S.L. 437.81 Art. 2Interpretation.

For the purposes of these rules, the following definitions shall apply. "animal for slaughter" means a bovine animal or swine intended to be taken on arrival in the country of destination direct to a slaughterhouse, or to a market adjoining a slaughterhouse under whose rules all animals may be removed, in particular after the market, only to a slaughterhouse approved for this purpose by the competent central authority. In the latter case, the animals must be slaughtered at that slaughterhouse not later than seventy-two hours after arriving at the market; "animal of a susceptible species" means any domestic or wild ruminant or swine present on a holding; "animal suspected of being contaminated" means any animal of a susceptible species which may according to the epizootiological information collected have been directly or indirectly exposed to the foot-and-mouth virus;

"animal suspected of being infected" means any animal of a susceptible species showing clinical symptoms or post-mortem lesions which are such that the presence of foot-and-mouth disease may reasonably be suspected; "animals for breeding or production" means bovine animals and swine other than those referred to in the definition "animal for slaughter", including those intended for breeding, milk or meat production; "brucellosis-free bovine animal" means a bovine animal which satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex A(II)(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC; "brucellosis-free bovine herd" means a bovine herd which satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex A(II)(A)(3) of Directive 64/432/EEC;

"brucellosis-free swine" means swine which satisfy the

*These rules have been repealed by Legal Notice 77 of 2025. conditions laid down in Annex A(II)(B)(1) of Directive 64/432/ EEC; "compulsorily notifiable diseases" means the diseases listed in Annex E of Directive 64/432/EEC; "country of destination" means the Member State to which bovine animals and swine are sent from another Member State; "epizootic free area" means an area 20 km in diameter in which, according to official findings, for at least thirty days prior to loading there has been:

(i) no incidence of foot-and-mouth disease, in the case of bovine animals;

(ii) no incidence of foot-and-mouth disease, swine fever or contagious swine paralysis (Teschen disease) in the case of swine; "exporting country" means the Member State from which bovine animals and swine are sent to another Member State; "holding" means an agricultural establishment or officially supervised dealer’s premises, in which animals for breeding, production or slaughter are regularly kept or bred; "infected animal" means any animal of a susceptible species:

(a) in which clinical symptoms or post-mortem lesions which may arise from foot-and-mouth disease have been ascertained, or

(b) in which the presence of foot-and-mouth disease has been officially ascertained following a laboratory examination; "official veterinarian" means the veterinarian designated by the competent authority; "officially brucellosis-free bovine herd" means a bovine herd which satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex A(II)(A)(2) of Directive 64/432/EEC; "officially brucellosis-free swine herd" means a swine herd which satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex A(II)(B)(2) of Directive 64/432/EEC;

"officially tuberculosis-free bovine herd" means a bovine herd which satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex A(I)(2) of Directive 64/432/EEC; "receptive animal" means any animal of a susceptible species which is not vaccinated, or which is vaccinated but whose immunisation cover is considered to be inadequate by the competent authority;

"tuberculosis-free bovine animal" means a bovine animal which satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex A(I)(1) of Directive 64/ 432/EEC.