S.L. 437.42 Art. 6Monitoring system. Cap. 437.

(1) The Veterinary Services shall carry out an annual programme for monitoring BSE and scrapie in accordance with Schedule III, Chapter A. This programme shall include a screening procedure using rapid tests. Rapid tests shall be approved for that purpose in accordance with the procedure referred to in regulation 24(2) and listed in Schedule X, Chapter C, point 4 and also in accordance with article 4 of the Veterinary Services Act.

(2) The Veterinary Services shall inform the European Commission and the other Member States, within the Standing Veterinary Committee, of the emergence of a TSE other than BSE.

(3) All official investigations and laboratory examinations shall be recorded in accordance with Schedule III, Chapter B.

(4) The Veterinary Services shall submit an annual report to the European Commission covering at least the information referred to in Schedule III, Chapter B, Part I. The report for each calendar year shall be submitted at the latest by 31 March of the following year. The European Commission shall present a summary of the national reports covering at least the information referred to in Schedule III, Chapter B, Part II, to the Standing Veterinary Committee within three months of the receipt of the said reports.