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Where a holding contains one or more pigs suspected of being infected with swine fever, Member States shall ensure that the official veterinarian immediately sets in motion official means of investigation to confirm or rule out the presence of the said disease. From the moment when the suspected presence is notified, the competent authority shall have the holding placed under official surveillance and shall in particular order that: - all the pigs in the various categories on the holding must be counted and a list compiled of the number of pigs already dead or likely to be infected in each category ; the list must be updated to take account of pig births and deaths during the period of suspicion ; the information on the list must be produced upon request and may be checked at each visit, all the pigs on the holding must be restricted to their living quarters or be confined in some other place where they can be isolated, no pigs may enter or leave the holding. The competent authority may, if necessary: (i) extend the ban on leaving the holding to cover other species of animals, if the disease has not been confirmed within 15 days, authorize the departure of animals intended for slaughter without delay under official supervision, provided that the meat from such animals is not permitted to enter intra-Community trade as fresh meat, no pigmeat may leave the holding without an authorization issued by the competent authority, no pig carcases may leave the holding without an authorization issued by the competent authority, no animal feed, utensils, materials or waste likely to transmit the epizootic disease may leave the holding without an authorization issued by the competent authority, the movement of persons to or from the holding must be subject to authorization by the competent authority, the movement of vehicles to or from the holding must be subject to authorization by the competent authority, appropriate means of disinfection must be used at the entrances and exits of buildings housing pigs and of the holding itself, an epizootiological enquiry must be carried out in accordance with Articles 7 and 8.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-09 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.