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Where a Member State intends to introduce vaccination, it shall submit to the Commission an emergency vaccination plan, which shall at least include information on: the disease situation which has led to the request for emergency vaccination; the extent of the geographical area in which emergency vaccination is to be carried out and the number of pig holdings in this area; categories of pigs and the approximate number of pigs to be vaccinated; the vaccine to be used; the duration of the vaccination campaign; the identification and registration of the vaccinated animals; measures for the movement of pigs and their products; the criteria that will be considered to decide if vaccination or the measures referred to in Article 7(2) will be applied in contact holdings; other matters appropriate to the emergency, including the clinical and laboratory examinations to be carried out on samples taken in the vaccinated holdings and in the other holdings located in the vaccination area, in particular if a marker vaccine is to be used. The Commission shall immediately examine the plan in collaboration with the Member State concerned. In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(2), the emergency vaccination plan may be approved or amendments and additions may be requested before approval is given. In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(2), the emergency vaccination plan may subsequently be amended or supplemented to take account of developments in the situation.

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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.