Article 9

1. Once the diagnosis of swine fever has been officially confirmed, the competent authority shall establish a protection zone with a minimum radius of 2 km around the infected holding. 2. (a) The following measures shall be applied in the protection zone: - the movement of pigs on public or private roads shall be prohibited other than for transport in transit, the pigs may not be removed from the holding on which they are kept except to be transported directly to a slaughterhouse under official supervision for the purpose of immediate slaughter. Such transport may be authorized by the competent authority only after the official veterinarian has carried out an examination of all pigs on the holding and confirmed that none of the pigs is suspected of being infected with swine fever, itinerant boar service shall be prohibited, fairs, markets, shows or other gatherings of pigs, including collection and distribution of pigs by dealers, shall be prohibited. The measures applied in the protection zone shall be maintained until at least 15 days after all pigs on the holdings or in the production units to which Article 6 (1) applies and where there were pigs infected with swine fever have been destroyed, and the cleaning and disinfection operations carried out on such holdings or in such units in accordance with Article 10 have been completed. 3. Where the prohibitions provided for in paragraph 2 (a) are maintained beyond the 15 days prescribed because of the occurrence of further cases of the disease and as a result problems arise in housing the pigs, for the purposes of animal welfare the competent authority may, following an application by the owner explaining the grounds for such application, authorize the removal of fattening pigs from a holding within the protection zone, provided that: (a) the official veterinarian has verified the facts; the pigs have been examined and declared sound and are transported directly to the holding of destination without coming into contact with other animals, the means of transport used being cleaned and disinfected before and after use; the holding of destination is located either in the protection zone or within 20 km of that zone and has adequate housing facilities; the holding of destination is placed under official surveillance upon the pigs' arrival, so that any suspicion of swine fever can be detected immediately, animals can be counted and their movements monitored. The competent authority may also, under the conditions laid down in (a) and (b), authorize the transport of breeding pigs between two holdings situated within the protection zone. The official surveillance measures provided for in (d) shall be maintained for as long as are the measures provided for in accordance with paragraph 2 (b) in the protection zone surrounding the holding from which the pigs have been sent.

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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.