DelReg2020/687 2404W - Revision history

PaulMc at 08:50, 30 April 2024

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PaulMc at 12:38, 24 April 2024

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PaulMc: Added 'susceptible' before 'animal species' in our proposed text.

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Added 'susceptible' before 'animal species' in our proposed text.

PaulMc at 09:05, 24 April 2024

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PaulMc at 08:55, 24 April 2024

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 ''The PVSG''  '''strongly''' '''''opposes''' the proposed change in Art 55 of DR687''',''' given the success, over many years, of lifting zonal restrictions based on '''preliminary C&D''' .''
-This proposal would, in fact,  be inconsistent with article 39(1) of the same regulation.  The real problem, we believe, lies with the inclusion of 'final' in relation to cleaning in Article 68 of the  AHL<ref name=":0" /> sub-para 1(b)
+This proposal would, in fact,  be inconsistent with article 39(1) of the same regulation.  The real problem, we believe, lies with the inclusion of 'final' in relation to cleaning and disinfection in Article 68 of the  AHL<ref name=":0" /> sub-para 1(b)
 ''We would like to emphasize that affected sites after preliminary C&D are not producing significant disease risk, since viruses do not grow in the absence of a host.  In relation to the listed poultry diseases the affected sites are fully depopulated  and so cannot contribute to any risk of  spread (intra-EU or to 3rd country) of disease via products. It should also be noted that if EU-mandated control zones remain in place longer than necessary this sends a message to trading partners that the disease has not been effectively controlled, as well as  making it difficult for member state competent authorities to properly comply with their obligations under the WOAH Terrestrial Code to ensure "the safety of international trade in animals and animal products, <u>while avoiding unjustified sanitary barriers</u>"''<ref>WOAH (2023)  Terrestrial Animal Health Code , Foreward, paragraph 1

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 '''Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’)<br />'''
 Article 68
 . The competent authority shall continue to apply the disease control measures provided for in this Section until the following conditions are met:

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−	<font size="1"> PVSGE Legislation Working Group Insert date :Franz Sommer, Peter Mitsch (Austria), Koen Lycke (Belgium), Paivikki Perko-Mäkelä (Finland), Gerard Leveque (France),Thorsten Arnold (Germany), Boris Meyer-Kuehling, Matthias Voss (Germany),Sara Perez-Palacios, Paul McMullin, Stephen Lister (Great Britain), Pal Bajnóczi (Hungary), Ovsanna Mikhaylovskaya (Latvia), André Steentjes (Netherlands), Juan-Carlos Abad (Spain),Pia Gustavsson (Sweden)</font>	+	<font size="1"> PVSGE Legislation Working Group Insert date :Franz Sommer, Peter Mitsch (Austria), Koen Lycke (Belgium), Paivikki Perko-Mäkelä (Finland), Gerard Leveque (France),Thorsten Arnold (Germany), Boris Meyer-Kuehling, Matthias Voss (Germany),Sara Perez-Palacios, Paul McMullin, Stephen Lister (Great Britain), Pal Bajnóczi (Hungary), Leonardo Vinco (Italy), Ovsanna Mikhaylovskaya (Latvia), André Steentjes (Netherlands), Juan-Carlos Abad (Spain),Pia Gustavsson (Sweden)</font>

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 This proposal would, in fact,  be inconsistent with article 39(1) of the same regulation.  The real problem, we believe, lies with the inclusion of 'final' in relation to cleaning in Article 68 of the  AHL<ref name=":0" /> sub-para 1(b)
-''We would like to emphasize that affected sites after, preliminary C&D, are not producing significant disease risk since viruses do not grow in the absence of a host.  In relation to the listed poultry diseases the affected sites are fully depopulated  and so cannot contribute to any risk of  spread (intra-EU or to 3rd country) of disease via products. It should also be noted that if EU-mandated control zones remain in place longer than necessary this sends a message to trading partners that the disease has not been effectively controlled, as well as  making it difficult for member state competent authorities to properly comply with their obligations under the WOAH Terrestrial Code to ensure "the safety of international trade in animals and animal products, <u>while avoiding unjustified sanitary barriers</u>"''<ref>WOAH (2023)  Terrestrial Animal Health Code , Foreward, paragraph 1
+''We would like to emphasize that affected sites after preliminary C&D are not producing significant disease risk, since viruses do not grow in the absence of a host.  In relation to the listed poultry diseases the affected sites are fully depopulated  and so cannot contribute to any risk of  spread (intra-EU or to 3rd country) of disease via products. It should also be noted that if EU-mandated control zones remain in place longer than necessary this sends a message to trading partners that the disease has not been effectively controlled, as well as  making it difficult for member state competent authorities to properly comply with their obligations under the WOAH Terrestrial Code to ensure "the safety of international trade in animals and animal products, <u>while avoiding unjustified sanitary barriers</u>"''<ref>WOAH (2023)  Terrestrial Animal Health Code , Foreward, paragraph 1
 https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/standards/codes-and-manuals/terrestrial-code-online-access/</ref>''.''
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 ''Our members would like, as an alternative to the Commission proposal,  to '''call on the Commission to add a sub-paragraph to article 55, as follows :'''''
-'''"d.  Completion of preliminary cleaning and disinfection is regarded as the completion of the stamping out process, but  movement restrictions must continue to be applied to the affected property, and any animals and type of production on it, until completion of final cleaning and disinfection."'''
+'''"d.  Completion of preliminary cleaning and disinfection is regarded as the completion of the stamping out process, but  movement restrictions must continue to be applied to the affected property, and any susceptible animals and type of production on it, until completion of final cleaning and disinfection."'''
 Furthermore we propose the '''deletion of 'final' from Article 68, sub-para's 1(b)'''  '''and 2(a''') of the AHL to remove the current inconsistency.

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	The PVSGE is a formally constituted group of about 90 European specialised poultry veterinarians, with practical responsibility for the health, welfare, production and food safety aspects of most European poultry production. PVSGE has existed for over 50 years and the members are mostly working as private practitioners or are sometimes working for a company (breeding companies, integrations, hatcheries, pharmaceutical companies). Full-time government veterinarians are not eligible for membership. The following 23 countries are currently represented in the PVSGE: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. This document has been prepared by the PVSGE Legislation Working Group.		The PVSGE is a formally constituted group of about 90 European specialised poultry veterinarians, with practical responsibility for the health, welfare, production and food safety aspects of most European poultry production. PVSGE has existed for over 50 years and the members are mostly working as private practitioners or are sometimes working for a company (breeding companies, integrations, hatcheries, pharmaceutical companies). Full-time government veterinarians are not eligible for membership. The following 23 countries are currently represented in the PVSGE: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. This document has been prepared by the PVSGE Legislation Working Group.
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 https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/standards/codes-and-manuals/terrestrial-code-online-access/</ref>''.''
 ''Our members would like, as an alternative to the Commission proposal,  to '''call on the Commission to add a sub-paragraph to article 55, as follows :'''''

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 |Eva Berndtson
 |President
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 |Matthias Voss

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