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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/ 687
of 17 December  2019
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards rules for 
the prevention and control of certain listed diseases
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March  2016  on transmissible 
animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (the ‘ Animal Health Law’ ) (1), and in 
particular Article  47(1), Ar ticle  53(2), Ar ticle  54(3), Ar ticle  55(2), Ar ticle  58(2), t he first paragraph  of Ar ticle  63, Ar ticle  64(4), 
the first paragraph  of Ar ticle  67, Ar ticle  68(3), Article  70(3), Article  72(2), Ar ticle  73(3), Ar ticle  74(4), Ar ticle  76(5), 
Article  77(2) and Article  272(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) R egulation (EU) 2016/429 lays down rules for the prevention and control of animal diseases which are transmissible 
to animals or to humans, including rules on disease awareness, preparedness and control   In particular, Regulation 
(EU) 2016/429 lays down disease-specific rules for the prevention and control of diseases referred to in its Article  5  
Regulation (EU) 2016/429 also provides that those disease-specific rules apply to species and groups of animal 
species that pose a considerable risk for the spread of specific diseases and which are listed as such in Commission 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882  (2) 
(2) It is necessary to lay down rules supplementing the rules on disease control measures set out in Title  II of Part  III of 
Regulation (EU) 2016/429 for certain listed diseases   Those supplementing rules and the rules set out in Regulation 
(EU) 2016/429 are closely linked and should be applied in tandem   In the interest of simplicity, transparency and ease 
of application, the supplementing rules should be laid down in a single act rather than in a number of separate acts 
with many cross-references and risks of duplication  
(3) Ar ticle  53, Ar ticle  54(3), Ar ticle  55(2), Ar ticle  58(2), and Ar ticles  63, 64, 67, 68 and 70 in Chap ter 1 of T itle II 
of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 relate to various technical aspects of the measures to be taken if there is suspicion 
and confirmation of diseases referred to in Article  9(1)(a) of t hat Regulation   Similarly, Article  72(2), Ar ticle  73(3), 
Article  74(4), Ar ticle  76(5) and Ar ticle  77 in Ch apter  2 of T itle II of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 relate to technical 
aspects of the measures to be taken if there is suspicion and confirmation of diseases referred to in Article  9(1)(b) and 
(c) of that Regulation  
(4) T he rules to be laid down pursuant to Articles  in T itle II are interrelated as they apply to disease control measures for 
different categories of listed diseases in Regulation (EU) 2016/429   Therefore, for the effective application of those 
rules and in the interests of clarity, they should be laid down in a single delegated act providing a comprehensive 
set of technical measures for the control of listed diseases and contributing to the overall simplification of the legal 
framework on animal disease control  
(1) OJ L 84, 31  3 2016, p   1 
(2) Commission Im plementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 of 3 December  2018  on the application of certain disease prevention and control 
rules to categories of listed diseases and establishing a list of species and groups of species posing a considerable risk for the spread of those 
listed diseases ( OJ L 308, 4 12 2018, p   21) 3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/65 EN
(5) Pre vious disease control provisions were laid down in a number of directives, each of which contained rules for one 
or few animal diseases   Some of those rules have been replaced by Regulation (EU) 2016/429, while others need to be 
replaced by this Delegated Regulation in order to simplify and remove possible inconsistencies   This will provide clear, 
harmonised and detailed rules to control animal diseases throughout the Union   This will also enable the application 
of the relevant provisions by competent authorities and operators, and will increase the transparency of the rules and 
therefore will ensure a better response to animal disease risks  
(6) T o eradicate an outbreak of a category  A disease as soon as possible and to ensure a high level  of animal health and 
animal welfare protection, it is necessary to provide for disease control measures at Union level  
(7) The scope of this Regulation should therefore include disease control measures for category  A diseases in terrestrial 
and aquatic animals, as well as certain disease control measures for category  B and C diseases   In the case of category  B 
and C diseases, those disease control measures should be applied in conjunction with the rules on surveillance and 
eradication set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  (3) 
(8) The disease control measures set out in this Delegated Regulation should apply to animals and to products obtained 
from animals, including products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and derived products   
These animal by-products are subject to public and animal health rules set out in Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council  (4)  The rules for safe collection, disposal and processing of animal by-
products and derived products laid down in that Regulation apply in the event of the onset of a category  A disease   
However, that Regulation does not include disease control measures and restrictions intended to apply in such events   
Therefore, those rules should be provided for in this Delegated Regulation  
(9) Directiv e 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council  (5) lays down rules for the safe transport of 
dangerous goods   When transporting infected animal by-products or other infected material which may be considered 
as dangerous goods, competent authorities should comply with the rules laid down in that Directive  
(10)  It is appropriate to follow a single approach for the measures to apply in the event of a category  A disease   However, 
the epidemiology of diseases should be taken into account to establish the appropriate moment for the competent 
authority to apply control measures and to carry out investigations if there is suspicion or confirmation of those 
diseases   Therefore ‘monitoring periods ’ should be provided, as reference time frames for each category  A disease 
affecting terrestrial animals based on incubation periods and other relevant elements that may affect the spread of 
the disease  
(11)  Ar ticle  54 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429 requires the competent authority to carry out investigations on the occurrence 
of a category  A disease at different stages: (i) when the disease is suspected; (ii) when the disease is confirmed; and 
(iii) when it is necessary to rule out its spreading to epidemiologically linked establishments and locations as well as 
neighbouring establishments and zones   Those investigations include clinical examination and sampling for laboratory 
testing   It is appropriate to lay down general rules on sampling in order to ensure the validity of sampling procedures, 
diagnostic methods and biosecurity measures  
(12)  Ar ticle  43 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 requires the competent authority to draw up and update contingency plans and, 
where necessary, provide detailed instruction manuals on implementing of measures to be taken in case of a category  A 
disease as provided for in Part  III of that Regulation   The measures set out in this Delegated Regulation supplement 
those laid down in Part  III of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and it is therefore necessary that they be implemented in 
accordance with the contingency plans provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/429  
(3) Commission Deleg ated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  of 17 December  2019  supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for surveillance, eradication programmes, and disease-free status for certain listed and 
emerging diseases (see page 211 of this Official Journal)  
(4) R egulation (EC) No  1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 Oct ober  2009  laying down health rules as regards 
animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No  1774/2002 (‘Animal 
by-products Regulation ’) (OJ L 300, 1 4 11 2009, p   1) 
(5) Directiv e 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 Sep tember  2008  on the inland transport of dangerous goods 
(OJ L 260, 30  9 2008, p   13) Official Journal of the European Union L 174/66 EN 3 6 2020
(13)  Ar ticles  53 and 55 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429 lay down obligations on operators and competent authorities in 
the case of a suspicion of a category  A disease   The aim is to prevent the spread of the disease from affected animals 
and establishments under their responsibility to unaffected animals or to humans even before the disease has been 
confirmed   The disease control and biosecurity measures provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/429 should be applied 
at this early stage in the affected establishment as regards movements of animals and products from and to that 
establishment and its surroundings   It is also necessary to detail those measures in order to ensure their effectiveness 
and proportionality  
(14)  Ar ticle  54 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429 requires the competent authority to conduct an official investigation if there 
is a suspicion of a category  A disease, to either confirm or rule out the presence of the disease   In order to establish 
a standard operating procedure for such official investigations in all Member States, it is necessary to detail the 
circumstances which justify the conduct of an investigation, the minimum investigation tasks to be performed by 
official veterinarians and the way those tasks should be carried out  
(15)  R egulation (EU) 2016/429 requires that, if there is a suspicion or confirmation of a category  A disease, disease control 
measures be applied not only in establishments keeping animals but also in food and feed businesses, in animal by-
products establishments or in other locations that may pose a risk of spreading of diseases   It is necessary to specify 
which control measures apply in those cases, in particular in the case of border control posts and means of transport  
(16)  R egulation (EU) 2016/429 requires that the confirmation of a category  A disease is the starting point  for the competent 
authority to implement stricter disease control measures than those applied in the suspicion phase and to carry out 
further investigations   It is therefore necessary to specify when a category  A disease should be considered confirmed   
This confirmation should be done in accordance with Union acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on 
surveillance of diseases, eradication programmes and disease-free status  
(17)  R egulation (EU) 2016/429 lays down the basic rules on the disease control measures to apply in the affected 
establishments in the event of an outbreak of a category  A disease   At the same time, it provides competent authorities 
with a certain flexibility in deciding which of those measures should apply   In order to allow competent authorities to 
take the most proportionate and efficient control measures and ensure a harmonised implementation of the measures 
taken by Member States, it is appropriate to establish detailed decision making criteria based on epidemiological 
circumstances, type and location of establishments, species and categories of animals and economic or social conditions 
of the area affected by the disease  
(18)  The com petent authority should have the possibility to grant, in justified cases and under supplementary guarantees 
if necessary, derogations from certain disease control measures, in particular from the requirement to kill the animals 
in the affected establishment, taking into account epidemiological factors and after carrying out an accurate risk 
assessment   Such derogations could be granted for confined establishments, for animals kept for scientific purposes or 
for purposes related to conservation of protected or endangered species and for officially registered rare breeds or for 
animals with a justified high genetic, cultural or educational value   In such cases, the application of general measures 
could have undesirable and disproportioned consequences  
(19)  In or der to adapt the disease control measures to each specific situation, the competent authority should have the 
possibility to apply disease control measures that are not specifically provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/429 or in 
this Delegated Regulation, taking into consideration epidemiological factors and after carrying out a risk assessment  
(20)  Cleaning and disinfection in the affected establishment is one of the basic disease control measures provided for in 
Regulation (EU) 2016/429 to minimise the risk of spreading a confirmed category  A disease   Preliminary cleaning 
and disinfection are the most effective measures to reduce the disease agent load in the affected establishment once 
the affected animals have been taken off   The competent authority should therefore have the obligation to check the 
performance of the immediate preliminary cleaning and disinfection and, when necessary, the control of insects and 
rodents   It is appropriate to detail the cleaning and disinfection procedure, specifying when it must be initiated and 
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(21)  Ar ticle  62 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 requires the competent authority to extend the disease control measures applied 
in the affected establishments to other establishments, epidemiological units therein, food and feed businesses, or animal 
by-products establishments or any other location of relevance, including means of transport, where epidemiological 
evidences give reason to suspect the spread of the category  A disease to, from or through them   It is necessary to 
specify the traceability investigation which the competent authority must perform, under the epidemiological enquiry 
provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/429, in order to properly identify those epidemiological links  
(22)  It is also appropriate to detail the control measures to apply in identified linked establishments and locations   In 
order to be effective, those measures should be flexible and proportionate, without imposing unnecessary burdens 
on operators or competent authorities   The competent authorities should consequently be allowed to derogate from 
general provisions in exceptional circumstances, after carrying out a risk assessment  
(23)  Ar ticle  64 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429 requires competent authorities to establish a restricted zone around the 
affected establishment when an outbreak of a category  A disease is confirmed, in order to prevent any further 
spread of the disease   The restricted zone may include a protection zone and a surveillance zone   It is appropriate 
to set supplementary rules on how to establish and modify, if necessary, the restricted zone, including details on the 
protection zone, on the surveillance zone and on the possibility to establish further restricted zones depending on 
the epidemiology of the disease   It is also appropriate to provide for specific derogations for those cases where the 
establishment of restricted zones would not contribute to control the spreading of the disease or would impose an 
unjustified burden on operators and competent authorities  
(24)  Ar ticle  65 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429 lists the measures that the competent authority may take in the restricted 
zone to prevent the spreading of the disease   In order to allow competent authorities to take the most proportionate 
and efficient control measures and ensure a harmonised implementation of the measures in all Member States, it is 
appropriate to establish detailed decision making criteria based on epidemiological circumstances, type and location 
of production establishments, species and categories of animals and economic or social conditions of the area affected 
by the disease  
(25)  It  is necessary to specify the prohibitions of movements of animals and products within, from or through the protection 
and surveillance zone and the prohibitions of other activities that can pose a risk of spreading a category  A disease   
Those prohibitions should be proportional to the risk of spreading the disease linked to each activity and commodity   
Consequently, they need to be established taking into account the epidemiological disease profile   This is especially 
important in respect of prohibitions concerning products since there are certain products that should be exempted, 
in particular those considered safe commodities in relation to the risk of spreading certain diseases  
(26)  The pr ohibitions of activities in the restricted zone should be limited as far as possible   For that reason, there should 
be the possibility for the competent authority to grant derogations from the prohibitions when certain risk-mitigating 
measures are taken and certain procedural conditions are met   Such derogations may be granted, in particular, when the 
competent authority can check the reinforcement of biosecurity measures and when general and specific conditions, 
related to the relevant animals, products obtained from those animals, or other substances and materials that may be 
contaminated, are fulfilled  
(27)  Mo vements of ungulates should be limited to transports to a slaughterhouse   Poultry movements should be limited to 
the transport to slaughterhouses and to younger animals such as  day-old-chicks and ready-to-lay poultry   Movements of 
products of animal origin should be allowed if the products have been produced before the high-risk period determined 
for the disease   Movements of products of animal origin and by-products produced within or after the high risk period 
should be allowed if the products have been subjected to specific treatments that inactivate the disease agent   Those 
treatments should be in line with existing Union legislation, international standards and new scientific evidence  
(28)  Th e competent authority should be able to visit establishments and to examine animals   To prevent the further spread 
of the disease, requirements should be set and be met before the measures applying to the protection zone can be 
lifted   Once those measures are lifted, the measures applying to the surveillance zone should be implemented, for an 
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(29)  T he provisions on control measures applicable within the surveillance zone should include general and specific rules 
for animals, products obtained from those animals, or other substances and materials that may be contaminated   
They should also include derogations to allow a proportional application of the control measures   The intensity of 
the control measures and the derogations for their proportional application should reflect the lower risk that the 
surveillance zone poses for the spread of the disease but should ensure that the control measures are sufficient to 
avoid any risk of a further spread of the disease  
(30)  T he competent authority should: (i) authorise the repopulation of the affected establishments with animals; (ii) ensure 
that a final cleaning and disinfection of the establishment is carried out; and, if relevant, (iii) carry out a check for 
vectors to ensure that diseases do not reappear   The competent authority should have the flexibility needed to decide 
on the most appropriate repopulation measures taking into account epidemiological circumstances and specific risk 
mitigation conditions  
(31)  W ild animals of listed species could also be affected by category  A diseases   Control measures for those wild animals 
are essential in preventing the spread of the diseases and in ensuring their eradication   As for diseases occurring in 
kept animals, the competent authority should consider control measures for diseases in wild animals as part of the 
contingency plans provided for by the Regulation (EU) 2016/429   The control measures should apply to suspected 
and confirmed cases of a disease affecting wild animals within an infected zone   Measures restricting the movement 
of kept animals that are listed species from the infected zone should be applied with flexibility in mind, based on the 
epidemiological situation   This is to ensure robust control measures while avoiding unnecessary burdens for operators 
and competent authorities  
(32)  The collection and safe disposal of dead bodies of wild animals contributes to preventing the spread of category  A 
diseases   It is appropriate to supplement Regulation (EU) 2016/429 with rules ensuring the safe collection and disposal 
of animal by-products from wild terrestrial and aquatic animals affected by category  A diseases or subject to restriction 
measures imposed in response to those diseases in line with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009  
