The Epizootic Law Regulation adopted by Decree of 4 February 1955, in Articles 4 and 5 thereof, included the list of diseases of animals to be the subject of official declarations and of rigorous measures. Given its diffusible character and, where appropriate, zoonosic.

The technological advances achieved since that year, which have allowed the eradication of several of those listed in the aforementioned Regulation, and our incorporation into the European Community, were the causes of the publication of the Royal Decree 959/1986 of 25 April 1986 establishing the list of diseases of compulsory declaration animals and giving the rules for their notification.

This Royal Decree was the first rule incorporating all the part of the Community secondary legislation adopted in this field into the internal legal order, as set out in Annex I, paragraph A of the (a) a compulsory declaration of diseases in the European Community and in paragraph B of the same Annex, which must be declared in Spain.

The list of notifiable diseases in the European Community was subsequently extended by Commission Decision 89 /162/EEC of 10 February supplementing the Annexes to Directive 82/894/EEC, the Directive on the which added the following diseases: equine species, vesicular stomatitis, plague of small ruminants, Rift Valley fever, lumpy skin disease, sheep pox and goat pox and infectious haematopoietic necrosis, and by the Commission Decision 92/450/EEC of 30 July amending for the third time the Directive 82 /894/EEC and for which bovine spongiform encephalopathy was added.

The direct applicability of these decisions has in practice delayed the work of codification to be carried out by any legislator in order to overcome the existing regulatory dispersion in a matter. For this reason, one of the purposes of this Royal Decree is to incorporate the provisions of these Decisions into a new standard, so that the diseases of compulsory declaration in the European Union are collected in a single provision.

Another of the objectives of this standard is to bring together in it the relation of all diseases of compulsory declaration in Spain adding to those of section B of Annex I of Royal Decree 959/1986 those that advise the situation health at any time and those which have been declared as such in the Royal Decrees 434/1990 of 30 March 1990 laying down the health conditions applicable to intra-Community trade in live bovine animals and swine; 2121/1993, of 3 December, concerning the animal health rules governing the intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of ovine and caprine animals; 650/1994 of 15 April 1994 laying down general measures for the control of certain animal diseases and measures specific to swine vesicular disease; 1347/1992 of 6 November 1992 amending the rules for the control of African horse sickness and laying down the animal health conditions governing intra-Community movements of equidae and imports of these animals from third countries; 1488/1994 of 1 July, for which the laying down minimum measures for the control of certain fish diseases and 1881/1994 of 16 September 1994 laying down the animal health conditions applicable to intra-Community trade and imports from third countries of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to the conditions laid down in Section 1 of Annex A to Royal Decree 1316/1992 of 30 October 1992.

Finally, the need to comply with the obligations that Spain has as a member of the International Office of Epizootics (OIE), justifies the inclusion of a paragraph C in Annex I in which the diseases listed in List B of the OIE.

In the proceedings of this Royal Decree, the Autonomous Communities have been consulted and the sectors affected by it have been consulted.

This Royal Decree is dictated by the jurisdiction attributed to the State by Article 149.1.16. of the Constitution, in the field of bases and general coordination of health.

In its virtue, on the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in agreement with the Council of State and after deliberation of the Council of Ministers at its meeting of 29 November 1996,

D I S P O N G O:

Article 1. Object.

This Royal Decree is intended to determine the diseases of animals subject to compulsory declaration at the level of the European Union, Spain and the International Office of Epizootics, as well as the requirements for notification.

Article 2. Official declaration and annual communication of animal diseases.

1. The competent bodies of the Autonomous Communities shall make the official declaration of the diseases of the animals listed in paragraphs A and B of Annex I to this Royal Decree.

In addition, those bodies shall, for information purposes, carry out an annual communication on the diseases referred to in Annex I (C)

2. All the diseases listed in Annex I shall be subject to the general and specific measures referred to in Community legislation, the Law and the Epizootic Regulation and other relevant rules.

Article 3. Communication to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

1. The competent bodies of the Autonomous Communities shall communicate to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the official declaration of the animal diseases referred to in paragraphs A and B of Annex I to this Royal Decree. through the Directorate-General for Health of Agricultural Production, for the purpose of coordinating the measures to be taken and, in the case of diseases listed in List A, of their notification to the European Commission and to the Member States.

