Past experience has shown that when an outbreak of a serious disease occurs in Member States or in third countries or territories from which animals or products enter the Union, disease prevention and control measures have to be taken immediately to prevent its introduction and limit its spread.
Is léir ón taithí a bhfuarthas san am atá thart, gur gá bearta coisctheacha agus rialaithe galar a dhéanamh láithreach, nuair a tharlaíonn ráig galair thromchúisigh amach sna Ballstáit nó i dtríú tíortha nó tríú críocha óna dtagann ainmhithe nó táirgí isteach san Aontas, lena theacht isteach agus a leathadh a theorannú.