(33)  Ar ticle  43 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429 requires the competent authority to establish an operational expert group as 
part of the contingency plans   These plans are designed to ensure a high level  of disease awareness and preparedness 
and to provide a rapid response in case of an outbreak of a category  A disease   The main task of the operational expert 
group in the case of an outbreak of diseases in terrestrial animals is to support the competent authority assessing 
the relevant measures for the control or eradication of the disease   The operational expert group for diseases in wild 
terrestrial animals should be multidisciplinary and have representatives of relevant government departments such as 
environmental and forests authorities, as well as stakeholders concerned, local authorities, police or other organisations 
that can provide advice to the competent authority on possible actions and their implementation to control or eradicate 
the category  A disease  
(34)  Council Directiv e 2006/88/EC  (6) includes provisions on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and 
products and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals   The provisions in this Delegated 
Regulation should be based on the provisions from previous Union legislation that have worked well and have been 
revised and aligned, as far as possible, with the knowledge and experience gained in the past, and updated in accordance 
with new evidence and international standards  
(35)  Ar ticle  61 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 provides for the application of disease control measures in establishments 
and other locations upon confirmation of category  A diseases   One of those measures is the killing of animals that 
may be contaminated or may contribute to the spread of the disease   The possibility to apply such preventive killing 
should be detailed in this Delegated Regulation as a disease control measure aimed at reducing the infective pressure 
of a category  A disease and to facilitate its control  
(36)  Ar ticle  62 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429 includes criteria for extending the disease control measures applied in an 
affected establishment to epidemiologically linked establishments and locations   The analysis of the hydrodynamic 
and topographic conditions, including data from water catchments, barriers in watercourses or water flow conditions, 
allows predicting the possible passive spread of a category  A disease to other establishments or locations and this 
prediction may contribute to minimise the impact of a category  A disease   The result of such an analysis permits 
the implementation of better-informed disease control measures, which should avoid or minimise the spread of a 
category  A disease from a high-risk to a disease free area  
(6) Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 Oct ober  2006  on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on 
prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals ( OJ L 328, 24  11 2006, p   14) 3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/69 EN
(37)  The com petent authority should be able to derogate from restrictions applicable upon confirmation of a category  A 
disease in order to allow the use of aquaculture animals for human consumption, provided they do not show clinical 
signs of the disease and are processed in a way that reduces the risk of spreading the disease by infective material   
The derogation should be aimed at reducing economic losses while minimising the risk of the disease spreading  
(38)  Ar ticle  37 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429 provides for the recognition of a disease-free status of compartments for listed 
diseases   Compartments include different establishments with common and efficient biosecurity systems permitting 
those establishments to have a distinct animal health status   Therefore, if a category  A disease is suspected or confirmed 
in an aquaculture establishment within a compartment, the disease control measures should be extended to other 
establishments within that compartment resulting in a more efficient control of the disease  
(39)  F allowing for aquatic animals is a disease control measure already included in previous Union legislation on prevention 
and control of diseases in aquaculture animals and should continue to be applied   The main objective of fallowing 
is to prevent or minimise the risk of re-infection of establishments with the category  A disease, after cleaning and 
disinfection has been completed, and before introducing a new population of aquatic animals   Synchronous fallowing 
in areas with multiple infected establishments strengthens the disease control measures and contributes to a higher 
success rate   Different fallowing periods should be established for different category  A diseases to reduce the fallowing 
time to a minimum while ensuring the effectiveness of this disease control measure  
(40)  When an aq uaculture establishment has been affected by a category  A disease which does not pose a risk to human 
health, the placing on the marked of products from that establishment should be allowed after risk-mitigating measures 
have been taken   For fish, those measures should include slaughtering and evisceration   Crustaceans should be processed 
to non-viable products before they are dispatched   The products should be used for direct human consumption or 
undergo further processing in an establishment approved under Article  179 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429   Those 
measures are effective in controlling and avoiding the further spread of the disease while allowing those products to 
be used for human consumption rather than unnecessarily wasted  
(41)  Ar ticle  64 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 provides that, when a category  A disease breaks out in aquatic animals, 
restricted zones be established as an effective measure to control the disease   Restricted zones may include a protection 
zone around establishments that have an increased risk of being affected by a category  A disease   To ensure an effective 
disease control and to prevent the further spread of the disease, the introduction of aquaculture animals for farming in 
establishments located in the protection zone should be prohibited   To avoid re-infection, the protection zone should 
to be maintained until the infected aquaculture establishments are emptied of animals, cleaned and disinfected and 
the fallowing period has been completed  
(42)  Contr ol measures applied in a protection zone established for disease in aquatic animals should be lifted only if a 
series of conditions are met   Those conditions should include depopulation, cleaning, disinfection and fallowing 
of the affected establishments   Furthermore, the results of regular visits carried out in all establishments located in 
the protection zone must be satisfactory   When all those conditions are met, the protection zone should become a 
surveillance zone   That surveillance zone should be maintained until the surveillance period for the relevant category  A 
disease has elapsed and there are no  elements to suspect the presence of the disease  
(43)  Ar ticle  43 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429 requires the competent authority to establish an operational expert group as 
part of the contingency plans designed to ensure a high level  of disease awareness and preparedness and to provide 
a rapid response in case of an outbreak of a category  A disease   The main task of the operational expert group in 
the case of an outbreak of diseases in aquatic animals is to support the competent authority in assessing the relevant 
measures for the control or eradication of the disease   The operational expert group for diseases in wild aquatic 
animals should be multidisciplinary and include representatives of government departments such as environmental 
and fisheries authorities, as well as stakeholders concerned, local authorities, police or other organisations that can 
provide advice to the competent authority on possible actions to control or eradicate the category  A disease  
(44)  Ar ticle  6 of R egulation (EC) No  1069/2009 pr ovides for the implementation of general health restrictions in the case of 
a serious transmissible disease   When a category  A disease is present in aquaculture animals, the competent authority 
may impose stricter rules for animal by-products originating from certain establishments   Those rules are intended 
to deal with situations where public health restrictions may not address the animal health risk   It is necessary, in 
particular, that animal by-products from such establishments must be processed or disposed of as category  2 material 
in compliance with Article  13 of Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/70 EN 3 6 2020
(45)  Ar ticle  270 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429 repealed Council Directives 92/66/EEC  (7), 2001/89/EC  (8), 2002/60/EC  (9), 
2003/85/EC  (10) and 2005/94/EC  (11), which contained rules for the control of animal diseases   Article  272 of 
Regulation (EU) 2016/429 provides that the repealed Directives continue to apply for three  years after the date of 
application of that Regulation or an earlier date to be determined by the Commission in a delegated act   In order to 
ensure a harmonised and simplified approach across species and diseases, this Regulation should apply from the date 
of application of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and the repealed Directives should cease to apply from the same date,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
PART  I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article  1
Subject matter and scope
This Regulation supplements the rules on disease awareness, preparedness and control to be applied with regard to the listed 
diseases referred to in Article  9(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429  
Those rules cover the following:
(a) P art  II covers kept and wild terrestrial animals, and in particular:
 ( i) Chap ter  I lays down supplementing rules on disease control measures in the event of suspicion and official 
confirmation of a category  A disease in kept animals as referred to in Articles  53, 54, 55, 58 and 63 of R egulation 
(EU) 2016/429;
 (ii) Cha pter  II la ys down supplementing rules regarding the establishment of restricted zones in the event of official 
confirmation of a category  A disease in kept animals as referred to in Article  64 and 67 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
 (iii) Chap ter  III lays down supplementing rules regarding the repopulation of the restricted zone with kept animals in 
the event of official confirmation of a category  A disease as referred to in Articles  63 and 68 of Regulation (EU) 
2016/429;
 ( iv) Chap ter  IV la ys down supplementing rules regarding disease control measures in the event of suspicion and official 
confirmation of a category  A disease in wild animals as referred to in Article  70 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
 ( v) Chap ter  V la ys down supplementing rules on disease control measures in the event of suspicion and official 
confirmation of category  B and C diseases in terrestrial animals as referred to in Article  74 and 77 of Regulation 
(EU) 2016/429;
(b) P art  III covers kept and wild aquatic animals, and in particular:
 ( i) Chap ter  I lays down supplementing rules on disease control measures in the event of suspicion and official 
confirmation of a category  A disease in aquatic animals as referred to in Articles  53, 54, 55, 58 and 63 of R egulation 
(EU) 2016/429;
(7) Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992  introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease ( OJ L 260, 5  9 1992 , 
p  1) 
(8) Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 Oct ober  2001  on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever ( OJ L 316, 1 12 2001, 
p  5) 
(9) Council Directiv e 2002/60/EC of 27 June  2002  laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine fever and amending 
Directive 92/119/EEC as regards Teschen disease and African swine fever ( OJ L 192, 20  7 2002, p   27) 
(10) Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 of September 2003  on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing 
Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC ( OJ L 306, 22  11 200 3, p  1) 
(11) Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December  2005  on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 
92/40/EEC ( OJ L 10, 14  1 2006, p   16) 3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/71 EN
 (ii) Cha pter  II la ys down supplementing rules regarding the establishment of restricted zones in the event of official 
confirmation of a category  A disease in aquaculture animals as referred to in Article  64 and 67 of Regulation (EU) 
2016/429;
 (iii) Ch apter  III la ys down supplementing rules regarding disease control measures in the event of suspicion and official 
confirmation of a category  A disease in wild aquatic animals as referred to in Article  70 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
 ( iv) Chap ter  IV la ys down supplementing rules on disease control measures in the event of suspicion and official 
confirmation of category  B and C diseases in aquatic animals as referred to in Article  74 and 77 of R egulation (EU) 
2016/429;
(c) P art  IV covers final provisions  
Article  2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, definitions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 and Annex  I to Regulation (EC) 
No 853/2004 of t he European Parliament and of the Council  (12) shall apply, except where those definitions cover terms 
that are defined in the  second paragraph  of this Article  
In addition, the following definitions shall also apply:
 (1) ‘means of transport ’ means road or rail vehicle, vessels and aircrafts;
 (2) ‘day-old chicks ’ means poultry less than 72  hour s old;
 (3) ‘semen ’ means the ejaculate of an animal or animals, either in the unaltered state or prepared or diluted;
 (4) ‘oocytes ’ means the haploid stages of the ootidogenesis including secondary oocytes and ova;
 (5) ‘embryo ’ means the initial stage of development of an animal while it is capable of being transferred to a recipient dam;
 (6) ‘fresh meat ’ means meat, minced meat and meat preparations, including vacuum-wrapped or wrapped in a controlled 
atmosphere, which has not undergone any process other than chilling, freezing or quick-freezing;
 (7) ‘carcass of an ungulate ’ means the whole body of a slaughtered or killed ungulate after:
— bleeding, in the case of slaughtered animals,
— evisceration,
— remo val of the limbs at the carpus and tarsus,
— remo val of the tail, the udder, the head and the skin, except in porcine animals;
 (8) ‘offal’ means fresh meat other than that of the carcass as defined in (7), even if it remains naturally connected to the 
carcass;
 (9) ‘meat products ’ means processed products, including treated stomachs, bladders, intestines, rendered fats, meat extracts 
and blood products, resulting from the processing of meat or from the further processing of such processed products, 
so that the cut surface shows that the product no  longer has the characteristics of fresh meat;
 (10)  ‘casings ’ means the bladders and intestines that after cleaning have been processed by tissue scraping, defatting and 
washing and have been dried after salting;
 (11)  ‘colostrum ’ means the fluid secreted by the mammary glands of kept animals up to five  days post parturition that is 
rich in antibodies and minerals, and precedes the production of raw milk  
 (12)  ‘colostrum-based products ’ means processed products resulting from the processing of colostrum or from the further 
processing of such processed products;
 (13)  ‘safe commodity ’ means a commodity that can be moved without the need for risk mitigation measures specifically 
directed against a particular listed disease regardless of the status of the Member State or zone of origin for that disease;
(12) R egulation (EC) No  853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 Apr il  2004  laying down specific hygiene rules for food 
of animal origin ( OJ L 139, 30  4 200 4, p  55) Official Journal of the European Union L 174/72 EN 3 6 2020
 (14)  ‘supply chain ’ means an integrated production chain of a common health status as regards listed diseases consisting of a 
collaborative network of specialised establishments approved by the competent authority for the purpose of Article  45, 
between which animals are moved to complete the production cycle;
 (15)  ‘infected zone ’ means a zone in which restrictions on the movements of kept and wild animals or products and other 
disease control and biosecurity measures may be applied with the view to preventing the spread of a category  A disease 
in the event of official confirmation of the disease in wild animals  
Article  3
Clinical examinations, sampling procedures and diagnostic methods
1  Where clinical e xaminations of animals are required pursuant to this Regulation in order to confirm or rule out the 
presence of a category  A disease, the competent authority shall ensure that:
(a) t he sampling of animals for clinical examination is carried out in accordance with:
 (i) p oint  A 1 of Annex  I for terrestrial animals; and
 (ii) p oint  1 of Anne x XII for aquatic animals;
(b) t he clinical examination comprises:
 ( i) an initial g eneral evaluation of the animal health status of the establishment which comprises all the animals of 
listed species kept in the establishment; and
 (ii) an individual examination of the animals included in the sample referred to in point  (a) 
2  Wher e laboratory examinations are required pursuant to this Regulation in order to confirm or rule out the presence 
of a category  A disease, the competent authority shall ensure that:
(a) t he sampling of animals for laboratory examination is carried out in accordance with:
 (i) p oint  A 2 of Annex  I for terrestrial animals; and
 (ii) p oint  1(b), (c), (d) and (e) of Annex  XII for aquatic animals;
(b) t he diagnostic methods for laboratory examinations fulfil the requirements set out in:
 (i) p oint  B of Anne x I for terrestrial animals; and
 (ii) p oint  2 of Anne x XII for aquatic animals;
(c) t he samples are sent:
 (i) wit hout delay to an official laboratory designated in accordance with Article  37 of R egulation (EU) 2017/625 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council  (13);
 (ii) in accordance with point  C of Anne x I for terrestrial animals and point  1(f) of Annex  XII for aquatic animals; and
 (iii) f ollowing any other instruction from the competent authority and from the laboratory regarding biosecurity and 
biosafety conditions to prevent the spread of category  A disease agents;
(d) in the case of kept animals:
 (i) an in ventory of all kept animals on the establishment and their species and categories is compiled; for poultry and 
aquaculture animals the number of animals may be estimated; and
 (ii) an identification mark of each sampled animal of listed species, or in the case of poultry and aquaculture animals 
the batch number, is recorded  
(13) R egulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March  2017  on official controls and other official activities 
performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products 
(OJ L 95, 7  4 2017, p   1) 3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/73 EN
Article  4
Contingency plans
The competent authority shall implement the measures laid down in this Regulation in accordance with the contingency 
plan referred to in Article  43 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429  
PART  II
TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS
CHAPTER  I
Disease control measures for category  A diseases in kept terrestrial animals
Section  1
Preliminary disease control measures in the event of suspicion of a category  A 
disease in kept animals
Article  5
Obligations on operators in the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in kept animals in an 
establishment
In the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in kept animals, operators shall take the following disease control measures in 
order to prevent the spread of the category  A disease from the affected animals and establishments under their responsibility 
to other unaffected animals or to humans until the competent authority rules out the presence of the category  A disease:
(a) isolat e all animals suspected of being infected with the category  A disease;
(b) k eep the manure, including litter and used bedding, and any product, material or substance likely to be contaminated 
with and to transmit category  A diseases isolated and protected from insects and rodents, kept animals of non-listed 
species and wild animals to the extent technically and practically feasible;
(c) im plement the appropriate additional biosecurity measures to avoid any risk of spread of the category  A disease;
(d) cease all movements of kept animals of listed species from or to the establishment;
(e) pr event non-essential movements of animals of non-listed species, products, materials, substances, persons and means 
of transport from or to the establishment;
(f) ensur e that production, health and traceability records of the establishment are updated;
(g) pr ovide the competent authority, on its request, with any relevant information regarding the category  A disease; and