This communication should be made immediately after the official declaration is produced, providing all the data included in Annex II. The information set out in Annex III shall be sent weekly until the outbreak of the outbreak. These data will be supplied by individualized foci.

In the case of classical swine fever the information provided shall be given to the data set out in Annex V, and a report shall also be sent as soon as possible in accordance with the data set out in Annex VI.

The extinction of disease outbreaks shall be notified immediately after the occurrence of the disease, by completing the model set out in Annex IV. 2. The annual communication of the diseases listed in Annex IV. Paragraph C of Annex I, the competent bodies of the Autonomous Communities shall forward it to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, through the Directorate-General for Health of Agricultural Production, before 15 February each year, the effects of its notification to the International Office of Epizootics and the coordination of the measures to be taken.

Article 4. Notification to the Commission of the European Union, the Member States and the International Office of Epizootics.

1. The Directorate-General for Agricultural Production of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shall notify the Commission of the European Union directly and directly to the Member States:

a) Before twenty-four hours:

1. The primary focus of the diseases listed in Annex I (A) that would have been declared on the national territory.

2. The deletion, after extinction of the last focus, of the restrictions that would have been applied as a result of the occurrence of the diseases listed in Annex I, paragraph A.

(b) The first working day of each week: The secondary outbreaks of the diseases listed in Annex I (A) which have been declared on the national territory. The notification will cover the week ending at midnight on Sunday preceding the notification.

These notifications shall include the information set out in Annex II to this Royal Decree to be transmitted by telex.

In the case of classical swine fever, the information provided during the 24 hours following the occurrence of the outbreak shall be given to the data set out in Annex V, and as soon as possible. send a report to the Commission in accordance with the data set out in Annex VI.

2. The Directorate-General for Health of Agricultural Production shall, on a yearly basis, notify the International Office of Epizootic Diseases of the information on the diseases listed in Annex I, listed in Annex I, to the Autonomous Communities, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 (2) of this Royal Decree.

These notifications will contain the information required by the questionnaires sent annually by the OIE to the Ministries of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Health and Consumer Affairs, which in turn will transfer them to the competent bodies of the Autonomous Communities in sufficient time to enable them to carry out their annual communication within the prescribed period.

Single additional disposition. Basic character.

This Royal Decree is dictated by the jurisdiction attributed to the State by Article 149.1.16. of the Constitution, in the field of bases and general coordination of health.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

As many provisions of equal or lower rank that are contrary to the provisions of this Royal Decree, and in particular Royal Decree 959/1986 of 25 April, establishing the list of diseases of the compulsory declaration and the rules for notification are given.

Final disposition first. Faculty of development.

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is empowered in the field of its powers to dictate how many provisions are necessary for the implementation and development of this Royal Decree, and in particular for the amendment of its annexes in accordance with the provisions of Community legislation and the internal health situation.

Final disposition second. Entry into force.

This Royal Decree shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the "Official Gazette of the State".

Given in Madrid to December 2, 1996.

JOHN CARLOS R.

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries

and Power,

LOYOLA DE PALACIO DEL VALLE-LERSUNDI

ANNEX I

A. Notifiable diseases in the European Union:

FMD.

Bovine Plague.

contagious bovine perineumonia.

Blue tongue (bluetongue).

Vesicular disease of the pig.

Classical swine fever.

African swine fever.

Contagious pork paralysis (Teschen disease).

Bird plague.

Newcastle disease.

African horse sickness.

Vesicular Stomatitis.

Plague of small ruminants.

Rift Valley Fever.

Contagious nodular dermatosis.

Sheep pox and goat pox.

Infectious haematopoietic necrosis.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

B. Other notifiable diseases in Spain:

bacterial anthrax.

Rage.

Brucellosis.

Tuberculosis.

Bovine enzootic leukosis.

Contagious epididymitis of the ram.

contagious Agalaxia.

Prurigo lumbar (scrapie).

Durina.

Equine encephalomyelitis in all its varieties.

Equine infectious anaemia.

I sleep.

Triquinellosis.

Bad red.

Psitacosis.

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease of deer.

Varroasis.

Loque americana.

Infectious salmon anemia.

Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia.

Bonamiosis (Bonamia ostrae).

Marteiliosis (Marteilia refringes and Marteilia sidneyi).

Haplosporidiosis (Haplosporidiumneloni, haplosporidium costale).

