and disinfection operations of the infected operation provided for in section 23, point g, of this Order. After twenty-one days, subject to the conditions set out in section 33 of this Order, the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services may authorize the release of pigs from the said operation in order to be forwarded directly:
      - to a slaughterhouse designated by the departmental director of veterinary services, preferably within the area of protection or surveillance, for immediate slaughter;
      - or to an approved processing plant for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of their destruction or to a factory authorized for the incineration of animal by-products or to any other appropriate place where pigs are immediately put to death and their bodies transformed under official control;
      - or, in exceptional circumstances, to other premises located within the area of protection or surveillance.
      However, derogations from the provisions set out in items f and g, paragraph 4, of section 33 of this Order may be issued by the Prefect after agreement of the Minister for Agriculture (General Directorate of Food), in particular with regard to the marking of the meat of these pigs and its subsequent use as well as the destination of the processed products;
      (g) Semen, eggs and pork embryos cannot leave the farms located inside the surveillance area;
      (h) Any person entering or leaving a pig farm must observe the hygiene measures prescribed by the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services to reduce the risk of the spread of the classical pestil virus.

      Rule 36


      Where the prohibitions provided for in the above section are maintained beyond thirty days due to the occurrence of new homes of the disease and create problems related to the well-being of animals or other difficulties for the accommodation of pigs, subject to the conditions set out in section 33 of this Order, the departmental director of veterinary services may, upon a warranted request from the owner, authorize the release of pigs from an area to the site
      - to a slaughterhouse designated by the departmental director of veterinary services, preferably within the area of protection or surveillance, for immediate slaughter;
      - or to an approved processing plant for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of their destruction or to a factory authorized for the incineration of animal by-products or to any other appropriate place where pigs are immediately put to death and their bodies transformed under official control;
      - or, in exceptional circumstances, to other premises located within the area of protection or surveillance.

      Rule 37


      The application of measurements in the monitoring area is maintained at least until:
      (a) All cleaning and disinfection measures provided for in Article 23 (g) of this Order have been completed;
      (b) And pigs present in all farms in the surveillance area have undergone clinical examinations and, where appropriate, laboratory tests conducted in accordance with the Minister for Agriculture's instructions to detect the possible presence of the classical swine virus. These examinations cannot be performed until twenty days have elapsed since the completion of preliminary cleaning and disinfection operations of infected farms.

  • Chapter V: Measures in the event of suspicion or confirmation of classical swine pest in wild boar Rule 38


    When a wild boar is suspected of being infected with classical swine pest, the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services proposes to the prefect, after the advice of the Departmental Director of Agriculture and Forestry, any appropriate measures to confirm or infirm the presence of the disease, to determine its geographical distribution and to prevent its extension, by giving instructions and information to the owners or holders of wild sods The extent of the area covered by these measures and their duration are determined within the departmental committee to combat epizooties taking into account the advice of the national committee of experts.

    Rule 39


    When a primary case of classical swine pest in a wild boar is officially confirmed, the departmental director of veterinary services proposes to the prefect, after the advice of the departmental director of agriculture and forest and the agreement of the minister responsible for agriculture (general direction of food), a statement of infection order, pursuant to article L. 223-8 of the rural code. The Prefect shall make any provision to inform the owners or holders of the Suidae, the hunters, the holders of the hunting rights or their rightful persons present within the scope of intervention defined below of the measures referred to in this chapter.
    The Prefectural Order delimits a perimeter of intervention including an infected area and an observation area in which the control measures prescribed by this chapter are implemented. The scope of these areas is determined by the Minister for Agriculture (General Food Directorate) after the advice of the National Committee of Experts. It takes into account, inter alia, the presence of natural or artificial barriers that can limit the movement of wild boars and, consequently, the spread of the disease and the continuity of forest massifs.
    When the infected or observation zones so defined extend over several departments, the prefect informs the relevant prefect(s). In each department concerned, the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services proposes to the Prefect, after the advice of the Departmental Director of Agriculture and Forestry and the agreement of the Minister for Agriculture (General Directorate of Food), a prefectural order establishing the control measures recommended by this chapter.
    The prefect may, if necessary, change the delimitation of these areas to include new elements, including epidemiological elements, following the advice of the Departmental Director of Agriculture and Forestry and the agreement of the Minister for Agriculture (General Food Directorate).