(h) f ollow any instructions given by the competent authority regarding the control of the category  A disease, in accordance 
with Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and this Regulation  
Article  6
Investigation by the competent authority in the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in kept animals 
in an establishment
1  In the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in kept animals in an establishment, in accordance with Article  9(1), 
(3) and (4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689 , the competent authority shall immediately conduct an investigation to 
confirm or rule out the presence of the suspected listed disease  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/74 EN 3 6 2020
2  In the course of the investigation referred to in paragraph  1 the competent authority shall ensure that official veterinarians 
perform at least:
(a) clinical examinations of kept animals of listed species at the establishment; and
(b) collection of samples for laboratory examinations  
Article  7
Preliminary restriction and biosecurity measures in the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in kept 
animals in an establishment
1  In t he event of suspicion of a category  A disease in an establishment, the competent authority shall place the establishment 
under official surveillance and immediately impose the following preliminary restriction and biosecurity measures, in order 
to prevent the spread of the category  A disease from the affected animals and the establishment to other unaffected animals 
or to humans:
(a) pr ohibition of movements of kept animals of listed species into and from the establishment;
(b) pr ohibition of movements of kept animals of non-listed species into and from the establishment;
(c) p rohibition of movements of any product, material or substance likely to be contaminated with or likely to transmit 
category  A diseases from the establishment;
(d) isolation of k ept animals of listed species and protection from wild animals, animals of non-listed species and, when 
necessary, from insects and rodents;
(e) pr ohibition of killing of animals of listed species, unless authorised by the competent authority; and
(f) p rohibition of non-essential movements of products, materials, substances, persons and means of transport into the 
establishments  
2  By wa y of derogation from point  1(a), (b) and (c) t he competent authority may authorise movements of animals and 
products from the establishment where a category  A disease is suspected, after carrying out a risk assessment and provided that:
(a) t he movements of animals and products comply with all conditions and biosecurity measures necessary in order to 
avoid the spread of the disease;
(b) in the establishment of destination there are not other kept animals of listed species; and
(c) t he establishment of destination is not a slaughterhouse  
3  Wher e derogations provided for in paragraph  2 are g ranted, the competent authority may impose the disease control 
measures provided for in paragraph  1 in the establishment of destination  
4  T he competent authority may order preventive killing, in accordance with Article  12(1) and (2), of animals of lis ted 
species in the establishment where a category  A disease is suspected when the epidemiological situation so requires  
5  All animal b y-products from dead animals, which have died or have been killed in the establishment where a category  A 
disease is suspected shall be processed or disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009 to ensure that the 
suspected disease agent is inactivated and to prevent the spread of the disease to unaffected animals or to humans  
Article  8
Inventory and records analysis in the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in kept animals in an 
establishment
1  In t he event of suspicion of a category  A disease, the competent authority shall order and verify that, without delay, 
operators of the establishments where a category  A disease is suspected compile and maintain an up-to-date inventory of 
the following:
(a) t he species, categories and number of animals kept on the establishment; for poultry, the number of animals may be 
estimated;3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/75 EN
(b) t he individual identification number of all the animals of species for which the individual identification is compulsory 
in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035  (14);
(c) t he species, categories and number of kept animals of listed species which have been born, died, showed clinical signs 
or are likely to be infected or contaminated with the category  A disease in the establishment;
(d) an y product, material or substance likely to be contaminated with or likely to transmit the relevant category  A disease 
in the establishment; and
(e) wh en relevant, all places likely to enable the survival of the vectors of the relevant category  A disease in the establishment  
2  Wh ere the establishment consists of several epidemiological units, the information in paragraph  1 sh all be specified for 
each epidemiological unit  
3  In t he framework of the epidemiological enquiry, as referred to in Article  57 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429, the competent 
authority shall analyse at least the following records of the establishment where a category  A disease is suspected:
(a) t he inventory referred to in paragraph  1;
(b) t he records concerning the origin and date of arrival and departure at or from the establishment of kept animals of 
listed species;
(c) t he records concerning the origin and date of arrival and departure at or from the establishment of other relevant 
transport movements;
(d) t he production records; and
(e) t he records concerning to visits to the establishment, if available  
4  The records analysis referred to in paragraph  3 shall co ver, at least, the monitoring period set out in Annex  II for the 
relevant disease, calculated backwards from the date on which the suspicion was notified  
Article  9
Temporary restricted zones in the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in k ept terrestrial animals 
in an establishment
1  In t he event of suspicion of a category  A disease in kept animals in an establishment, the competent authority may 
establish a temporary restricted zone taking into account the following circumstances:
(a) t he location of the establishment in an area with a high density of kept animals of listed species for which a category  A 
disease is suspected;
(b) t he movement of animals or persons in contact with kept animals of listed species for which a category  A disease is 
suspected;
(c) t he delay in confirming the category  A disease pursuant to Article  11;
(d) t he insufficient information on the possible origin and routes of introduction of the suspected category  A disease; and
(e) t he disease profile, in particular the routes and speed of transmission of the disease and the persistence of the disease 
in the animal population  
2  In t he establishments within the temporary restricted zone the competent authority shall apply at least the measures 
provided for in Article  7 
3  T he competent authority may maintain the temporary restricted zone until the moment that the presence of the category  A 
disease has been ruled out in the establishment where it was suspected or the presence of that disease has been confirmed 
and a restricted zone is established pursuant to Article  21 
(14) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035 of 28 June  2019  supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council as regards rules for establishments keeping terrestrial animals and hatcheries, and the traceability of certain kept terrestrial 
animals and hatching eggs ( OJ L 314, 5  12 2019, p   115 ) Official Journal of the European Union L 174/76 EN 3 6 2020
4  T he competent authority may order preventive killing, in accordance with Article  12(1) and (2), or slaught ering of 
animals of listed species, in the temporary restricted zones when the epidemiological situation so requires  
Article  10
Measures to apply in the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in food and feed businesses, border 
control posts, animal by-products establishments or any other location of relevance, including means 
of transport
1  In the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in accordance with Article  9(1), (3) and (4) of Delegated Regulation 
(EU) 2020/ 689  in food and feed businesses, border control posts, animal by-products establishments or any other location 
of relevance, including means of transport, the competent authority shall apply:
(a) t he relevant provisions laid down in Articles  5 to 9; and
(b) if needed, additional measures adapted to the specific situation in order to prevent the spread of the category  A disease 
to unaffected animals or to humans  
2  The competent authority shall also apply provisions laid down in Articles  5 to 9 in the establishments of origin of the 
animals or products present in the establishments and locations referred to in paragraph  1 whic h are suspected to be infected  
Section  2
Disease control measures in the event of the official confirmation of a  
category  A disease in kept animals
Article  11
Official confirmation of a category  A disease in kept terrestrial animals
The competent authority shall officially confirm an outbreak of a category  A disease in kept terrestrial animals when a case 
is confirmed in accordance with Article  9(2), (3) and (4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  
Article  12
Disease control measures in the event of official confirmation of an outbreak of a category  A disease in 
kept animals in an establishment
1  F ollowing the official confirmation of an outbreak of a category  A disease in an establishment in accordance with 
Article  11, t he competent authority shall order that, in addition to measures provided for in Article  7, the following disease 
control measures are immediately applied under the supervision of official veterinarians:
(a) all animals of listed species kept in the affected establishment shall be killed as soon as possible on the spot, within the 
establishment, in such a way as to avoid any risk of spreading the relevant category  A disease agent during and after 
killing;
(b) all ap propriate and necessary biosecurity measures shall be taken to avoid any possible spread of the category  A disease 
to unaffected kept or wild animals or to humans;
(c) bodies or parts of kept animals of listed species which have died or which have been killed pursuant to point  (a) of this 
paragraph  shall be disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009;
(d) all po tentially contaminated products, materials or substances present in the establishment shall be isolated until:
 ( i) t hey are disposed of or processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009, in t he case of animal by-
products (including those resulting from the killing and products of animal origin and germinal products);
 (ii) cleaning and disinfection measures are completed in accordance with the Article  15, in the case of other materials 
and substances fit for cleaning and disinfection;
 (iii) disposal is com pleted under the supervision of official veterinarians, in the case of feeding stuff and other materials 
unfit for cleaning and disinfection  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/77 EN
2  The competent authority shall order and supervise that:
(a) t he transport from the affected establishment of animal by-products referred to in paragraphs  1(c) and 1(d)(i) complies 
with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009;
(b) t he transport from the affected establishment of materials or substances referred to in paragraph  1(d)(iii) com plies with 
its instructions regarding biosecurity and biosafety conditions to prevent the spread of category  A disease agent  
3  Th e competent authority shall collect samples for laboratory examination from kept animals of listed species, before or 
when they are killed or dead, for the purposes of the epidemiological enquiry referred to in Article  57 of Regulation (EU) 
2016/429  
4  By wa y of derogation of point  (a) of p aragraph  1, the competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment and 
taking into account the possibility of applying other risk-mitigating measures, decide:
(a) t o order the killing of kept animals of listed species at the nearest suitable place in such a way as to avoid any risk of 
spreading the category  A disease during killing or transport; or
(b) postpone t he killing of kept animals of listed species, provided that those animals are subject to emergency vaccination 
as provided for in Article  69 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429  
Article  13
Specific derogations from Article  12(1)(a)
1  In the event of an outbreak of a category  A disease in establishments keeping animals of listed species in two or more 
epidemiological units, the competent authority may grant derogation from Article  12(1)(a) to the epidemiological units in 
which the disease has not been confirmed, after carrying out a risk assessment, and, when necessary, after obtaining favourable 
results in laboratory examinations, and provided that:
(a) t he epidemiological enquiry referred to in Article  57 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429 has not revealed any epidemiological 
link between the epidemiological units in which the category  A disease has been confirmed and those in which the 
disease has not been confirmed, to suspect the spread of the category  A disease between them; and
(b) t he competent authority has confirmed that, at least during the monitoring period, set out in Annex  II for the relevant 
disease, before the confirmation of the category  A disease, the epidemiological units in which the disease has not been 
confirmed were kept completely separated and handled by different personnel  
2  T he competent authority may grant derogation from Article  12(1)(a) t o the following categories of animals provided 
that the conditions in paragraph  3 are fulf illed:
(a) animals kept in a confined establishment;
(b) animals kept for scientific purposes or purposes related to conservation of protected or endangered species;
(c) animals officially registered in advance as rare breeds; and
(d) animals with a duly justified high genetic, cultural or educational value  
3  The com petent authority shall ensure that the following conditions are fulfilled when granting the derogation provided 
for in paragraph  2:
(a) t he competent authority has carried out an assessment of the effects of granting such derogation and, in particular, of 
the effects on the animal health status of the Member State concerned and of the adjacent countries and the outcome 
of this assessment indicated that the animal health status is not endangered;
(b) appr opriate biosecurity measures are applied to prevent the risk of transmission of the category  A disease to unaffected 
kept animals or to wild animals or to humans taking into account:
 (i) t he disease profile; and
 (ii) t he affected species of animals;Official Journal of the European Union L 174/78 EN 3 6 2020
(c) t he animals are subject to appropriate isolation and clinical surveillance, including laboratory examinations, until the 
competent authority can ensure that the animals do not pose a risk of transmission of the category  A disease  
4  T he competent authority may grant specific derogations from Article  12(1)(a) t o equine animals kept in establishments 
where an outbreak of the category  A diseases referred to in Annex  III has been confirmed under the conditions set out in 
that Annex  
Article  14
Additional disease control measures in the event of an outbreak of a category  A disease in kept terrestrial 
animals in an establishment
1  T he competent authority may establish, in addition to the measures provided for in Article  12, sam pling procedures 
for kept animals of non-listed species and wild animals of listed species, based on the information obtained from the 
epidemiological enquiry referred to in Article  57 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/429  
2  T he competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment of the further spread of the relevant category  A 
disease and taking into account the possibility of applying other risk-mitigating measures, order the killing of kept animals 
of non-listed species and wild animals in such a way as to avoid any risk of spreading the category  A disease during killing, 
transport and until disposal of the entire bodies or parts of the dead animals  
Article  15
Preliminary cleaning and disinfection and control of insects and rodents in the affected establishment
1  Immediat ely after the completion of the measures provided for in Article  12, and wh en relevant in Article  14, t he 
competent authority shall order and supervise a preliminary cleaning and disinfection and, when relevant, control of insects 
and rodents, in the affected establishment in order to avoid spreading of the category  A disease  
2  The preliminary cleaning, disinfection and control referred to in paragraph  1 shall be:
(a) p erformed in accordance with the procedures set out in points  A and B of Anne x IV using t he appropriate biocidal 
products to ensure destruction of the relevant category  A disease agent; and
(b) adeq uately documented  
3  Wh en the competent authority grants one of the derogations provided for in Article  13(2) and (4), it sh all order the 
preliminary cleaning, disinfection and the control referred to in paragraph  1 adap ting the procedures referred to in point  2(a) 
to the specific situation without detriment to the control of spreading of the category  A disease from the affected animals 
and affected establishments and locations to other unaffected animals or to humans  
4  In addition to the measures referred to in paragraphs  1 and 2, the competent authority shall order and supervise that 
the means of transport used for the transport of animals to and from the affected establishment are properly cleaned and 
disinfected and, where relevant, subjected to measures ensuring the control of insects and rodents  
Article  16
Derogations and special rules for the preliminary cleaning and disinfection and control of vectors
The competent authority may grant derogation to the requirement regarding cleaning and disinfection and control of insects 
and rodents set out in Article  15 in the case of:
(a) p astures epidemiologically linked to the affected establishment, under specific procedures to ensure effective inactivation 
of the relevant category  A disease agent taking into account the disease profile, the type of establishment and the climatic 
conditions; and
(b) manure, including litt er and used bedding, from the affected establishment, under specific procedures to ensure effective 
inactivation of the relevant category  A disease agent in accordance with scientific evidence  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/79 EN
Article  17
Identification of epidemiologically linked establishments and other locations of relevance, including 
means of transport
1  In the frame of the epidemiological enquiry, as referred to in Article  57 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and in order 
to identify all the epidemiologically linked establishments and other locations of relevance, including means of transport, 
the competent authority shall trace all kept animals present in the establishment where an outbreak of a category  A disease 
has been confirmed and any products, materials, substances, means of transport or people likely to spread the relevant 
category  A disease including:
(a) t hose dispatched into and from the establishment; and
(b) t hose that have entered into contact with the establishment  
2  T he tracing referred to in paragraph  1 shall co ver at least the monitoring period, set out in Annex  II for the relevant 
disease, calculated backwards from the date the suspicion was notified  
3  Af ter carrying out a risk assessment, the competent authority may exclude from the tracing referred to in paragraph  1 
those products considered as safe commodities, as provided for in Annex  VII 
Article  18
Measures to be applied in the epidemiologically linked establishments and other locations of relevance, 
including means of transport
1  When t he tracing provided for in Article  17(1) demonstrates that animals of listed species were dispatched from or to 
the affected establishment during the period referred to in paragraph  2 of t hat Article, the competent authority shall:
(a) car ry out investigations and impose restriction and biosecurity measures in accordance with Article  6, Ar ticle  7 and 
Article  8 in the establishments of destination or origin of the movement; or
(b) immediat ely extend the measures in Article  12 t o the establishment of origin or the establishment of destination of 
the movement in the case that there is epidemiological evidence of spreading of the disease to, from or through that 
establishment  
2  The com petent authority shall apply the measures referred to in paragraph  1 in other establishments and locations of 
relevance, including means of transport, likely to be contaminated as a result of contact with animals, products, materials, 
