S.L. 437.39 Art. 10Notification by the VeterinaryServices to Member States and the European Commissionofany outbreak in the territory of Malta. Cap. 437. Cap. 437. Cap. 437. Cap. 437. Cap. 437.

(1) The Veterinary Services shall immediately notify the Member States and the European Commission of any outbreak in the territory of Malta, other than an outbreak of diseases referred to in the Second Schedule to the Veterinary Services Act, of any zoonoses, diseases or other cause likely to constitute a serious hazard to animals or to human health.

The Veterinary Services shall immediately implement the control or precautionary measures provided for in article 6 of the

Veterinary Services Act, in particular the determination of the buffer zones provided for in those rules, or adopt any other measure which it deems appropriate. When, in the course of a check referred to in regulation 5, has been established the existence of one of the diseases or causes referred to in the first paragraph, the Veterinary Services may, if necessary, take the precautionary measures provided for in article 15 of the Veterinary Services Act. The Veterinary Services may, on serious public or animal-health grounds, take interim protective measures with regard to the establishments concerned or, in the case of an epizootic disease, with regard to the area of protection provided for in article 5(1)(d) of the Veterinary Services Act. The measures taken shall be notified to the European Commission and to the Member States without delay.

(2) In the case provided for in the first paragraph of sub-regulation (1), one or more European Commission representatives may go at once to the place concerned to examine, in collaboration with the Veterinary Services, what measures have been taken and shall issue an opinion on those measures.

(3) Detailed rules for the application of this regulation, and in particular the list of zoonoses or causes likely to constitute a serious hazard to human health, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in article 15(4) of the Veterinary Services Act.