    Rule 40


    A census of all suede farms in the infected area and in the observation area is carried out without delay by the departmental director of veterinary services. The prefect may ask the mayors of the municipalities of the infected and observation areas to identify all owners or holders of Suidas present in their commune and to provide the updated list to the departmental director of veterinary services.
    The Departmental Director of Agriculture and Forestry transmits to the Prefect (Departmental Director of Veterinary Services) the list of the hunting enclosures identified in the area and informs the Public Prosecutor, if necessary to order the home visit of these enclosures.

Rule 41


The following measures are applied in suid farms in the infected area:
(a) A census of all categories of pigs and, if possible, of wild boars present is carried out; This is updated by their owner or holder. The information contained in the census must be submitted upon request and can be verified at each inspection visit. However, with respect to outdoor livestock, the first census conducted may be carried out on the basis of an estimate;
(b) All pigs and if possible the boars of the exploitation are maintained in their accommodation premises or in any other place where they may be isolated from wild boar, which must not have access to any product that may subsequently enter into contact with the suids of the exploitation; in open-air farms, the prefect may order the establishment of watertight fences to wild boars meeting minimum standards defined by
(c) Porks and, if possible, boars are subject to health surveillance including clinical examinations and serologic screening of the classic pork plague implemented in accordance with the instructions of the Minister for Agriculture; all dead or sick suids with symptoms of classical swine plague and found in the operation undergo a test of classical swine plague;
(d) Appropriate means of disinfection are used for the entry and exit of the accommodation units of the suids and the operation itself, in accordance with Article 11 of this Order;
(e) No part of any wild boar, slaughtered or found dead, as well as any material or equipment that may be contaminated with the classical swine virus shall be introduced into a suid operation;
(f) Appropriate hygiene measures are applied by all people in contact with wild boars in order to reduce the risk of spreading the virus from the classic pork plague. These measures may include the disinfection of boots and vehicles used in hunting actions in the infected area, or even a temporary prohibition of access to suede exploitation for people who have been in contact with wild boars;
(g) The Prefect (Departmental Director of Veterinary Services) may, if necessary, submit the movements of Suidae from the infected area to an authorization issued in accordance with the instructions of the Minister for Agriculture; pigs, their sperm, their embryos or eggs cannot leave the infected area for intra-communal exchanges.

Rule 42


The following measures are applied in the infected area to combat classical swine plague in wild boar:
(a) All wild boars killed by firing weapon or found dead in the infected area are subject to sampling, accompanied by a commemorative sheet, intended for testing the classical pork plague, in accordance with the instructions of the Minister for Agriculture;
(b) Without prejudice to the measures provided for in point a above, corpses, including abats, wild boars found dead in the infected area are:
- processed in an approved plant for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of destruction or destruction in a plant authorized for the incineration of animal by-products; the prefect organizes a body collection circuit for this purpose and prescribes any measures intended to prevent the spread of the virus of the classical swine;
- or buried on site under conditions specified by the Minister for Agriculture;
(c) Without prejudice to the measures provided for in paragraph (a) above, the Prefect orders the collection of all wild boars killed by gun in the infected area; for this purpose, it organizes a body collection circuit and prescribes any measures intended to prevent the spread of the virus of the classical swine; the corpses and their abdominal and thoracic viscera are:
- processed in an approved plant for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of destruction or destruction in a plant authorized for the incineration of animal by-products;
- or buried on site under conditions specified by the Minister for Agriculture;
- or directed to a wild game treatment workshop to be inspected in accordance with Title III of the above-mentioned Order dated 2 August 1995 and stored until the screening results are obtained in point a above; non-human consumption parts are processed under the control of the departmental director of veterinary services in a factory approved for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of their destruction or destruction in a plant authorized for the incineration of animal by-products; the valorization in human diet of meats from these animals is permitted only if they have been deemed to be specific to human consumption following the post-mortem inspection and if the sampling on the animal from which they originate did not reveal the contamination of the animal by the virus of the classic pork plague; fresh meat from these wild boars is identified by means of the special mark referred to in Article 12 of the aforementioned Order of 28 June 1994; they can only be marketed and used for human consumption within the infected area and are excluded from intra-community exchanges; wild boar meats with positive results for the screening referred to in point a above are processed in a registered plant for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of their destruction or destruction in a factory authorized for the incineration of animal by-products;
(d) The prefect takes any cynégétic or relative measures to regulate the destruction of harmful animals necessary for epidemiological monitoring and the fight against classical swine in wild boars; These measures are determined within the departmental committee to combat epizooties, taking into account the advice of the national committee of experts. They may include:
- the prohibition of hunting or certain types of hunting such as beating hunting, hunting in front of oneself or hunting with the help of dogs, wild boars, certain categories of wild boar or other game species;
- the imposition of administrative hunting or beatings for which a minimum quota of wild boar may be set, or certain categories of wild boar, to be slaughtered and to be collected in accordance with point a above.

