Section 3

The diseases for which the disease prevention and control rules referred to in point (c) of Article 9(1) apply are of relevance to some Member States and measures are needed to prevent them from spreading to parts of the Union that are officially disease-free or that have eradication programmes for the listed disease in question. Those diseases need to fulfil the following criteria: in terrestrial animals, the disease in question is endemic in nature and is present in the whole or part of the Union territory; or in aquatic animals, several Member States or zones of the Union are free of the disease; and in terrestrial animals, the disease in question is moderately to highly transmissible, mainly through direct and indirect transmission. The disease mainly affects multiple or single animal species, usually does not result in high morbidity, and has a negligible or no mortality rate. Often the most observed effect is production loss; in aquatic animals, the disease is moderately to highly transmissible, mainly through direct and indirect transmission. The disease affects multiple or single animal species and may result in high morbidity and usually low mortality. Often the most observed effect is production loss. In addition to the criteria set out in points (a) and (b), those diseases need to fulfil one or more of the following criteria: the disease in question has a zoonotic potential with significant consequences for public health, or possible threats to food safety; the disease in question has a significant impact on the economy of parts of the Union, mainly related to its direct impact on certain types of animal production systems. the disease in question has a significant impact on one or more of the following: society, with, in particular, an impact on labour markets; animal welfare, by causing suffering to large numbers of animals; the environment, due to the direct impact of the disease or of the measures taken to control it; in the long term, biodiversity or the protection of endangered species or breeds, including the possible disappearance of, or long-term damage to, those species or breeds.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.