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(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.

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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.