Medlemsstaterne sikrer, at personalet hos den kompetente myndighed, diagnoselaboratorier og landbohøjskoler mv., embedsdyrlæger, praktiserende dyrlæger, slagteriansatte og opdrættere, brugere og personer, der håndterer dyrene, er uddannet i observation af kliniske tegn, epidemiologi samt, for så vidt angår kontrolpersonale, i at fortolke laboratorieresultater vedrørende TSE.
Member States shall ensure that staff of the competent authority, of diagnostic laboratories and colleges of agriculture and veterinary medicine, official veterinarians, veterinary practitioners, slaughterhouse personnel and animal breeders, keepers and handlers have been given training in the clinical signs, epidemiology and, in the case of staff responsible for carrying out checks, in interpreting laboratory findings relating to TSEs.