substances, persons or means of transport from the affected establishment identified in the frame of the tracing referred to 
in Article  17 or based on an y other relevant information from the epidemiological enquiry, as referred to in Article  57 of 
the Regulation (EU) 2016/429  
Article  19
Measures to be applied to the products identified by the tracing
1  The competent authority shall order and supervise that semen, oocytes and embryos identified as contaminated by the 
tracing referred to in Article  17 are disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EU) No  1069/2009  
2  The com petent authority shall order and supervise the treatment, processing or disposing of the products identified by 
the tracing referred to in Article  17, at leas t up to:
(a) t he first food processing establishment in the case of products of animal origin;
(b) t he hatchery or the establishment where eggs were sent for hatching, in the case of hatching eggs which did not yet 
hatch; and
(c) t he first establishment of processing in the case of animal by products, except manure; or
(d) t he location where it is stored, in the case of manure, including litter and used bedding  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/80 EN 3 6 2020
3  The competent authority shall establish official surveillance on poultry hatched during the tracing period referred to in 
Article  17(2) from hatching eggs originating from the affected establishment; this surveillance shall be established in all the 
establishments of destination of the hatching eggs and shall be maintained for a period of time of 21  days after hatching  
4  The com petent authority shall order and supervise that the transport from the establishments of animal by-products is 
subject to the provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009  
5  The competent authority shall order and supervise that materials or substances likely to be contaminated or likely to 
transmit the relevant category  A disease comply with its instructions regarding biosecurity and biosafety conditions to prevent 
the spread of category  A disease agent  
Article  20
Measures to be applied in the event of official confirmation of an outbreak of a category  A disease in food 
and feed businesses, border control posts, animal by-products establishments and any other location of 
relevance, including means of transport
1  In the event of official confirmation of an outbreak in accordance with Article  11 in food and feed businesses, border 
control posts, animal by-products establishments or any other locations of relevance, including means of transport, the 
competent authority shall apply:
(a) t he relevant provisions laid down in Articles  12 to 19; and
(b) if needed, additional measures adapted to the specific situation in order to prevent the spread of the category  A disease 
from the affected animals and affected establishments and locations to other unaffected animals or to humans  
2  The competent authority shall apply provisions laid down in Articles  12 t o 19 also in the establishments of origin of 
the affected animals or products present in the establishments and locations referred to in paragraph  1 
CHAPTER  II
Disease control measures for category  A diseases of kept terrestrial animals in the restricted zones
Section  1
General disease control measures in the restricted zone
Article  21
Establishment of a restricted zone
1  In t he event of an outbreak of a category  A disease in an establishment, food and feed business, animal by–products 
establishment or other locations, including means of transport, the competent authority shall immediately establish around 
the affected establishment or location a restricted zone, which comprises:
(a) a p rotection zone based on the minimum radius from the outbreak set out for the relevant category  A disease in Annex  V;
(b) a surveillance zone based on the minimum radius from the outbreak set out for the relevant category  A disease in 
Annex  V ; and
(c) if necessary, on the basis of the criteria set out in paragraph  1 of Ar ticle  64 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429, further 
restricted zones around or adjacent to the protection and surveillance zones, where the competent authority shall apply 
the same measures as those provided for in Section  3 of t his Chapter  for the surveillance zone  
2  T he competent authority shall adapt the boundaries of the initial restricted zone, including the boundaries of the 
protection, surveillance and the further restricted zones, in the case of the overlapping of two or more restricted zones due 
to further outbreaks of the category  A disease  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/81 EN
3  By wa y of derogation of paragraph  1, and af ter carrying out a risk assessment taking into account the disease profile, the 
competent authority may not establish a restricted zone when an outbreak of a category  A disease occurs in the following 
locations:
(a) es tablishments keeping animals referred to Article  13(2);
(b) hatc heries;
(c) f ood and feed businesses, border control posts, animal by-products establishments;
(d) means of transport;
(e) locations where assembly operations or temporal exhibition or veterinary assistance of animals take place; and
(f) an y other location which is not an establishment  
Article  22
Measures to be applied in the restricted zone
1  The competent authority shall without delay compile and keep up to date an inventory of all establishments keeping 
animals of listed species located in the restricted zone including the species, categories and number of animals in each 
establishment; for poultry, the number of animals may be estimated  
2  T he competent authority may, in order to prevent the spreading of the disease and based on epidemiological information 
or other evidence, implement preventive killing, in accordance with Article  12(1) and (2), or slaugh tering of kept animals of 
listed species in the establishments located in the restricted zone  
3  The competent authority shall order and supervise that all movements of entire bodies or parts of dead wild and kept 
animals of listed species from the restricted zone are destined for processing or disposal in accordance with Regulation (EC) 
No 1069/2009 in a plant approved for those purposes:
(a) wit hin the territory of the Member State; or
(b) in ano ther Member State in accordance with Article  48(1) and (3) of R egulation (EC) No  1069/2009, where it is no t 
feasible to process or dispose the entire bodies or parts of dead animals in an approved plant in the territory of the 
Member State where the outbreak occurred  
4  T he competent authority shall impose specific conditions for the transport of animals and products through the restricted 
zone in order to ensure that they are performed:
(a) wit hout stopping or unloading in the restricted zone;
(b) pr ioritising major highways or mainline railways; and
(c) a voiding the vicinity of establishments keeping animals of listed species  
5  Animal by-products originating from and moved outside the restricted zone shall be accompanied by an animal health 
certificate issued by an official veterinarian stating that they are allowed to be moved from the restricted zone under the 
conditions established by the competent authority in accordance with this Chapter  
6  The competent authority may decide that the certificate referred to in paragraph  5 shall no t be issued for movements 
of animal by-products within the Member State concerned when that authority considers that an alternative system is in 
place ensuring that consignments of such products are traceable and that products fulfil the animal health requirements for 
such movements  
7  An y collection of samples in the establishments in the restricted zone keeping animals of listed species for purposes other 
than to confirm or rule out the presence of the relevant category  A diseases must be authorised by the competent authority  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/82 EN 3 6 2020
Article  23
Derogations from measures to be applied in the restricted zone
The competent authority may grant derogations from the provisions set out in this Chapter  concer ning the measures to be 
applied in restricted zones, to the extent necessary and after carrying out a risk assessment:
(a) in the further restricted zones referred to in Article  21(1)(c);
(b) in the case that the competent authority decides to establish a restricted zone when an outbreak of a category  A disease 
occurs in establishments and locations referred to in Article  21(3);
(c) in the case that the outbreak occurs in an establishment keeping up to 50 captive birds; or
(d) in establishments and locations referred to in Article  21(3) located in a restricted zone  
Article  24
Requirements for the means of transport of kept animals of listed species and products thereof
1  The com petent authority shall ensure that the means of transport used for movements of kept animals of listed species 
and products thereof within, from, to and through the restricted zone have been:
(a) cons tructed and maintained in such a way to avoid any leakage or escape of animals, products or any item representing 
an animal health risk;
(b) cleaned and disinf ected immediately after every transport of animals, products or any item representing an animal health 
risk and, if necessary, subsequently disinfected again, and in any case dried or allowed to dry, before any new loading 
of animals or products; and
(c) where rele vant, subjected to measures for the control of insects and rodents before the transport  
2  The cleaning and disinfection of the means of transport referred to in paragraph  1 shall be performed:
(a) in accor dance with the instructions or procedures provided for by the competent authority using the appropriate biocidal 
products to ensure the destruction of the relevant category  A disease agent; and
(b) adeq uately documented  
Section  2
Disease control measures in the protection zone
Article  25
Measures to be applied in establishments keeping animals of listed species in the protection zone
1  The competent authority shall order without delay the application of the following measures in establishments in the 
protection zone keeping animals of listed species, other than the establishment in which the category  A disease has been 
confirmed:
(a) t o keep animals of listed species separate from wild animals and animals of non-listed species;
(b) t o implement additional surveillance in order to identify any further spread of the category  A disease to the establishments, 
including any increased morbidity or mortality or significant drop in production data; any such increase or drop shall 
be immediately notified to the competent authority;
(c) wh en appropriate, to implement adequate means of controlling insects and rodents and other disease vectors in and 
around the establishment;
(d) t o use appropriate means of disinfection at the entrances and exits of the establishment;3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/83 EN
(e) t o apply appropriate biosecurity measures to all persons in contact with kept animals of listed species or entering or 
leaving the establishment as well as to means of transport in order to avoid any risk of spread of the relevant category  A 
disease;
(f) t o keep records of all persons visiting the establishment, maintain them up to date in order to facilitate disease surveillance 
and control and made them available to the competent authority upon request;
(g) t o dispose entire bodies or parts of dead or killed kept animals of listed species according to Article  22(3)  
2  By wa y of derogation of point  (f) of p aragraph  1 the records on visitors are not required in establishments where animals 
referred to in Article  13(2) are kept, if visitors have no  access to the areas where the animals are kept  
Article  26
Visits by official veterinarians in establishments in the protection zone
1  T he competent authority shall ensure that official veterinarians carry out at least one visit to all the establishments 
referred to in Article  25, as soon as possible and without unjustified delay, after the official confirmation of an outbreak of 
a category  A disease  
2  Wh en carrying out the visits referred to in paragraph  1, of ficial veterinarians shall perform at least the following activities:
(a) document ary checks, including production, health and traceability records analysis;
(b) v erification of the implementation of the measures applied to prevent the introduction or spread of the relevant category  A 
disease in accordance with Article  25;
(c) clinical examination of kept animals of listed species; and
(d) if ne cessary, collection of samples of animals for laboratory examination in order to confirm or rule out the presence 
of the relevant category  A disease  
3  T he competent authority may require further veterinary visits to the establishments in the protection zone to follow 
up on the situation  
4  The competent authority shall keep a record of activities and visits referred to in paragraph  1, 2 and 3 and t he findings 
thereof  
5  By way of derogation from paragraph  1, where t he radius of the protection zone set in Annex  V is lar ger than 3  km, 
the competent authority may decide to require not the visit to all the establishments referred to in Article  25 but the visit 
of a representative number of those establishments in accordance with point  A 3 of Annex  I 
Article  27
Prohibitions in relation to activities, including movements, concerning animals, products and other 
material within, from or to the protection zone
1  T he competent authority shall prohibit the activities, including movements, concerning animals of listed species and 
their products and other materials within, from and to the protection zone in accordance with the table  in Annex  VI 
2  The competent authority may extend the prohibitions provided for in paragraph  1 to:
(a) animals of non-listed species and products from such animals; and
(b) activities, including movements, other than those set out in Annex  VI 
3  The following products are exempted from prohibitions provided for in paragraphs  1 and 2:
(a) p roducts of animal origin considered as safe commodities, in accordance with Annex  VII, as reg ards the relevant disease;Official Journal of the European Union L 174/84 EN 3 6 2020
(b) pr oducts of animal origin which have undergone the relevant treatment in accordance with Annex  VII;
(c) pr oducts or other materials likely to spread the disease obtained or produced before the monitoring period set out in 
Annex  II for the relevant disease calculated backwards from the date on which the suspicion was notified;
(d) pr oducts produced in the protection zone which have been obtained from kept animals of listed species:
 (i) k ept outside the protection zone;
 (ii) k ept and slaughtered outside the protection zone; or
 (iii) k ept outside the protection zone and slaughtered in the protection zone;
(e) der ived products  
4  Pr ohibitions provided for in paragraph  1 and 2 shall apply to products referred to in paragraph  3 if:
(a) t he products were not clearly separated, during the production process, storage and transport, from products not eligible 
for dispatch outside the restricted zone pursuant to this Regulation; or
(b) t he competent authority has epidemiological evidences of spreading of the disease to, from or through those products  
Article  28
General conditions to grant derogations from prohibitions in the protection zone
1  By wa y of derogation from prohibitions provided for in Article  27, t he competent authority may authorise movements 
of animals and products in the cases covered by Articles  29 to 38 and under the specific conditions provided for in those 
Articles  and the general conditions laid down in paragraphs  2 to 7 of this Article  
Prior to granting the authorisation, the competent authority shall assess the risks deriving from that authorisation and the 
assessment must indicate that the risk of spreading the category  A disease is negligible  
2  All authorised movements must be performed:
(a) e xclusively via designated routes,
(b) pr ioritising major highways or mainline railways,
(c) a voiding the vicinity of establishments keeping animals of listed species; and
(d) wit hout unloading or stopping, until the unloading in the establishment of destination  
3  The com petent authority of the establishment of origin shall designate the establishment of destination for movements 
from or to the protection zone   If the competent authority of the establishment of origin is different from the competent 
authority of the establishment of destination, it shall inform the competent authority of the establishment of destination 
about such designation  
4  The competent authority of the establishment of origin shall verify that the establishment of destination agrees to be 
designated and to receive each consignment of animals or products  
5  When aut horising movements of animals from the protection zone, the competent authority shall ensure that such 
movements do not pose a risk of spreading of the category  A disease based on:
(a) a clini cal examination, with favourable results, of animals kept in the establishment, including those animals to be moved;
(b) if necessar y, a laboratory examination, with favourable results, of animals kept in the establishment, including those 
animals to be moved; and
(c) t he outcome of the visits referred to in Article  26 3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/85 EN
6  Wh en authorising the transport of products from the protection zone, the competent authority shall order and supervise 
that:
(a) dur ing the whole production process and their storage, products were clearly separated from products not eligible for 
dispatch outside the restricted zone in accordance with this Regulation; and
(b) p roducts will not be transported with products not eligible for dispatch outside the restricted zone pursuant to this 
Regulation  
7  Wh en granting an authorisation pursuant to paragraph  1, the competent authority shall ensure that supplementary 
biosecurity measures are applied from the moment of loading, during all transport operations and until the unloading in 
the designated establishment of destination in accordance with its instructions  
Article  29
Specific conditions for authorising movements for slaughter of kept animals of listed species in the 
protection zone
1  T he competent authority may authorise movements of kept animals of listed species from establishments located in the 
protection zone to a slaughterhouse located:
(a) as near as possible to the establishment of origin, within the protection zone;
(b) in the surveillance zone, when it is not possible to slaughter the animals in the protection zone; or
(c) as near as possible to the surveillance zone when it is not possible to slaughter the animals in the restricted zone  
2  The competent authority shall only grant authorisations provided for in paragraph  1 under the following conditions:
(a) t he means of transport must be sealed at the moment of loading by the competent authority of dispatch or under its 
supervision;
(b) t he competent authority of the slaughterhouse shall:
 (i) be informed in advance by the slaughterhouse operator of the intention to receive kept animals of listed species;
 (ii) conf irm the absence of any signs indicative of the category  A disease during the ante and post mortem inspections;
 (iii) sup ervise the slaughterhouse operator having effective procedures in place to ensure that kept animals of listed 
species originating in the protection zone are kept separately and slaughtered separately from such animals or at 
different times, preferably at the end of the working  day of arrival;
 (iv) conf irm the slaughter of the animals to the competent authority of the establishment of origin of the animals;
 ( v) sup ervise the slaughterhouse operator cleaning and disinfecting the premises where the animals have been kept and 
slaughtered and the completion of the cleaning and disinfection is completed before other kept animals of listed 
species are kept or slaughtered in those premises; and
 (vi) super vise the obtaining of meat from such animals complying with the conditions laid down in Article  33 
3  Th e competent authority may authorise movements of kept animals of listed species from establishments located outside 
the protection zone to a slaughterhouse located in the protection zone if:
(a) t he animals are kept separately from other animals originating from the protection zone and are slaughtered separately 
from those animals or at a different time;
(b) t he fresh meat obtained is cut, transported and stored separately from fresh meat obtained from animals originating in 
the protection zone; and
(c) t he cleaning and disinfection of the means of transport referred to in Article  24 t akes place under official supervision 
after unloading the animals  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/86 EN 3 6 2020
4  By wa y of derogation of Article  9 of R egulation (EC) No  1069/2009 t he competent authority may authorise the 
processing and use of animal by-products, obtained from animals slaughtered in accordance with paragraphs  1, 2 and 3 as 
category  3 material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009 in a p lant approved for processing or disposal of 
animal by-products, located on its territory, or in another Member State, where it is not feasible to process or dispose them 
