Assessment of listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) No 2016/429): Borna disease

Borna disease has been assessed according to the criteria of the Animal Health Law (AHL), inparticular criteria of Article 7 on disease profile and impacts, Article 5 on the eligibility of Borna diseaseto be listed, Article 9 for the categorisation of Borna disease according to disease prevention andcontrol rules as in Annex IV and Article 8 on the list of animal species related to Borna disease. The assessment has been performed following a methodology composed of information collection andcompilation, expert judgeme nt on each criterion at individual and, if no consensus was reached before,also at collective level. The output is composed of the categorical answer, and for the questions whereno consensus was reached, the different supporting views are reported. Details on the methodologyused for this assessment are explained in a separate opinion. According to the assessment performed,Borna disease cannot be considered eligible to be listed for Union intervention as laid down in Articl e 5(3) of the AHL because there was no compliance on criterion 5 A(v). Consequently, the assessment oncompliance of Borna disease with the criteria as in Annex IV of the AHL, for the application of thedisease prevent ion and control rules referred to in Article 9(1) is not applicable, as well as whichanimal species can be considered to be listed for Borna disease according to Article 8(3) of the AHL.