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When the competent authority considers that the presence of African swine fever in a holding cannot be ruled out, it shall immediately have the holding placed under official surveillance and shall in particular order that: all the pigs in the various categories on the holding are to be counted and a list compiled of the number of pigs already sick, dead or likely to be infected in each category; the list shall be updated to take account of pig births and deaths during the period of suspicion; the information on the list shall be produced upon request and may be checked at each visit; all the pigs on the holding shall be restricted to their living quarters or confined in some other place where they can be isolated; no pigs may enter or leave the holding. The competent authority may, if necessary, extend the ban on leaving the holding to cover other species of animals and require the application of appropriate measures to destroy rodents or insects; no pig carcases may leave the holding without an authorisation issued by the competent authority; no meat, pig products, semen, ova or embryos of pigs, animal feed, utensils, materials or waste likely to transmit African swine fever may leave the holding without an authorisation issued by the competent authority; meat, pig products, semen, ova or embryos shall not be moved from the holding for intra-Community trade; the movement of persons to or from the holding shall be subject to written authorisation by the competent authority; the movement of vehicles to or from the holding shall be subject to written authorisation by the competent authority; appropriate means of disinfection shall be used at the entrances and exits of buildings housing pigs and of the holding itself; any person entering or leaving pig holdings shall comply with appropriate hygiene measures necessary to reduce the risk of African swine fever virus spreading. Furthermore, all means of transport shall be carefully disinfected before leaving the holding; an epidemiological inquiry shall be carried out in accordance with Article 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.