
Article 1 
The national scrapie control programmes, referred to in Chapter A, point I(b) of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, of the Member States listed in the Annex to the present Regulation are hereby approved.
Article 2 

1. Ovine and caprine animals destined for the Member States listed in the Annex and coming from other Member States not listed in the Annex or third countries must have been kept continuously, since birth, on holdings which have satisfied the following conditions for a period of at least seven years prior to the date of dispatch of such animals:
(a) no cases of scrapie have been confirmed;
(b) no eradication measures have been applied because of scrapie;
(c) the holdings have not contained animals identified as animals at risk referred to in Article 13(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.
2. Ovine and caprine animals destined for the Member States listed in the Annex to the present Regulation and coming from other Member States listed in that Annex must have been kept on holdings, in which no ovine and caprine animal have been placed under official TSE movement restrictions in accordance with Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, for a period of at least seven years prior to the date of dispatch of such animals.
3. Semen, embryos and ova from ovine and caprine animals, destined for the Member States listed in the Annex, must be obtained from donors kept continuously since birth on holdings fulfilling the conditions set out in:
(a) paragraph 1, if coming from other Member States not listed in the Annex or from third countries; or
(b) paragraph 2, if coming from other Member States listed in the Annex.
Article 3 

1. The official movement restrictions presented by the Member States listed in the Annex are hereby approved. They shall apply to holdings receiving ovine or caprine animals or semen, embryos and ova from ovine or caprine animals where:
(a) the animals, semen, embryos and ova are received from other Member States not listed in the Annex or from third countries; and
(b) scrapie has been confirmed during the three years prior to or after the date of dispatch of the animals, semen, embryos and ova in the Member State or third country of dispatch as referred to in point (a).
2. The official movement restrictions provided for in paragraph 1 shall not apply in the case of receipt of ovine animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, or of semen, embryos and ova from a donor of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype.
Article 4 
Pursuant to the first indent of Article 3(1) of Decision 2003/100/EC, Member States listed in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby granted a derogation from the requirement to establish a breeding programme as provided for in Article 2(1) of that Decision.
Article 5 
Regulation (EC) No 1874/2003 is repealed.
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 31 March 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Denmark
Austria
Finland
Sweden