in an approved plant in the territory of the Member State where the outbreak occurred  
In case the animal by-products referred to in the first subparagraph  are moved to a plant located in another Member State, 
the Member State of destination and the Member States of passage shall authorise such dispatch and the competent authority 
of destination shall authorise the processing and use of those animal by-products as category  3 material in accordance with 
Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009  
Article  30
Specific conditions for authorising certain movements of poultry from establishments located in the 
protection zone
1  The competent authority may authorise movements of  day-old-chicks from an establishment located in the protection 
zone to an establishment located in the same Member State but, if possible, outside the restricted zone, provided that:
(a) in the case of  day-old-chicks hatched from eggs originating in the restricted zone:
 (i) t he means of transport is sealed at the moment of loading by the competent authority or under its supervision;
 ( ii) t he establishment of destination is placed under official surveillance by the official veterinarians following the arrival 
of the animals; and
 (iii) if mo ved outside the restricted zone, the poultry remain in the establishment of destination at least for a period of 
21 da ys  
(b) in t he case of  day-old-chicks hatched from eggs originating outside the restricted zone, the hatchery of dispatch can 
ensure that no  cont act has occurred between those eggs and any other hatching eggs or  day-old chicks originating in 
the restricted zone  
2  Th e competent authority may authorise movements of ready-to-lay poultry from establishments located in the protection 
zone to establishments located in the same Member State and, if possible, within the restricted zone, provided that:
(a) in the establishment of destination there is no  other kept animal of listed species;
(b) t he means of transport is sealed at the moment of loading by the competent authority or under its supervision;
(c) t he establishment of destination is placed under official surveillance by the official veterinarians following the arrival of 
the animals; and
(d) if mo ved outside the restricted zone, the animals remain on the establishment of destination at least for a period of 
21 da ys  
Article  31
Specific conditions for authorising certain movements of hatching eggs in the protection zone
1  The competent authority may authorise movements of hatching eggs either:
(a) fr om an establishment located in the protection zone to a hatchery located in the same Member State; or
(b) fr om an establishment located in the same member State to a hatchery located in the protection zone  
2  The authorisation provided for in paragraph  1(a) shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a) t he parent flocks from which the hatching eggs are derived have undergone a clinical examination and have been sampled 
for laboratory examination with favourable results;3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/87 EN
(b) t he hatching eggs and their packaging are disinfected before dispatch and the tracing back of the hatching eggs can be 
ensured; and
(c) t he hatching eggs must be transported in means of transport sealed by the competent authority  
3  The competent authority may authorise movements of hatching eggs from an establishment located in the protection 
zone to an establishment for in-house hatching located in the same Member State, if:
(a) t he parent flocks from which the hatching eggs are derived have undergone a clinical examination and have been sampled 
for laboratory examination with favourable results;
(b) t he establishment of destination is placed under official supervision until 21  days following hatching of the eggs;
(c) t he poultry must remain on the establishment of destination during the period referred to in (b); and
(d) t he requirements referred to in paragraph  2(b) and (c) are complied with  
Article  32
Specific conditions for authorising movements of semen from approved germinal product establishments 
in the protection zone
The competent authority may authorise movements of semen collected from animals of listed species kept in approved 
germinal product establishments, excluding hatcheries, located in the protection zone after the estimated date of earliest 
infection of the affected establishment subject to the following conditions:
(a) all t he disease control measures relating to the category  A disease have been lifted in the protection zone in accordance 
with Article  39;
(b) all k ept animals of listed species in the semen collection centre have undergone a clinical examination and have been 
sampled for laboratory examination in order to rule out the presence of the category  A disease in the semen collection 
centre; and
(c) t he donor animal has been subjected with favourable result to a laboratory examination on a sample taken not earlier 
than seven  days after the monitoring period set out in Annex  II for the relevant disease, calculated forwards from the 
date on which the semen was collected  
Article  33
Specific conditions for authorising movements of fresh meat and raw milk obtained from kept animals 
of listed species from establishments in the protection zone
1  T he competent authority may authorise movements of fresh meat and raw milk obtained from animals of listed species 
kept in establishments located in the protection zone if:
(a) t hey are moved to a processing establishment to undergo one of the relevant risk-mitigating treatments set out in 
Annex  VII; or
(b) in the case of fresh meat of poultry:
 ( i) it has been mar ked in accordance with paragraph  1 of Anne x IX fr om the moment it was obtained in the 
slaughterhouse; and
 (ii) it is not intended to another Member State  
2  T he competent authority shall ensure that movements to a processing establishment referred to in paragraph  1(a) com ply 
with the following conditions:
(a) fresh  meat must be marked in accordance with point  2 of Anne x IX in t he slaughterhouse after the post-mortem 
inspection and must bear such mark until it is treated;
(b) t he movement of fresh meat and raw milk from the establishment of origin to the processing establishment must be 
carried out in sealed containers; andOfficial Journal of the European Union L 174/88 EN 3 6 2020
(c) t he processing establishment must be located in the same restricted zone or as near as possible to the restricted zone 
and must operate under the supervision of official veterinarians  
Article  34
Specific conditions for authorising movements of eggs for human consumption from establishments 
located in the protection zone
The competent authority may authorise the movement of eggs for human consumption from establishments located in the 
protection zone to the following destinations within the same Member State:
(a) t o a packing centre, provided that they are packed in:
 (i) a disposable packaging; or
 (ii) a pac kaging which can be cleaned and disinfected in such way as to destroy the relevant category  A disease agent;
(b) t o an establishment for the manufacture of egg products as set out in Chapter  II of Section  X of Anne x III to Regulation 
(EC) No  853/2004, in or der to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter  XI of Anne x II to Regulation (EC) 
No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council  (15) 
Article  35
Specific conditions for authorising movements of manure, including litter and used bedding from 
establishments located in the protection zone to a landfill
The competent authority may authorise movements of manure, including litter and used bedding, from establishments located 
in the protection zone for the purpose of their disposal in a designated landfill located within the same Member State only 
after processing in accordance with Article  13(c) of Regulation (EU) No  1069/2009  
Article  36
Specific conditions for authorising the movement of feed materials of plant origin and straw from the 
protection zone
The competent authority may authorise movements of feed materials of plant origin and straw produced in the protection 
zone provided that:
(a) t hey were produced in locations not keeping animals of listed species;
(b) t hey were produced in feed processing establishments not keeping animals of listed species and the raw plant material 
originates:
 (i) fr om locations referred to in point  (a); or
 (ii) fr om outside the protection zone;
(c) t hey are intended for use within the protection zone; or
(d) t hey have undergone at least one of the risk-mitigating treatments in accordance with Annex  VIII 
Article  37
Specific conditions for authorising movements of kept animals of listed species and products to an animal 
by-products approved plant
1  T he competent authority may authorise movements of kept animals of listed species from establishments located in the 
protection zone to a plant approved for processing or disposal of animal by-products in which:
(a) t he kept animals are immediately killed; and
(b) t he resulting animal by-products are disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009  
(15) R egulation (EC) No  852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 Apr il  2004  on the hygiene of foodstuffs ( OJ L 139,  
30 4 2004, p   1) 3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/89 EN
2  Th e competent authority may authorise movements of products from establishments and locations in the protection zone 
to a plant approved for processing or disposal of animal by-products, in which the products are disposed of or processed in 
accordance with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009  
Article  38
Measures to be applied in food and feed businesses, border control posts, animal by-products 
establishments or any other location of relevance in the protection zone, including means of transport
1  The com petent authority shall apply the relevant measures referred to in Article  25, and Articles  27 to 38 in food and 
feed businesses, border control posts, animal by-products establishments or any other location of relevance in the protection 
zone, including means of transport  
2  In the establishments and locations referred to in paragraph  1, the competent authority may apply additional measures 
adapted to the specific situation in order to prevent the spread of the category  A disease within and from the protection zone  
Article  39
Duration of the disease control measures in the protection zone
1  T he competent authority may lift the measures provided for in Section  1 and 2 of t his Chapter  only if the minimum 
period set out in Annex  X has elapsed and the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a) t he preliminary cleaning and disinfection and, where relevant, control of insects and rodents, has been performed in 
accordance with Article  15 in the affected establishment; and
(b) in all establishments keeping animals of listed species in the protection zone, animals of listed species have undergone, 
with favourable results, clinical and when necessary laboratory examinations in accordance with Article  26 
2  Where t he relevant category  A disease is transmitted by a listed vector, as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2018/1882, 
the competent authority may:
(a) es tablish the duration of the measures in the protection zone on a case by case basis, taking into account any factor 
influencing the risk of the disease spreading; and
(b) pr ovide for the introduction of sentinel animals  
3  Af ter the lifting of the measures referred to in paragraph  1, the measures provided for in Section  3 of t his Chapter  shall 
apply in the protection zone for at least the additional period set out in Annex  X 
Section  3
Disease control measures in the surveillance zone
Article  40
Measures to be applied in establishments in the surveillance zone
The competent authority shall order the application, without delay, of the measures provided for in Article  25 in all t he 
establishments in the surveillance zone keeping animals of listed species  
Article  41
Visits by the official veterinarians in establishments in the surveillance zone
The competent authority shall ensure that official veterinarians carry out visits to a sample of establishments keeping animals 
of listed species in the surveillance zone in accordance with Article  26 and point  A 3 of Annex  I Official Journal of the European Union L 174/90 EN 3 6 2020
Article  42
Prohibitions in relation to activities, including movements, concerning animals, products and other 
material within, from or to the surveillance zone
The competent authority shall apply prohibitions, exemptions and derogations to activities, including movements concerning 
animals of listed species, the products thereof and other material, from and to the surveillance zone in accordance with 
Article  27 
Article  43
General conditions for granting derogations from prohibitions provided for in Article  42
1  By wa y of derogation from Article  42, t he competent authority may authorise movements of animals and products 
only in the cases covered by Articles  44 to 52, under the specific conditions provided for in those Articles  and the general 
conditions laid down in paragraphs  2 to 7 of this Article  
Prior to granting the authorisation, the competent authority shall assess the risks deriving from that authorisation   The 
assessment must indicate that the risk of spreading the category  A disease is negligible  
2  All authorised movements shall be performed:
(a) pr ioritising major highways or mainline railways;
(b) a voiding the vicinity of establishments keeping animals of listed species; and
(c) wit hout unloading or stopping, until the unloading in the establishment of destination  
3  The com petent authority of the establishment of origin shall designate the establishment of destination for movements 
from or to the surveillance zone   If the competent authority is not the same as in the establishment of destination, it shall 
inform the competent authority of the establishment of destination about such designation  
4  The competent authority of the establishment of origin shall verify that the establishment of destination agrees to be 
designated and to receive each consignment of animals or products  
5  When aut horising movements of animals from the surveillance zone, the competent authority shall ensure that such 
movements do not pose a risk of spreading the category  A disease based on:
(a) a clinical e xamination with favourable results of animals kept in the establishment, including those animals to be moved;
(b) if ne cessary, a laboratory examination with favourable results of animals kept in the establishment, including those 
animals to be moved; and
(c) t he outcome of the visits referred to in Article  41, if a vailable  
6  When aut horising the transport of products from the surveillance zone, the competent authority must ensure that:
(a) dur ing the whole production process and storage, products were clearly separated from products not eligible for dispatch 
outside the restricted zone pursuant this Regulation;
(b) pr oducts will not be transported with products not eligible for dispatch outside the restricted zone pursuant this 
Regulation  
7  Wh en granting derogations provided for in paragraph  1, the competent authority shall ensure that supplementary 
biosecurity measures are applied from the moment of loading, during all transport operations and until the unloading in 
the designated establishment of destination in accordance with its instructions  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/91 EN
Article  44
Specific conditions for authorising movements for slaughter of kept animals of listed species within, 
from and to the surveillance zone
1  T he competent authority may authorise movements of kept animals of listed species originating in the surveillance zone 
to a slaughterhouse located:
(a) as near as possible to the establishment of origin, within the restricted zone; or
(b) outside the restricted zone, as near as possible to the surveillance zone, when it is not possible to slaughter the animals 
in the restricted zone, and after carrying out a risk assessment  
2  The meat obtained from animals referred to in paragraph  1 shall be subject to the measures provided for in Article  49 
3  T he competent authority may authorise movements of kept animals of listed species originating outside the surveillance 
zone to a slaughterhouse situated in the surveillance zone  
4  T he competent authority may authorise the processing and use of animal by-products, obtained from animals slaughtered 
in accordance with paragraphs  1, 2 and 3 as cat egory  3 material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009 in a plant 
approved for processing or disposal of animal by-products, located on their territory, or in another Member State, where it is 
not feasible to process or dispose them in an approved plant in the territory of the Member State where the outbreak occurred  
In case the animal by-products referred to in the first subparagraph  are moved to a plant located in another Member State, 
the Member State of destination and the Member States of passage shall authorise such dispatch and the competent authority 
of destination shall authorise the processing and use of those animal by-products as category  3 material in accordance with 
Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009  
Article  45
Specific conditions for authorising certain movements of kept ungulates of listed species from 
establishments in the surveillance zone
1  T he competent authority may authorise the movement of kept ungulates of listed species to pastures situated within 
the surveillance zone, provided that:
(a) a p eriod of 15  days has elapsed after the preliminary cleaning and disinfection referred to in Article  15 has been com pleted 
and approved; and
(b) t he animals do not come into contact with animals of listed species from other establishments  
2  The competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment, authorise the movement of kept animals of listed 
species of ungulates to an establishment belonging to the same supply chain, located in or outside the surveillance zone, to 
complete the production cycle before slaughter   If the establishment of destination is located outside the surveillance zone, 
the competent authority shall apply in that establishment the measures provided for in Articles  40, Ar ticle  41 and Ar ticle  42 
as long as the disease control measures in the surveillance zone of origin are maintained as provided for in Article  55 
Article  46
Specific conditions for authorising certain movements of poultry from establishments located in the 
surveillance zone
1  The competent authority may authorise movements of  day-old chicks originating in the surveillance zone:
(a) t o establishments in the same Member State where they were hatched from eggs originating from establishments within 
the surveillance zone, if:
 (i) t he establishment of destination is placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the animals; and
 (ii) if mo ved outside the restricted zone, the animals remain in the establishments of destination for at least 21  days;Official Journal of the European Union L 174/92 EN 3 6 2020
(b) t o establishments in the same Member State where they were hatched from eggs originating outside the restricted zone, 
if the hatchery of dispatch can ensure that no  cont act has occurred between those eggs and any other hatching eggs 
or day-old chicks obtained from animals kept within the restricted zone  
2  Th e competent authority may authorise movements of ready-to-lay poultry from establishments in the surveillance zone 
to establishments in the same Member State, if:
(a) in the establishment of destination there is no  other kept animal of listed species;
(b) t he establishment of destination is placed under official surveillance following the arrival of the ready-to-lay poultry; 
and
(c) t he poultry remain on the establishment of destination for at least 21  days 
Article  47
Specific conditions for authorising certain movements of hatching eggs to and from establishments in 
the surveillance zone
1  T he competent authority may authorise movements of hatching eggs from an establishment located in the same Member 
State to:
(a) a hatc hery located in the surveillance zone; or
(b) an es tablishment for in-house hatching located in the surveillance zone  
2  The com petent authority may authorise movements of hatching eggs from an establishment located in the surveillance 
zone to a hatchery in the same Member State or to an establishment for in-house hatching located in the same Member State, 
only if the hatching eggs and their packaging are disinfected before dispatch and the tracing back of these eggs can be ensured  
Article  48
Specific conditions for authorising movements of semen from approved germinal product establishments 
in the surveillance zone
The competent authority may authorise movements of semen collected from animals of listed species kept in approved 
germinal product establishments, excluding hatcheries, located in the surveillance zone after the estimated date of earliest 
infection of the affected establishment provided that:
(a) all t he disease control measures relating to the relevant category  A disease have been lifted in the surveillance zone in 
accordance with Article  55;