Rule 43


The measures prescribed in sections 41 and 42 above are maintained in the infected area at least twelve months after the last case of classical swine in wild boar.
At the end of this period, the limits of the infected area may be redefined in accordance with the last paragraph of section 39. The old infected area then becomes observation zone for a minimum period of twelve months.

Rule 44


The following measures are applied in pig farms in the observation zone:
(a) Owners or holders of suids are informed by the departmental director of veterinary services of the precautions to be taken to avoid the virus contamination of the classical swine from wild boars;
(b) Appropriate means of disinfection are used for the entry and exit of the accommodation units of the suids and the operation itself in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of this Order;
(c) In open-air farms, the prefect may order the establishment of seals that are leakproof to wild boars meeting minimum standards defined by the Minister for Agriculture. The prefect may, if necessary, extend this measure to its entire department.

Rule 45


The following measures are applied in the observation zone to combat classical swine plague in wild boar:
(a) All wild boars found dead and a sampling of wild boars killed by firearm in the observation zone are subject to sampling, accompanied by a commemorative sheet, intended for the testing of the classical pork plague, in accordance with the instructions of the minister responsible for agriculture;
(b) The corpses, including the abats, wild boars found dead in the observation zone are:
- processed in an approved plant for the processing of animal by-products for the purpose of destruction or destruction in an approved plant for the incineration of animal by-products; the prefect organizes a body collection circuit for this purpose and prescribes any measures intended to prevent the spread of the virus of the classical swine;
- or buried on site under conditions specified by the Minister for Agriculture;
(c) Without prejudice to the measures set out in point a, above, the prefect orders the collection of all wild boars killed by firing weapon in the observation area parts that have been declared infected in the last 12 months; for this purpose, it organizes a body collection circuit and prescribes any measures intended to prevent the spread of the virus of the classical swine; the corpses and their abdominal and thoracic viscera are:
- processed in an approved plant for the processing of animal by-products for the purpose of destruction or destruction in an approved plant for the incineration of animal by-products;
- or buried on site under conditions specified by the Minister for Agriculture;
- or directed to a wild game treatment workshop to be inspected in accordance with Title III of the above-mentioned Order dated 2 August 1995 and stored until the screening results are obtained in point a above; non-human consumption parts are processed under the control of the departmental director of veterinary services in a factory approved for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of their destruction or destruction in a plant authorized for the incineration of animal by-products; the valorization in human diet of meats from these animals is permitted only if they have been deemed to be specific to human consumption following the post-mortem inspection and if the sampling on the animal from which they originate did not reveal the contamination of the animal by the virus of the classic pork plague; fresh meat from these wild boars is identified by means of the special mark referred to in Article 12 of the aforementioned Order of 28 June 1994; they can only be marketed and used for human consumption within the scope of intervention referred to in section 39 and are excluded from intra-community exchanges; wild boar meats with positive results for the screening referred to in point a above are processed in a registered plant for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of their destruction or destruction in a factory authorized for the incineration of animal by-products;
(d) In parts of the observation area not affected by the preceding paragraph, the human consumption of meat from wild boar killed by firearm is permitted, outside the infected area, under the conditions established by the regulations in force;
(e) The prefect takes any cynégétic or relative measures to regulate the destruction of harmful animals necessary for epidemiological monitoring and the fight against classical swine in wild boars; These measures are determined within the departmental committee to combat epizooties, taking into account the advice of the national committee of experts. They may include:
- the prohibition of hunting or certain types of hunting such as beating hunting, hunting in front of oneself or hunting, using dogs, wild boars, certain categories of wild boar or other game species;
- the imposition of administrative hunting or beatings for which a minimum quota of wild boar may be set, or certain categories of wild boar, to be slaughtered and to be collected in accordance with point a above.

