Terrestrial Animal Health Code
Terrestrial Animal Health Code |
Border posts and quarantine stations
in the importing country
Countries and their Veterinary Authorities shall, wherever possible, take the necessary action to ensure that the border posts and quarantine stations in their territory shall be provided with an adequate organisation and sufficient equipment for the application of the measures recommended in the Terrestrial Code.
Each border post and quarantine station shall be provided with facilities for the feeding and watering of animals.
When justified by the amount of international trade and by the epidemiological situation, border posts and quarantine stations shall be provided with a Veterinary Service comprising personnel, equipment and premises as the case may be and, in particular, means for:
making clinical examinations and obtaining specimens of material for diagnostic purposes from live animals or carcasses of animals affected or suspected of being affected by an epizootic disease, and obtaining specimens of animal products suspected of contamination;
detecting and isolating animals affected by or suspected of being affected by an epizootic disease;
carrying out disinfection and possibly disinfestation of vehicles used to transport animals and animal products.
In addition to this, each port and international airport should ideally be provided with equipment for the sterilisation or incineration of swill or any other material dangerous to animal health.
When required for the transit of commodities in international trade, airports shall be provided, as soon as possible, with areas of direct transit. These must, however, comply with the conditions required by Veterinary Authorities, especially to prevent the risk of introducing diseases transmitted by insects.
Each Veterinary Authority, when requested, shall make available for the Central Bureau and any interested country on request:
a list of border posts, quarantine stations, approved abattoirs and storage depots in its territory which are approved for international trade;
the period of time required for notice to be given for the application of the arrangements contained in point 2 of Articles 5.7.1. to 5.7.4.;
a list of airports in its territory which are provided with an area of direct transit, approved by the relevant Veterinary Authority and placed under its immediate control, where animals stay for a short time pending further transport to their final destination.
2008 ŠOIE - Terrestrial Animal Health Code |