Perkinsosis (Perkinsus marinus, Perkinsus olseni).

Microquitosis (Mikrokytos mackini, Mikrokytos roughleyi).

Yrodirosis (Oyster Velar Virus).

C. Diseases subject to annual communication:

The diseases listed in List B of the International Office of Epizootics, which are not listed in lists A and B of this Annex, are as follows:

Aujeszky's disease.

Equinococosis/hydatidose.

Cowdriosis (heartwater).

Leptospirosis.

Fever Q.

Paratuberculosis.

Myasis by Cochliomyia hominivorax.

Bovine anaplasmosis.

Bovine babesiasis.

Bovine genital Campiobacteriosis.

bovine cisticercosis.

Dermatophylosis.

haemorrhagic septicaemia.

Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis.

Theileriasis.

Tricomonosis.

Tripanosomiasis.

Malign catarral fever.

Arthritis/caprine encephalitis.

Contagious caprine Pleuroneumonia.

Enzootic abortion of sheep (ovine Clamidiosis).

Ovine lung adenomatosis.

Nairobi disease.

Salmonilosis (S. abortus ovis).

Maedi-Visna.

contagious equine metritis.

epizootic Linfangitis.

equine influenza (type A virus).

equine pyroplasmoisis.

Equine Rinoneumonia.

Equine pox.

Equine viral arteritis.

Sarna equine.

Surra (trypanosoma evansi).

atrophic pig rhinitis.

Swine cisticercosis.

Transmissible Gastroenteritis.

Dysgenesic and respiratory syndrome.

Avian infectious bronchitis.

Infectious avian laryngotracheitis.

Viral hepatitis of the duck.

Viral disease of the duck.

Avian cholera.

Avian smallpox.

Avian typhosis (Salmonella gallinarum).

Infectious bursitis (Gumboro disease).

Marek's disease.

Mycoplasmosis (M. gallisepticum).

Avian Clamidiosis.

Pullorosis (Salmonella pullorum).

Mixomatosis.

Tularemia.

Viral haemorrhagic disease of the rabbit.

Spring Viremia of the tent.

Epizootic Hematopoietic Necrosis.

Herpesvirosis of the salmon masou.

Fondling the bees.

European Loque.

Nosemosis of bees.

Leishmaniosis.

ANNEX II

Declaration of Disease

Autonomous Community:

Affected Province:

Affected municipality:

Suspected disease:

First sick or suspect occurrence date:

Is this primary or secondary focus?:

Focus number:

Number of affected farms:

Affected species:

For each focus or operation (1):

Census of exploitation, by species:

Number of animals affected, by species:

Number of dead animals, by species:

Number of animals slaughtered, by species:

Number of animals destroyed, by species:

Number of channels destroyed, by species:

Disease confirmation date:

Used diagnostic method:

Center that performed the tests and gave the compliance:

Control measures taken:

Distances to other receptive holdings:

Disease source:

ANNEX III

Weekly information

Autonomous Community Week:

Province:

Township:

Diagnosed disease:

Focus Number:

Affected species:

Evolution of focus:

Census of the holdings/species:

Number of affected animals/species:

Number of dead animals/species:

Number of animals killed/species:

Number of animals destroyed, by species:

Number of channels destroyed, by species:

Control measures taken:

Forecast on focus evolution:

ANNEX IV

Extinction of focus

Autonomous Community:

Province:

Township:

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(1) Specify the data per holding in case multiple affected in the same focus.

Declared Disease:

Statement Date:

Focus Number:

Extinction date:

Restrictions lift date:

ANNEX V

Classical swine fever

a) Date on which the existence of swine fever became suspicious

(b) Date on which the swine fever has been confirmed; methods used for such confirmation.

c) Localization of the infected holding and distance to which the nearest pig herds are located.

(d) Number of pigs for each category on the holding.

e) For each category, number of pigs in which the existence of swine fever and the degree of mortality of the disease has been established.

ANNEX VI

Punctuated report of classical swine fever

(a) Date on which the holding pigs were killed and destroyed.

(b) Where the derogation provided for in Article 6 (1) of Directive 80 /217/EEC has been applied, the number of pigs to which death has occurred and the number of pigs whose slaughter has been delayed has been destroyed; as the deadline for carrying out such a slaughter.

(c) Any information concerning the possible origin of the disease or the origin of the disease when it has been determined.