Rule 46


The measures prescribed in sections 44 and 45 above shall be maintained for a minimum period of twelve months in the areas of observation referred to in the second paragraph of section 43 above.

Rule 47


The prefect shall take all measures, relating to the regulations on the hunting or destruction of pests, necessary to maintain wild boar density at a level compatible with the management of the classical pestiline. This level is determined within the departmental committee to combat epizooties, taking into account the opinion of the National Committee of Experts.
An assessment of the results achieved is presented in the following instances for the assessment and possible provision of corrective actions necessary to achieve the objectives set:
- departmental committee to combat epizooties at least after each hunting season;
- departmental council of hunting and wildlife;
- commission of hunting plans, after the hunting campaign;
- Ministers responsible for agriculture and hunting.

  • Section 1: General measures Rule 48


    Handling, manufacturing, storage, supply, distribution and sale of conventional swine vaccines are permitted only in establishments approved by the Minister for Agriculture.

    Rule 49


    Vaccination, sero-immunization and serovaccination against classical swine are prohibited throughout the national territory.

    Rule 50


    Without prejudice to the provisions of the previous article, when the classical swine plague has been officially confirmed and the available epidemiological data indicate that the epidemiology threatens to spread, the Minister for Agriculture may make vaccination of all or part of the domestic or wild swepts in an area and for a specified period.
    The decision to introduce emergency vaccination includes:
    - the recent evolution of the disease;
    - the risks of spreading epizootia over the next two months or beyond;
    - the degree of concentration of pigs in some areas, especially in areas with high density of pigs;
    - local processing capacities in an approved plant for the treatment of animal by-products for their destruction;
    - and the need to protect particular races.

  • Section 2: Emergency Vaccination in Pork Farms Rule 51


    Without prejudice to the measures provided for in sections 3 and 4 of Chapter IV of this Order, the Prefect shall, in accordance with the preceding article, ensure that the following measures are applied during the immunization period:
    (a) Vaccine pigs are permanently identified in the manner prescribed by instruction of the Minister for Agriculture;
    (b) No live pig leaves the vaccination zone except for direct transport:
    - to a slaughterhouse designated by the departmental director of veterinary services, preferably within the vaccine area, for their immediate slaughter;
    - or to an approved processing plant for the treatment of animal by-products for the purpose of their destruction or to a factory authorized for the incineration of animal by-products or to any other appropriate place where pigs are immediately put to death and their bodies transformed under official control for the purpose of their destruction;
    (c) All fresh meats from vaccinated pigs are equipped with the special mark referred to in Article 12 of the decree of 28 June 1994 referred to and stored and transported separately from meat not equipped with the said mark;
    (d) Semen, eggs and embryos collected during the thirty days prior to vaccination on pigs to be vaccinated are found and destroyed under the supervision of the departmental director of veterinary services.

    Rule 52


    The provisions of the previous article are applicable for a minimum period of six months following completion of vaccination operations in the area concerned.