(b) all t he kept animals of listed species in the semen collection centre have undergone a clinical examination and have been 
sampled for laboratory examinations in order to rule out the presence of the category  A disease in the semen collection 
centre;
(c) t he donor animal has been subjected with favourable results to a laboratory examination on a sample taken not earlier 
than seven  days after the monitoring period set out in Annex  II for the relevant disease, calculated forwards from the 
date on which the semen was collected  
Article  49
Specific conditions for authorising movements of fresh meat and raw milk obtained from kept animals 
of listed species from establishments located in the surveillance zone
1  T he competent authority may authorise movements of fresh meat and raw milk obtained from animals of listed species 
kept in establishments located in the surveillance zone if, either:
(a) t he fresh meat or the raw milk is moved to a processing establishment to undergo one of the risk-mitigating treatments 
set out in Annex  VII; or
(b) t he fresh meat is obtained from poultry  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/93 EN
2  The com petent authority shall ensure that fresh meat and the raw milk moved pursuant paragraph  1(a), comply with 
the following:
(a) fresh  meat is marked in accordance with Annex  IX wh en it is obtained in the slaughterhouse and keeps such mark until 
it is treated; and
(b) t he treatment is applied in an establishment situated in the same restricted zone or as near as possible of the restricted 
zone, which operates under the supervision of official veterinarians  
Article  50
Specific conditions for authorising movements of eggs for human consumption from establishments in 
the surveillance zone
1  T he competent authority may authorise movements of eggs for human consumption from establishments in the 
surveillance zone to a packing centre located in the same Member State provided that they are packed in:
(a) a disposable packaging; or
(b) a pac kaging which can be cleaned and disinfected in such way as to destroy the category  A disease agent  
2  T he competent authority may authorise movements of eggs for human consumption from establishments located in the 
surveillance zone to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products located in the same Member State if:
(a) t he establishment for the manufacture of egg products complies with Chapter  II of Section  X of Anne x III to Regulation 
(EC) No  853/2004; and
(b) t he eggs are moved to the establishment for the manufacture of egg products in order to be handled and treated in 
accordance with Chapter  XI of Annex  II to Regulation (EC) No  852/2004  
Article  51
Specific conditions for authorising movements of manure, including litter and used bedding, from 
establishments in the surveillance zone
The competent authority may authorise the movement of manure, including litter and used bedding, from establishments 
located in the surveillance zone:
(a) wit hout processing, to a landfill, previously authorised for that purpose by the competent authority, located in the same 
surveillance zone; or
(b) f ollowing processing, to a landfill, previously authorised for that purpose by the competent authority, located in the 
territory in the Member State  
Article  52
Specific conditions for authorising the movement of feed materials of plant origin and straw from the 
surveillance zone
The competent authority may authorise movements of feed materials of plant origin or straw produced in the surveillance 
zone provided that the feed materials or the straw:
(a) w ere produced in locations not keeping animals of listed species, other than feed processing establishments;
(b) w ere produced in feed processing establishments not keeping animals of listed species and the raw plant material 
originates:
 (i) fr om locations referred to in paragraph  (a); or
 (ii) fr om outside the surveillance zone;Official Journal of the European Union L 174/94 EN 3 6 2020
(c) are int ended for use within the surveillance zone;
(d) ha ve undergone at least one of the risk-mitigating treatments set out in Annex  VIII 
Article  53
Specific conditions for authorising movements of kept animals of listed species and products to an 
approved plant
1  T he competent authority may authorise movements of kept animals of listed species from establishments located in the 
surveillance zone to a plant approved for processing or disposal of animal by-products where:
(a) t he kept animals are immediately killed; and
(b) t he resulting animal by-products are disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009  
2  T he competent authority may authorise movements of products from establishments and other locations in the surveillance 
zone to a plant approved for processing or disposal of animal by-products where they are disposed of or processed in 
accordance with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009  
Article  54
Measures to be applied in food and feed businesses, border control posts, animal by-products 
establishments or any other location of relevance in the surveillance zone, including means of transport
1  The com petent authority shall apply the relevant measures referred to in Article  40, and Articles  42 to 53 in food and 
feed businesses, border control posts, animal by-products establishments or any other location of relevance in the surveillance 
zone, including means of transport  
2  In the establishments and locations referred to in paragraph  1, the competent authority may apply additional measures 
adapted to the specific situation in order to prevent the spread of the category  A disease within and from the surveillance zone  
Article  55
Duration of the disease control measures in the surveillance zone
1  The com petent authority may lift the disease control measures applied in the surveillance zone pursuant to Sections  1 
and 3 of this Chapter  only if the period set out in Annex  XI has elapsed and the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a) t he requirements provided for in Article  39 have been met in the protection zone; and
(b) a repr esentative number of establishments keeping animals of listed species have undergone, with favourable results, 
visits carried out by official veterinarians, in accordance with Article  41 
2  Wh ere the relevant category  A disease is transmitted by a listed vector, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1882, 
the competent authority may:
(a) se t the duration of the measures in the surveillance zone on a case by case basis taking into account factors influencing 
the risk of spreading the disease; and
(b) pr ovide for the introduction of sentinel animals  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/95 EN
Section  4
Derogations applicable in the restricted zone in the case of further disease  
outbreaks
Article  56
Derogations from prohibitions of movements of animals within the restricted zones when restriction 
measures are maintained
1  Wh ere prohibitions of movement of animals provided for in Articles  27 and Ar ticle  42 are maint ained beyond the period 
set out in Annex  XI because of the official confirmation of further outbreaks of the category  A disease, the competent authority 
may, under exceptional circumstances, authorise the movement of kept animals of listed species from an establishment within 
the restricted zone in cases not covered by derogations provided for in Articles  27 and Article  42, if:
(a) t he operator has submitted a reasoned application for that authorisation;
(b) t he risks derived from authorising such movements have been assessed prior to the authorisation and the assessment 
indicates that the risk of spreading of the category  A disease is negligible;
(c) of ficial veterinarians have carried out clinical examinations and have collect samples for laboratory examinations from 
animals of listed species, including those to be moved, which have yielded favourable results  
2  Wh ere movements of animals are authorised pursuant paragraph  1, the competent authority shall ensure that the 
transport complies with the requirements laid down in Article  24 
CHAPTER  III
Repopulation with terrestrial animals of establishments in restricted zones
Article  57
Conditions to authorise the repopulation of the affected establishment
1  T he competent authority shall only authorise the repopulation of the affected establishment if the following requirements 
are met:
(a) a f inal cleaning and disinfection and, when relevant, control of insects and rodents has been:
 ( i) car ried out, in accordance with the procedures set out in points  A and C of Anne x IV, using the appropriate biocidal 
products to ensure destruction of the relevant category  A disease agent; and
 (ii) adeq uately documented;
(b) t he monitoring period set out in Annex  II for the relevant disease, calculated forwards from the date on which the final 
cleaning and disinfection provided for in point  (a) was carried out, has elapsed  
2  The competent authority shall supervise that the final cleaning and disinfection and, when relevant, control of insects 
and rodents in the affected establishment is carried out in compliance with the requirements in paragraph  1(a) 
3  The competent authority shall not allow access to a pasture of kept animals of listed species during the period of time 
during which it is considered contaminated; this period of time shall be established after carrying out a risk assessment  
4  Wh ere for duly justified reasons the final cleaning and disinfection and, when relevant, the control of insects and rodents 
referred to in paragraph  1, ha ve not been entirely accomplished in the affected establishment, the competent authority may 
authorise the repopulation by way of derogation from paragraph  1, pr ovided that:
(a) a per iod of at least 3  mont hs has elapsed since the preliminary cleaning and disinfection, as referred to in Article  15, 
was performed; andOfficial Journal of the European Union L 174/96 EN 3 6 2020
(b) pr ior to granting the authorisation, the competent authority has assessed the risks deriving from that authorisation and 
the assessment indicates that the risk of spreading the category  A disease is negligible  
Article  58
Derogation from the requirement provided for in Article  55(1)(b)
In the event of the official confirmation of an outbreak of a category  A disease in food and feed businesses, assembly centres, 
border control posts, animal by-products establishments or any other location of relevance, including means of transport, the 
competent authority may authorise the reintroduction of kept animals of listed species for slaughter, assembly operations, 
inspection or transport, 24  hour s after completion of:
(a) t he measures referred to in Articles  12, Ar ticle  14, Ar ticle  15, Ar ticle  17, Ar ticle  18 and Article  57(1)(a); and
(b) an y additional measure applied by the competent authority adapted to the specific situation  
Article  59
Requirements for the repopulation of the affected establishment with kept animals of listed species
1  T he competent authority shall supervise the repopulation with kept animals of listed species of the affected establishment 
complying with the provisions of this Article  
2  K ept animals of listed species intended for repopulation shall:
(a) no t originate from an establishment subject to the restrictions provided for in Chapter  III; and
(b) be sam pled for laboratory examination to rule out the presence of the disease with favourable results prior to their 
introduction into the establishment  
3  F or the purposes of paragraph  2(b), samples shall be collected from:
(a) a repr esentative number of all the animals to be introduced in the establishment, if they are all introduced at the same 
time and from the same establishment of origin; or
(b) a repr esentative number of animals of each consignment, if animals are all to be introduced at different times or from 
different establishments of origin  
In the case of  day-old-chicks, the competent authority may decide not to perform the sampling for laboratory examination 
referred to in paragraph  2(b)  
4  K ept animals of listed species intended for repopulation shall be introduced in the establishments as follows:
(a) in all the epidemiological units and buildings of the affected establishment;
(b) p referably at the same time or within the monitoring period set out in Annex  II for the relevant disease, calculated 
forwards from the date on which the first animal was introduced; or
(c) in case of op en-air farming establishments or when the requirement set out in point  (a) is im practical, by using sentinel 
animals which have been sampled for laboratory examinations with favourable results for the relevant category  A disease 
before being introduced in the establishment  
5  Of ficial veterinarians shall carry out at least a visit to the affected establishment on the last  day of the monitoring 
period set out in Annex  II for the relevant disease, calculated forwards from the date on which the animals were placed in 
the establishment, and in any case before 30  days have elapsed since that  day, performing at least:
(a) document ary checks, including production, health and traceability records analysis;
(b) clinical examination of kept animals of listed species; and
(c) collection of sam ples of animals for laboratory examination in order to confirm or rule out the presence of the relevant 
category  A disease  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/97 EN
6  An y person entering or leaving the establishment shall comply with appropriate biosecurity measures aimed at preventing 
the spread of the relevant category  A disease  
7  K ept animals of listed species shall only leave the establishment under the authorisation of the competent authority and 
only after obtaining favourable results from the laboratory examination referred to in paragraph  5(c) 
8  F rom the date that the animals were placed in the establishment until the end of the repopulation, in accordance with 
Article  61, t he operator shall:
(a) k eep up to date the records of health and production data for kept animals of listed species; and
(b) immediat ely notify to the competent authority any significant change in production data and any other abnormalities  
9  If unusual mortalities or clinical signs of the relevant category  A disease are notified to the competent authority during 
the period referred to in paragraph  8, the official veterinarians shall without delay collect samples for laboratory examination 
to rule out the presence of the relevant category  A disease  
10  T he competent authority may exempt confined establishments from one or more of the provisions laid down in 
paragraphs  1 to 9 after assessing the risks deriving from that exemption and the assessment indicates that the risk of spreading 
the category  A disease is negligible  
Article  60
Additional requirements for the repopulation of the affected establishment
1  T he competent authority shall authorise the repopulation of the affected establishment with animals other than kept 
listed species taking into account the risk of spreading the relevant category  A disease and the risk of vector persistence  
2  The com petent authority may extend some or all the provisions provided for in Articles  57 and 59 if preventive killing 
as provided for in paragraph  4 of Ar ticles  7 and 9 is applied  
Article  61
End of the repopulation of the affected establishment and lifting of disease control measures in the 
affected establishment
1  The repopulation of the affected establishment shall be considered finalised when the measures provided in Articles  57 
and 59, and when relevant in Article  60, ha ve been successfully completed  
2  The competent authority shall lift all the disease control measures applied in the affected establishment in accordance 
with this Regulation when the repopulation is considered finalised as provided for in paragraph  1 
CHAPTER  IV
Disease control measures in wild animals of listed species
Article  62
Measures in the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in wild animals of listed species
1  In t he event of suspicion of a category  A disease in wild animals of listed species in accordance with Article  9(1), (3), and 
(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689 , the competent authority shall immediately conduct an investigation to confirm 
or rule out the presence of the suspected listed disease  
2  In t he course of the investigation referred to in paragraph  1 the competent authority shall at least organise post-mortem 
examinations and the collection of samples for laboratory examination of wild animals of listed species shot dead or found 
dead to confirm or rule out the presence of the category  A disease  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/98 EN 3 6 2020
3  As reg ards the bodies of dead wild animals in which the relevant category  A disease is suspected, whether the wild 
animals were killed or found dead, the competent authority shall ensure that:
(a) t he entire bodies of the dead wild animals or parts thereof are disposed of or processed in accordance with Regulation 
(EC) No  1069/2009; and
(b) where f easible, any material or substance likely to be contaminated by contact with the bodies of dead wild animals or 
animal by-products obtained therefrom undergoes cleaning and disinfection or is disposed of following the instructions 
and under the supervision of official veterinarians  
Article  63
Measures in the event of an outbreak of a category  A disease in wild animals of listed species
1  In  the event of an official confirmation of an outbreak of a category  A disease in wild animals of listed species in 
accordance with Article  9(2), (3) and (4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689 , the competent authority may determine 
an infected zone in order to prevent the further spread of the disease based on:
(a) t he disease profile;
(b) t he estimated population of wild animals of listed species;
(c) t he risk factors contributing to the spread of the relevant category  A disease, in particular, the risk of the introduction 
of a category  A disease into establishments keeping animals of listed species;
(d) sam pling results; and
(e) o ther relevant factors  
2  As reg ards the bodies of wild animals in which the relevant category  A disease has been confirmed, whether the wild 
animals were killed or found dead, the competent authority shall ensure that:
(a) t heir entire bodies of the dead wild animals or parts thereof are disposed of or processed in accordance with Regulation 
(EC) No  1069/2009; and
(b) where f easible, any material or substance likely to be contaminated by contact with the bodies of dead wild animals 
or animal by-products therefrom undergoes cleaning and disinfection or is disposed of following the instructions and 
under the supervision of official veterinarians  
3  The competent authority may adapt the boundaries of the initial infected zone:
(a) in order to control the further spread of the relevant category  A disease; and
(b) in the case of confirmation of further outbreaks of the category  A disease in wild animals  
4  The com petent authority shall immediately inform operators, clinical veterinarians, hunters, other relevant competent 
authorities and any other natural or legal person concerned about the outbreak of the disease and the control measures adopted  
Article  64
Measures to be applied in the infected zone
1  In t he infected zone determined in accordance with Article  63, t he competent authority shall organise post-mortem 
examinations of wild animals of listed species shot dead or found dead, including when necessary sampling for laboratory 
examination  
2  In the infected zone the competent authority shall at least:
(a) im plement risk mitigation and reinforced biosecurity measures in order to prevent the spread of the category  A disease 
from the affected animals and infected zone to unaffected animals or to humans;3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/99 EN
(b) p rohibit movements of wild animals of listed species and products of animal origin thereof as provided for to in 
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 688  (16); and
(c) ensure t hat all bodies of dead wild animals of listed species, whether the animals were killed or found dead, or parts 
thereof, are disposed of or processed in accordance with in Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009  
Article  65
Additional measures to apply in the infected zone
In order to avoid the spreading of the category  A disease, in the infected zone the competent authority may:
(a) regulat e movements of kept animals of listed species;
(b) regulat e hunting activities and other outdoors activities;
(c) res trict the feeding of wild animals of listed species; and
(d) de velop and implement an eradication plan for the category  A disease in wild animals of listed species if the epidemiological 
situation so requires  
Article  66
Operational expert group
In the event of an officially confirmed outbreak of a category  A disease in wild animals of listed species and in the case that 
the competent authority determines an infected zone in accordance with Article  63, t he competent authority shall establish 
an operational expert group as referred to in Article  43 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 to assist the competent authority in:
(a) assessing the epidemiological situation and its evolution;
