S.L. 437.50 чл. 58Recovery of status following eradication of foot- and-mouth disease withoutemergency vaccination.

(1) When Malta has been regionalised in accordance with rule 43, it shall recover its previous foot-and-mouth disease and infection free status following the control and eradication of one or more outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination under the following conditions:

(a) all the measures provided for in rules 34 and 42 have been completed, and

(b) at least one of the following conditions applies:

(i) the relevant recommendations in the foot-and-mouth disease Chapter, as last amended, of the Animal Health Code of the OIE are met;

(ii) at least three months have elapsed after the last recorded outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and clinical and laboratory surveillance carried out in accordance with Schedule III has confirmed the absence of infection with the foot-and-mouth disease virus in Malta or region concerned.

(2) Decisions on recovering a foot-and-mouth disease and infection-free status shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to rule 78(2).