    Rule 53


    In addition, the prefect shall ensure, after agreement by the Minister for Agriculture (General Food Directorate), that the following measures be applied before the end of the six-month period provided for in the preceding section:
    (a) Serologically positive swine to classical swine can not leave the operation in which they are held unless the departmental director of veterinary services derogates that may authorize:
    (i) their release from the said operation so that they are forwarded directly to a slaughterhouse designated by the departmental director of veterinary services preferably within the vaccine area, for their immediate slaughter;
    (ii) the release of piglets derived from serologically positive sows to classical swine plague:
    - to a slaughterhouse designated by the departmental director of veterinary services, preferably within the vaccine area, for their immediate slaughter;
    - or to an operation designated by the departmental director of veterinary services and from which they will subsequently be directed directly to the slaughterhouse;
    - or to an operation designated by the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services, provided that piglets have previously reacted negatively to an individual serologic test of conventional swine testing in accordance with the instructions of the Minister for Agriculture;
    (b) The collection of sperm, eggs or embryos on serologically positive pigs to the classical swine is prohibited.

    Rule 54


    Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 52 and 53 above, the measures provided for in Article 51 above may be lifted after:
    (a) All pigs present in the farms in which vaccination has been applied have been slaughtered or put to death in accordance with the provisions set out in paragraph (b) of Article 51 above, and that fresh meat from these pigs has been processed in a factory approved for the treatment of animal by-products for destruction or destruction in a plant authorized for the incineration of animal by-products, or marked
    (b) All farms in which vaccinated pigs were held, were cleaned and disinfected in accordance with Article 11 of this Order.

    Rule 55


    When the measures provided for in section 51 are lifted, the departmental Director of Veterinary Services shall also ensure that:
    (a) The reintroduction of pigs in farms in which immunized pigs were detained shall, at the earliest, take place only ten days after the completion of cleaning and disinfection operations and after all pigs present in farms where immunization was used, were killed or put to death;
    (b) After the reintroduction, pigs present in all farms in the immunization zone undergo the clinical and laboratory examinations provided by the Minister for Agriculture to detect the possible presence of the classical pest virus. In the case of reintroduced pigs in farms where vaccination has been applied, these examinations may only take place when at least a period of forty days has been applied, these examinations may only take place when at least a period of forty days has elapsed after the reintroduction; during that period, pigs are not allowed to leave the operation.

    Rule 56


    In cases where a marker vaccine has been used during the immunization campaign, exemptions to the provisions of sections 51, 52 and 53 above may be authorized by the prefect, after agreement of the Minister for Agriculture (general feeding direction), in particular with regard to the marking of meat from vaccinated pigs and their subsequent use, as well as the destination of processed products.

Rule 57


The amount of compensation granted by the State to health veterinarians, to the owners of slaughtered or put to death as well as processed meats for their destruction or destroyed by order of the administration referred to in this order, as well as to the holders of hunting rights or their beneficiaries subject to the measures prescribed in the first paragraph (c) of Article 42 of this Order shall be determined by joint order of the Minister of Finance

Rule 58


Without prejudice to the penalties provided for in Article 2 of the Decree of 18 February 1963 referred to in the measures to combat animal diseases, any breach of the provisions of this Order may result in the loss of compensation provided for in the order referred to in the preceding Article.

Rule 59


The Order of 9 May 1964 on the Control of Fever and Peste Pork, the amended Order of 29 June 1993 setting out the measures to combat classical Peste Pork and articles 1 to 5 of the Order of 29 June 1993 on the Prophylaxis of classical Peste Pork are repealed.

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The Director of Nature and Landscapes, the Director General of Food and Prefects are responsible, each with regard to him, for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.


Done in Paris, June 23, 2003.


Minister of Agriculture, Food,

and Rural Affairs,

For the Minister and by delegation:

By preventing the Director General

power supply:

The chief of service,

I. Chmitelin

Minister of Ecology

and Sustainable Development

For the Minister and by delegation:

By preventing the director

of nature and landscapes:

The chief engineer of rural engineering,

Water and Forests,

J.-M. Michel


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