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A Member State may in certain specific cases apply to the Commission for approval of disease–free status for one or more of the listed diseases referred to in point (a) of Article 9(1), and in particular for approval of non–vaccination status for the entire territory, or for one or more zones thereof, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled: freedom from the listed disease has been demonstrated by: an eradication programme complying with the rules laid down in Article 32(1) and rules adopted pursuant to paragraph 2 of that Article; or historical and surveillance data; it has been demonstrated that vaccination against the disease would lead to costs which would exceed those resulting from maintaining freedom from disease without vaccination.

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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.