According to Article 71 of Directive 2001/ 82/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Member States prohibit or may prohibit the import, sale, supply and/ or use of Nobilis IB 4-91 on the whole or part of their territory if it is established that: a) the administration of the veterinary medicinal product to animals will interfere with the implementation of national programmes for the diagnosis, control and eradication of animal diseases, or will cause difficulties in certifying the absence of contamination in live animals or in foodstuffs or other products obtained from treated animals. b) the disease to which the veterinary medicinal product is intended to confer immunity is largely absent from the territory.