For transmissible animal diseases that are not subject to measures laid down at Union level, but which are of some economic importance for the private sector at a local level, the latter should, with the assistance of the competent authorities of the Member States, take action to prevent or control such diseases, for instance through self–regulatory measures or the development of codes of practice.
I gcás galar in-tarchurtha ainmhithe nach bhfuil faoi réir beart arna leagan síos ar leibhéal an Aontais, ach a bhfuil tábhacht eacnamaíoch éigin ag baint leo don earnáil phríobháideach ar leibhéal áitiúil, ba cheart don earnáil phríobháideach, le cúnamh ó údaráis inniúla na mBallstát, beart a dhéanamh chun na galair sin a chosc nó a rialú, mar shampla trí bhíthin beart féinrialála nó trí chóid cleachtais a fhorbairt.