Commission Regulation (EC) No. 789/2009 amending Regulation (EC) No. 1266/2007 as regards protection against attacks by vectors and minimum requirements for bluetongue monitoring and surveillance programmes.

This Regulation lays down some amendments to Regulation (EC) No. 1266/2007, which deals with the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongue. In particular, these amendments regard protection against attacks by vectors and minimum requirements for bluetongue monitoring and surveillance programmes. Annexes I and III are amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, with specific regard to serological and virological surveys.