commiss decis decemb lai minimum requir survei prion protein genotyp sheep breed notifi document number text eea relev ec commiss european commun regard treati establish european commun regard regul ec european parliament council lai rule prevent control erad transmiss spongiform encephalopathi amend commiss regul ec articl thereof scrapi pose consider anim health problem commun ovin caprin popul valid routin diagnost method distinguish bovin spongiform encephalopathi bse scrapi infect ovin caprin anim bse infect proven exist ovin caprin anim natur condit uncertainti bse infect ovin caprin popul present popul transmiss spongiform encephalopathi tse infect ovin caprin anim pose potenti risk public health research shown prion protein genotyp sheep confer resist scrapi evid date similar genet determin resist bse exist sheep challeng oral bse infect experiment condit opinion scientif steer committe ssc april safe sourc small rumin materi laid guidelin main point breed programm tse resist sheep requir approxim frequenc arr arr sheep import breed conduct survei sheep breed member state obtain inform commiss propos council parliament amend regul ec provid legal basi regul measur contain decis meantim adopt decis transit measur measur provid decis accord opinion stand committe food chain anim health adopt decis articl definit purpos decis definit set annex appli articl survei prion protein genotyp sheep breed juli member state complet survei prion protein genotyp sheep breed nativ form signific popul territori survei carri paramet set annex ii articl report provid commiss member state member state provid commiss report survei provid articl octob articl summari report commiss member state commiss present member state summari report receiv articl month deadlin receipt report articl addresse decis address member state brussel decemb commiss david byrn member commiss oj oj annex definit allel defin refer amino acid encod codon prion protein gene allel denot letter code outlin tabl gt tabl gt genotyp defin combin allel distinguish arq arh allel collect term describ allel flock high genet merit defin flock pure bred breed sheep defin council direct eec pure bred breed sheep goat flock sheep recognis compet author member state high import market product breed sheep compet author member state wish includ survei breed singl hold respons singl keeper definit includ ram artifici insemin includ ram sole purpos breed commerci ew annex ii paramet survei prion protein genotyp sheep flock high genet merit sampl carri sheep flock high genet merit defin annex sampl collect breed sampl chosen repres entir breed member state sampl regim point reveal anim breed carri arr allel breed subject intensifi sampl