(b) def ining the infected zone;
(c) es tablishing the appropriate measures to be applied in the infected zone in accordance with this Chapter  and t heir 
duration; and
(d) de veloping an eradication plan, when relevant  
Article  67
Duration of measures in the infected zone
The competent authority shall maintain the measures applied in the infected zone in accordance with this Chapter  until the 
epidemiological information indicates that the relevant wild population no  long er poses a risk of introduction of a category  A 
disease into establishments keeping animals of listed species and the operational group recommends lifting of the measures  
CHAPTER  V
Disease control measures for category  B and C diseases of terrestrial animals
Article  68
Preliminary disease control measures to be applied when a category  B or C disease is suspected by the 
competent authority in Member States or zones that have been granted with the disease free status
In the event of suspicion of a category  B or C disease in accordance with Article  9(1), (3) or (4) of Deleg ated Regulation (EU) 
2020/ 689 , in Member States or zones that have been granted the disease free status pursuant to Article  36(4) of R egulation 
(EU) 2016/429 or Article  84(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689 , the competent authority shall apply the measures 
laid down in:
(16) Commi ssion Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 688  of 17 December  2019  supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council, as regards animal health requirements for movements within the Union of terrestrial animals and hatching 
eggs (see page 140 of this Official Journal)  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/100 EN 3 6 2020
(a) Ar ticles  21, 22, 23 of Deleg ated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  for infection with Brucella abortus , B. melitensis , B. suis, 
infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex , enzootic bovine leucosis, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious 
pustular vulvovaginitis, infection with Aujeszky ’s disease virus and bovine viral diarrhoea;
(b) Ar ticle  35 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  for infection with rabies virus; and
(c) Ar ticle  41 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  for infection with bluetongue virus (serotype 1-24)  
Article  69
Disease control measures to be applied when a category  B or C disease is confirmed
In the event of confirmation of a category  B or C disease in accordance with point  (2) of Ar ticle  9 of of Deleg ated Regulation 
(EU) 2020/689  in Member States or zones that have been granted the disease free status in with paragraph  4 of Ar ticle  36 
of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 or paragraph  1 Ar ticle  84 of Deleg ated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689 , the competent authority 
shall apply the measures laid down in:
(a) Ar ticles  24 t o 31 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  for infection with Brucella abortus , B. melitensis , B. suis, infection 
with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex , enzootic bovine leucosis, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular 
vulvovaginitis, infection with Aujeszky ’s disease virus and bovine viral diarrhoea;
(b) Ar ticle  36 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  for infection with rabies virus; and
(c) Ar ticle  42 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  for infection with bluetongue virus (serotype 1-24)  
PART  III
AQUATIC ANIMALS
CHAPTER  I
Disease control measures for category  A diseases in aquaculture animals
Section  1
Preliminary disease control measures in the event of suspicion of a category  A 
disease in aquaculture animals
Article  70
Obligations on operators in the event of suspicion of category  A disease in aquaculture animals in 
establishments
In the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in aquaculture animals of listed species, operators shall take the following 
disease control measures in order to prevent the spread of the category  A disease from the affected animals and aquaculture 
establishments under their responsibility to other unaffected aquatic animals until the competent authority rules out the 
presence of the category  A disease:
(a) isolat e, where technically possible, all aquaculture animals in the establishment suspected of being infected with the 
category  A disease;
(b) pr event movements of aquaculture animals into and from the establishment;
(c) k eep records of all visits and movements from and to the establishment;
(d) k eep any product, piece of equipment, material or substance likely to be contaminated with and to transmit category  A 
diseases isolated and as far as practicable protected from vectors and other aquatic animals;;
(e) im plement the appropriate biosecurity measures to avoid spread of the category  A disease;
(f) pr ovide the competent authority, on its request, with any relevant information regarding the category  A disease; and
(g) f ollow any instructions given by the competent authority regarding the control of category  A disease, in accordance 
with Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and this Regulation  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/101 EN
Article  71
Investigation by the competent authority of the suspicion of a category  A disease in aquaculture animals 
in an establishment
1  In t he event of the suspicion of a category  A disease in aquaculture animals in an establishment in accordance with 
Article  9(1), (3) and (4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689 , the competent authority shall immediately conduct an 
investigation to confirm or rule out the presence of the suspected listed disease  
2  In the course of the investigation referred to in paragraph  1 the competent authority shall ensure that the official 
veterinarians perform at least:
(a) clinical examinations of aquaculture animals; and
(b) t he collection of samples for laboratory examination  
Article  72
Preliminary restriction and biosecurity measures to be applied in the event of the suspicion of a category  A 
disease in aquaculture animals
1  In t he event of suspicion of a category  A disease in an establishment, the competent authority shall place the establishment 
under official surveillance and immediately impose the following preliminary restriction and biosecurity measures, in order 
to prevent the spread of the category  A disease from the affected aquaculture animals and the establishment to unaffected 
aquatic animals:
(a) pr ohibition of movements of aquaculture animals into and from the establishment;
(b) pr ohibition of non-essential movements from the establishment of means of transport and equipment;
(c) pr ohibition of slaughter of aquaculture animals for human consumption;
(d) where t echnically feasible and regarded necessary, order the isolation of all aquaculture animals; and
(e) when practicable, implement adequate means and measures to control birds and other predators  
2  T he competent authority may order preventive killing of listed species at the affected establishment where a category  A 
disease is suspected provided that all necessary biosecurity and other risk-mitigating measures are applied to prevent the 
spread of the category  A disease from the establishment  
3  T he competent authority shall by way of derogation from Article  10(i) of R egulation (EC) No  1069/2009 and af ter carrying 
out a risk assessment, authorise movements of aquaculture animals for the sole purpose of immediate killing in a disease 
control aquatic food establishment or a plant approved for processing or disposal of as animal-by-products of category  1 or 
category  2 in accordance with that Regulation   The authorisation may only be granted when the necessary biosecurity and 
other risk-mitigating measures are applied to prevent the spread of the category  A disease  
4  All animal b y-products from dead aquaculture animals which have died or have been killed in accordance with this 
Article, including molluscs shells with meat, shall by way of derogation from Article  10(i) of R egulation (EC) No  1069/2009 
be processed or disposed of as category  1 or category  2 material in accordance with that Regulation to ensure that the relevant 
disease agent is inactivated and to prevent the transmission of the disease to other aquatic animals  
Article  73
Inventory and record analysis in the event of the suspicion of a category  A disease in aquaculture animals
1  In t he event of suspicion of a category  A disease, the competent authority shall order and verify that, without delay, 
operators of the establishments where a category  A disease is suspected compile and maintain an up-to-date inventory of 
the following:
(a) t he species, categories and quantities (numbers, volume  or w eight) of all aquaculture animals kept in the establishment;Official Journal of the European Union L 174/102 EN 3 6 2020
(b) an y product, material or substance likely to be contaminated with or likely to transmit the category  A disease; and
(c) t he mortality in each epidemiological unit within the establishment, recorded on a daily basis  
2  In the framework of the epidemiological enquiry, as referred to in Article  57 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and carried 
out in establishments where the disease is suspected, the official veterinarians shall analyse at least the records listed in 
paragraph  1 of Ar ticle  186 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429  
Article  74
Extension of disease control measures in the event of the suspicion of a category  A disease to other 
establishments
In order to prevent the spread of a category  A disease the competent authority shall conduct an investigation as provided for 
in Article  71 and, after carrying out a risk assessment, extend the relevant measures provided for in Articles  72 and 73 to:
(a) es tablishments situated in the same compartment as the establishment where the disease is suspected, or which, due to 
distance, hydrodynamic conditions or topographic conditions, have an increased risk for contracting the relevant disease 
agent from the establishment where the disease is suspected;
(b) an y establishment other than those referred to in point  (a) whic h has a direct epidemiological link with the establishment 
where the disease is suspected  
Article  75
Temporary restricted zones around the establishment
The competent authority may establish a temporary restricted zone around the establishment where there is a suspicion of 
category  A disease and where preliminary disease control measures are applied as referred to in Article  72 and Article  73 
taking into account the following circumstances:
(a) t he location of the establishment in an area with other establishments keeping aquaculture animals of listed species for 
which a category  A disease is suspected;
(b) t he movement of animals in the vicinity of the suspected establishment;
(c) t he delay in confirming the category  A disease pursuant to Article  77;
(d) t he insufficient information on the possible origin and routes of introduction of the suspected category  A disease; and
(e) t he disease profile, in particular the routes and speed of transmission of the disease and the persistence of the disease 
in the relevant population of aquaculture animals of listed species  
Article  76
Measures to apply in the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in food and feed businesses, purification 
centre, dispatch centre, border control posts, animal by-products establishments or any other location 
of relevance, including means of transport
1  In the event of suspicion of a category  A disease in accordance with Article  9(1), (3) and (4) of Delegated Regulation 
(EU) 2020/689  in food and feed businesses, purification centres, dispatch centres, border control posts, animal by-products 
establishments or any other location of relevance, including means of transport, the competent authority shall apply:
(a) t he measures provided for in Articles  71 to 75; and
(b) if needed, additional measures adapted to the specific situation in order to prevent the spread of the category  A disease 
from the animals and establishments or locations under suspicion to unaffected animals  
2  The competent authority shall apply provisions laid down in Articles  71 t o 75 also in the establishments of origin of 
the animals or products present in the establishments and locations referred to in paragraph  1 3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/103 EN
Section  2
Disease control measures in the event of official confirmation of A category  A  
disease in aquaculture animals
Article  77
Official confirmation of a category  A disease in aquaculture animals
The competent authority shall officially confirm an outbreak of a category  A disease in aquaculture animals when the 
conditions set out in Article  9(2), (3) and (4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  are met  
Article  78
Disease control measures in the event of official confirmation of an outbreak of category  A disease in 
an establishment
1  F ollowing the official confirmation of an outbreak of a category  A disease in accordance with Article  77, t he competent 
authority shall in addition to the measures provided for Article  72 and Ar ticle  73, or der that the following disease control 
measures are immediately applied under the supervision of the official veterinarians, to the establishment where the official 
confirmation of an outbreak of a category  A disease has occurred:
(a) f ish and crustaceans of listed species shall be killed as soon as possible and molluscs of listed species shall be removed 
from water as soon as possible;
(b) animals referred to in (a) shall by way of derogation from Article  10(i) of Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009 be disposed 
of as category  1 or category  2 material in accordance with that Regulation;
(c) t he measures provided for in point  (a) and (b) shall be carried out either:
 ( i) in t he establishment where the official confirmation of an outbreak of a category  A disease has occurred with 
subsequent processing on site; or
 ( ii) in a disease contr ol aquatic food establishment, or in a plant approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) 
No 1069/2009 for processing or disposal in a way that prevents risk of spreading the category  A disease;
(d) aq uaculture animals of non-listed species shall, as soon as possible, be killed or slaughtered for human consumption or, 
in case of molluscs, removed from water in accordance with paragraph  1(b);
(e) ap propriate measures shall be applied to limit any possible spread of the category  A disease to and from any wild aquatic 
animals that might be in epidemiological contact with the establishment;
(f) all po tentially contaminated products, materials or substances shall be isolated until:
 (i) t hey are disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009, in the case of animal by-products;
 ( ii) b y way of derogation from Article  10(i) of R egulation (EC) No  1069/2009 t hey are disposed of or processed as 
category  1 or category  2 material in accordance with that Regulation, in the case of products of animal origin;
 (iii) cleaning and disinf ection measures have been completed in accordance with the provisions in Article  80, in t he 
case of materials and substances which are fit for cleaning and disinfection; and
 ( iv) t hey are removed from the establishment and disposed of under the supervision of official veterinarians, in the case 
of feeding stuff and other materials unfit for cleaning and disinfection  
2  The competent authority shall order and supervise:
(a) t he transport from the affected establishment of animal by-products referred to in paragraph  1(f)(i) and of t he products of 
animal origin referred to in paragraph  1(f)(ii) being in com pliance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009; 
and
(b) t he transport from the affected establishment of materials or substances referred to in paragraph  1(f)(iv) being in 
compliance with its instructions regarding biosecurity and biosafety conditions to prevent the spread of category  A 
disease agent  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/104 EN 3 6 2020
3  By wa y of derogation from paragraph  1(a), t he competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment, allow 
slaughter of fish or crustaceans or in case of molluscs removal from water, for human consumption, at the establishment or 
in a disease aquatic control food establishment, provided that appropriate biosecurity and other necessary risk-mitigating 
measures to prevent the spread of the category  A disease are taken   All animal by-products resulting from that derogation 
shall, by way of derogation from Article  10(i) of Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009, be processed or disposed of as category  1 
or category  2 material in accordance with that Regulation  
4  By wa y of derogation from paragraph  1(d), t he competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment, decide not 
to kill, slaughter or remove from water aquaculture animals of non-listed species provided that appropriate risk-mitigating 
measures are applied to prevent any risk of spreading of the relevant category  A disease from the establishment  
5  By way of derogation from paragraph  1(f)(ii), the competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment, allow 
the placing on the market of products of animal origin in accordance with Article  83 
Article  79
Specific derogations from control measures in establishments where listed species are kept for scientific 
purposes or purposes related to conservation of endangered species
1  The competent authority may grant derogations from the measures provided for in Article  78(1)(a) and (c) in the event 
of an official confirmation of a category  A disease in establishments where listed species are kept for scientific purposes or 
purposes related to conservation of endangered species, provided that:
(a) t he animal health status of the concerned Member State, or of other Member States, is not jeopardised; and
(b) all appr opriate biosecurity measures as listed in Article  78 are t aken to prevent any risk of spreading of the category  A 
disease agent  
2  Wher e a derogation is granted pursuant to paragraph  1, the competent authority shall ensure that aquaculture animals 
of listed species covered by the derogation are:
(a) k ept in premises where appropriate biosecurity measures to avoid spread of the relevant category  A disease are 
implemented; and
(b) su bjected to further surveillance and laboratory examination and are not moved from the establishment until the 
laboratory tests have indicated that they do not pose a risk of further spread of the relevant category  A disease  
Article  80
Cleaning and disinfection
1  T he competent authority shall order the operators to carry out, immediately after the completion of the disease control 
measures provided for in Article  78, t he cleaning and disinfection of:
(a) t he establishment, as far as the competent authority considers it is technically possible;
(b) an y husbandry-related equipment including but not limited to feeding, grading, treatment, vaccination and workboats;
(c) an y production-related equipment including but not limited to cages, netting, trestles, bags and long-lines;
(d) an y protective clothing or safety equipment used by operators and visitors; and
(e) all means of tr ansport including tanks and other equipment used to move infected animals or personnel who have been 
in contact with infected animals  
2  The cleaning and disinfection as provided for in paragraph  1 shall be carried out:
(a) in accordance to a protocol previously agreed between the competent authority and the operator; and
(b) under the supervision of official veterinarians  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/105 EN
Article  81
Fallowing of the affected establishment
The competent authority shall order operators to carry out, after the completion of the cleaning and disinfection provided 
for in in Article  80, t he fallowing of the affected establishment for the period of time laid down in Annex  XIII 
Article  82
Extension of disease control measures in the event of confirmation of a category  A disease
In order to prevent the spread of a category  A disease the competent authority shall conduct an investigation provided for 
in Article  71 and after carrying out a risk assessment, extend some or all of the measures provided for in Articles  78, 80 
and 81 to:
(a) es tablishments of the same compartment or which due to distance, hydrodynamic conditions or topographic conditions, 
have an increased risk for contracting the relevant disease agent from the suspected establishment where the disease is 
confirmed;
(b) an y establishment which as a result of the enquiry provided for in Article  57 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, has shown 
a direct epidemiological link with the establishment where the disease is confirmed  
Article  83
Placing on the market of products of animal origin from aquaculture animals of listed species produced 
in infected establishments
1  When g ranting a derogation pursuant Article  78(5), the competent authority may allow the placing on the market of 
