Cabinet Regulation No. 337 of 2018 on Procedures for the Monitoring, Control, and Eradication of the Scrapie Disease

The Regulation prescribes the procedures for the monitoring, control, and eradication of the classical scrapie disease in ovine and caprine animals in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. This Regulation further provides for measures to be taken in order for the status of a negligible scrapie risk or the status of a controlled scrapie risk to be granted to and maintained for a holding; requirements for granting and maintaining the status of a negligible scrapie risk; requirements for the granting and maintaining the status of a controlled scrapie risk; measures to be taken in order for the status of scrapie resistance level i, ii, or iii to be granted to and maintained for a holding; requirements for granting and maintaining the status of scrapie resistance level i, ii, or iii; and measures for the implementation of the scrapie-resistant ovine animal breeding programme.