This Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, which is composed of 21 paragraphs, is related to cases of African swine fever on the territories specified in part I point 4 of the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States and repealing Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU. The present Regulation lays down protective measures to be applied for the control of African swine fever on these territories. In particular it orders to: (1) keep pigs on a farm in the way which avoids contact with free-living boars; (2) draw up the inventory of owned pigs; (3) feed pigs with feed protected from free-living animals; (4) use disinfection mats in driveways and entrances to holdings where pigs are kept; (5) apply hygiene measures necessary to reduce the risk of spread of African swine fever, including disinfecting of hands and shoes; (6) clean and disinfect tools and equipment used for the handling of pigs; (7) use protective clothing and safety footwear by persons performing activities related to handling of pigs; (8) keep the register of means of transport for transporting pigs entering the farm and the register of persons entering premises where the pigs are kept.
Pologne · 2015-05-06