products of animal origin only if the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a) f ish must be slaughtered and eviscerated before dispatch;
(b) molluscs and crustaceans must be fully traceable and processed to non-viable products unable to survive if returned to 
the water, before dispatch  
When purification is required before processing and placing on the market, it shall be conducted at a disease control aquatic 
food establishment or in a bio-secure purification centre  
2  The products of animal origin referred to in paragraph  1 shall be intended for:
(a) t o the final consumer directly; or
(b) f or further processing in a disease control aquatic food establishment  
Article  84
Measures to be applied in the event of confirmation of category  A diseases in, food and feed businesses, 
purification centre, dispatch centre, border control posts or any other location of relevance, including 
means of transport
1  In the event of confirmation of a category  A disease in food and feed businesses, purification centre, dispatch centre, 
border control posts or any other location of relevance, including means of transport, in accordance with Article  77, t he 
competent authority shall apply:
(a) t he measures provided for in Articles  78, Ar ticle  80 and Article  81; and
(b) if needed, additional measures adapted to the specific situation in order to prevent the spread of the category  A disease 
from the affected animals and establishments or locations to unaffected animals  
2  T he competent authority shall apply provisions laid down in Articles  78, Ar ticle  80 and Ar ticle  81 also in t he 
establishments of origin of the animals or products present in the establishments and locations referred to in paragraph  1 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/106 EN 3 6 2020
CHAPTER  II
Disease control measures for category  A diseases of aquaculture animals in the restricted zone
Section  1
General disease control measures in the restricted zone
Article  85
Establishment of a restricted zone
1  In the event of the official confirmation of an outbreak of a category  A disease in an establishment, food and feed business, 
animal by–products establishment or any other location of relevance, including means of transport, the competent authority 
shall immediately establish a restricted zone around the affected establishment or location, including:
(a) a pr otection zone around the establishment or location where the category  A disease is confirmed;
(b) a sur veillance zone around the protection zone; and
(c) if necessary, on the basis of the criteria set out in Article  64(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, further restricted zones 
around or adjacent to the protection and surveillance zones  
2  The  extent of the zones shall be set on a case-to-case basis, taking into account factors influencing the risk of spreading 
the disease   To that end, the the competent authority shall consider the following data and criteria:
(a) dat a from the epidemiological enquiry in accordance with Article  57 in Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
(b) rele vant hydrodynamic data;
(c) cr iteria listed in Article  64(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429; and
(d) cr iteria provided for in Annex  XIV to this Regulation  
3  T he competent authority shall adapt the boundaries of the initial restricted zone, including the boundaries of the 
protection, surveillance and the further restricted zones, in the case of the overlapping of two or more restricted zones due 
to further outbreaks of the category  A disease  
4  By wa y of derogation from paragraph  1, the competent authority may due to specific geographical, hydrodynamic and 
epidemiological circumstances, and after carrying out a risk assessment taking into account the disease profile:
(a) no t establish the restricted zone as provided for in paragraph  1 ar ound the infected establishment or location;
(b) es tablish a restricted zone consisting of a protection zone without any adjacent surveillance zone; and
(c) no t establish a restricted zone when a category  A disease is confirmed in food and feed businesses, purification centre, 
dispatch centre, border control posts, animal by-products establishments or any other location of relevance, including 
means of transport  
5  The  competent authority may derogate, to the extent necessary and after carrying out a risk assessment taking into account 
geographical, hydrodynamic, epidemiological circumstances and the disease profile, from the provisions of this Chapter:
(a) in the further restricted zones; and
(b) in t he case that the competent authority decides to establish the restricted zone when an outbreak of a category  A disease 
occurs in establishments or any other locations of relevance referred to in paragraph  4(c) 
Article  86
Measures to be applied in the restricted zone
1  Th e competent authority shall without delay compile and keep an up-to-date inventory of all establishments keeping 
aquaculture animals of listed species located in the restricted zone, including the species, categories and the estimated number 
of animals in each establishment  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/107 EN
2  In the establishments located within the restricted zone, the competent authority may, on the basis of epidemiological 
information or other relevant evidence and after carrying out a risk assessment, implement preventive killing or, slaughtering 
for human consumption or, in the case of molluscs, removal from water, of aquaculture animals of listed species pursuant 
to Article  78(1)(a) and (2)  
3  An y collection of samples, in establishments in the restricted zone keeping aquaculture animals of listed species, for 
purposes other than to confirm or rule out the presence of the relevant category  A disease, shall be authorised by the 
competent authority  
Section  2
Disease control measures in the protection zone
Article  87
Measures to be applied in establishments keeping aquaculture animals in the protection zone
1  T he competent authority shall order operators of establishments keeping aquaculture animals of any species in the 
protection zone, other than the establishment in which the category  A disease has been confirmed, to carry out at least the 
following measures in order to prevent and control the spread of the disease:
(a) wit hout delay update the records of the inventory provided for in Article  73(1);
(b) when practicable, implement appropriate measures to limit any possible spread of the category  A disease to and from 
any wild aquatic animals that might be in epidemiological contact with the establishment;
(c) pr event aquaculture animals from being removed from the establishment in which they are kept unless authorised by 
the competent authority;
(d) im plement appropriate biosecurity measures to any product, piece of equipment, material or substance likely to spread 
the relevant category  A disease;
(e) reduce t he number of visitors to those which are strictly necessary to operate the establishment in a proper manner; 
and
(f) where p racticable, implement appropriate means of cleaning and disinfection at the entry and exit of the establishment  
2  Th e competent authority shall order and supervise that the operator has processed or disposed of as the relevant category 
material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009 animal by-products from aquaculture animals of listed species 
that have died or have been killed, including molluscs shells with meat, in establishments keeping listed species within the 
protection zone  
3  Th e competent authority may decide after carrying out a risk assessment that Articles  87 and 88 only apply to aquaculture 
animals of listed species  
Article  88
Visits by official veterinarians in establishments in the protection zone
1  T he competent authority shall ensure that official veterinarians carry out at least one visit to all the establishments 
referred to in Article  87 as soon as possible and without delay after the official confirmation of an outbreak of category  A 
disease, with priority directed to establishments that the competent authority has assessed as posing a high risk as regards 
contracting or spreading disease  
2  Wh en carrying out the visits referred to in paragraph  1, of ficial veterinarians shall perform at least the following activities:
(a) document ary checks and record analysis;Official Journal of the European Union L 174/108 EN 3 6 2020
(b) v erification of the implementation of the measures intended to prevent the introduction or spread of the relevant 
category  A disease in accordance with to Article  87;
(c) clinical examination of aquaculture animals of listed species; and
(d) if necessar y, collection of samples for laboratory examination in order to confirm or rule out the presence of the relevant 
category  A disease  
3  The competent authority may require further veterinary visits to the establishments to follow up on the situation  
4  T he competent authority shall keep a record of activities and visits referred to in paragraph  1, 2 and 3, and t he findings 
thereof  
Article  89
Prohibitions in relation to movements of aquaculture animals, products from aquaculture animals, other 
substances and material within, from or to the protection zone
1  The competent authority shall prohibit the following movements within the protection zone:
(a) mo vement of aquaculture animals of listed species between establishments in the protection zone;
(b) mo vement of aquaculture animals of listed species from or to the protection zone;
(c) an y movements from the establishments within the protection zone of means of transport and any equipment, product, 
material or substance likely to transmit the relevant category  A disease;
(d) tr ansport of aquaculture animals by well-boats through the protection zone; and
(e) dispa tch of unprocessed animal by-products from aquaculture animals of any species from establishments in the protection 
zone  
2  Th e competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment, extend the prohibitions provided for in paragraph  1(a) 
to 1(d) to animals of non-listed species and their products  
Article  90
General conditions to grant derogations from prohibitions of movement and transport concerning 
aquatic animals and products in the protection zone
1  By wa y of derogation from prohibitions provided for in Article  89(1), t he competent authority may authorise the 
movement and transport of aquatic animals and products in the cases covered by Articles  91 t o 94 under the specific 
conditions provided for in those Articles  and the general conditions laid down in paragraph  2 of t his Article  
2  When g ranting the authorisations provided for in pargraph 1, the competent authority shall ensure that the following 
conditions are met:
(a) all movements must be carried out exclusively via designated routes, agreed with the competent authority, without 
unloading or stopping;
(b) an y exchange of water and discharges of water during the transportation must be carried out in areas, establishments 
or water exchange points  appr oved by the competent authority;
(c) t he means of transport must be constructed and maintained in such a way that they can undergo proper cleaning and 
disinfection;3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/109 EN
(d) t he means of transport are cleaned and disinfected:
 (i) p rior to the transport operations; and
 (ii) af ter transport operations under the supervision of the official veterinarian;
(e) an y other supplementary biosecurity measure considered necessary by the competent authority must be taken in relation 
to transport operations  
Article  91
Specific conditions for slaughter, and movements for slaughter or processing of aquaculture animals from 
listed species from establishments in the protection zone
1  A quaculture animals from establishments keeping listed species in the protection zone may be:
(a) slaught ered within the establishment in compliance with biosecurity measures provided for by the competent authority; 
or
(b) mo ved for immediate slaughter for human consumption in a disease control aquatic food establishment; or
(c) in t he case of molluscs, removed from water and moved to a disease control aquatic food establishment for purification 
if necessary and further processing  
2  T he competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment based on relevant epidemiological data, limit the 
application of the measures provided for in paragraph  1 to establishments keeping solely aquaculture animals of species 
listed in the third column of the Annex  to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882  
3  Wh en authorising the movements of aquaculture animals referred to in paragraph  1(b), t he competent authority 
responsible for the disease control aquatic food establishment shall:
(a) be inf ormed of the intention to send aquaculture animals of listed species to the disease control aquatic food establishment;
(b) ag ree to receive the aquaculture animals in question;
(c) super vise and confirm the slaughter of the animals to the competent authority of dispatch;
(d) ens ure that the aquaculture animals of listed species originating from the protection zone are kept separately from 
aquaculture animals of listed species originating from outside the protection zone, and slaughtered or processed separately 
from those animals;
(e) monit or the slaughtering or processing;
(f) ensur e that the cleaning and disinfection of the premises is completed before aquaculture animals from establishments 
outside the protection zone are slaughtered or processed;
(g) ensur e that products of animal origin obtained from the aquaculture animals comply with the specific conditions for 
placing on the market provided for in Article  92; and
(h) ensure t hat animal by-products from slaughter or other processes referred to in paragraph  1, are pr ocessed or disposed 
of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009  
Article  92
Specific conditions for placing on the market of products of animal origin from aquaculture animals of 
listed species produced in non-affected establishments in the protection zone
1  The com petent authority may authorise placing on the market of products of animal origin obtained from aquaculture 
animals of listed species in non-affected establishments in the protection zone, provided that the following conditions are 
fulfilled:
(a) f ish must be slaughtered and eviscerated before dispatch; and
(b) molluscs and crustaceans must be fully traceable and processed to non viable products unable to survive if returned to 
the water, before dispatch  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/110 EN 3 6 2020
2  The products of animal origin referred to in paragraph  1 shall be intended:
(a) f or direct supply to the final consumer; or
(b) f or further processing in a disease control aquatic food establishment  
Article  93
Special conditions for authorising transport of unprocessed animal by-products from establishments 
located in the protection zone
The competent authority may authorise the transport of unprocessed animal by-products of aquaculture animals of listed 
species from establishments in the protection zone to a plant for further processing in accordance with Regulation (EC) 
No 1069/2009  
Article  94
Risk-mitigating measures concerning certain activities related to aquatic animals within the protection 
zone
1  The competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment, implement risk- mitigating measures as regards:
(a) commer cial and recreational fishing activities in the protection zone;
(b) o ther activities that are related to aquatic animals in the protection zone and that might pose a risk of spreading the 
disease; and
(c) tr ansport of service boats used for maintenance activities and treatment of aquatic animals in the protection zone  
2  In  the framework of the measures provided for in paragraph  1, the competent authority may, as relevant, order the 
cleaning and disinfection of equipment, which has been used in waters covered by the protection zone  
Article  95
Measures to be applied in food and feed businesses, purification centre, dispatch centres, border control 
posts, animal by-products establishments or any other location of relevance in the protection zone, 
including means of transport
1  Th e competent authority shall apply the measures provided for in Articles  87 t o 93 in food and feed businesses, 
purification centre, dispatch centres, border control posts, animal by-products establishments or any other location of 
relevance in the protection zone, including means of transport  
2  In the establishments and locations referred to in paragraph  1, the competent authority may apply additional measures 
adapted to the specific situation in order to prevent the spread of the category  A disease within and from the protection zone  
Article  96
Removal of aquaculture animals from affected establishments and subsequent risk- mitigating measures
1  T he competent authority shall determine a point  in time b y which aquaculture animals in all infected establishments 
shall be removed  
2  T he competent authority may decide, after carrying out a risk assessment, that paragraph  1 also app lies to establishments 
in the protection zone in which the category  A disease has not been confirmed in order to control and prevent the possible 
spread of the diseases  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/111 EN
3  Af ter the removal of aquaculture animals as provided for in paragraph  1, cleaning, disinfection and fallowing shall be 
carried out in accordance with Articles  80 and 81  
4  T he competent authority shall order synchronous fallowing of the affected establishments and the establishments selected 
in accordance with paragraph  2 
5  The synchronous fallowing referred to in paragraph  4 shall las t for the period of time laid down in Annex  XIII 
Article  97
Duration of disease control measures in the protection zone, repopulation of establishments covered 
by the protection zone
1  The competent authority shall maintain the disease control measures in the protection zone provided for in Section  2 
of this Chapter  until:
(a) t he measures in Article  96 are carried out and completed; and
(b) t he competent authority has, based on the outcome of the investigations conducted in accordance with Article  88, r uled 
out any occurrence of the relevant category  A disease in the other establishments within the protection zone  
2  When t he conditions set out in paragraph  1 are me t:
(a) t he competent authority shall apply the measures provided for in Section  3 of this Chapter  in the protection zone for 
the period of time set out in Article  101; and
(b) t he establishments referred to in Article  96(1) and (2) and p reviously covered by the protection zone may be repopulated  
Section  3
Disease control measures in the surveillance zone
Article  98
Measures to be applied in establishments in the surveillance zone
1  In the surveillance zone, the competent authority shall order that the measures provided for in Article  87 are applied 
in all establishments keeping aquaculture animals of listed species  
2  Of ficial veterinarians shall visit the establishments referred to in paragraph  1 and car ry out the activities provided for 
in Article  88(2) as appropriate  
3  T he establishments within the surveillance zone shall undergo surveillance comprising visits and samplings as described 
in point  1 of Annex  XV 
4  The surveillance provided for in paragraph  3 shall be carried out by the competent authority  
Article  99
Measures in relation to the movement and transport of aquaculture animals within from or to the 
surveillance zone
1  T he competent authority shall prohibit any movements of aquaculture animals from establishments within the surveillance 
zone for slaughter, further farming or release into the wild outside the surveillance zone  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/112 EN 3 6 2020
2  T he competent authority shall ensure that any transport of aquaculture animals of listed species within or into the 
surveillance zone shall be conducted under conditions as set out in Article  90(a) to (e) and in Article  91 
3  Th e competent authority may order appropriate supplementary biosecurity measures to be applied to transport operations, 
including the unloading in the designated establishment of destination in order to control and prevent the possible spread 
of the diseases  
4  By wa y of derogation from paragraph  1, and in ag reement with the competent authority of the place of destination, 
the competent authority may authorise movements of aquaculture animals provided that appropriate biosecurity measures 
to prevent the spreading of the category  A disease are applied  
Article  100
Measures to be applied in food and feed businesses, purification centre, dispatch centres, border control 
posts, animal by-products establishments or any other location of relevance in the surveillance zone, 
including means of transport
1  The competent authority shall order without delay that the measures provided for in Articles  98 and 99 be applied in 
food and feed businesses, purification centre, dispatch centres, border control posts, animal by-products establishments or 
any other location of relevance in the surveillance zone, including means of transport  
2  In t he locations referred to in paragraph  1, the competent authority may apply additional measures adapted to the specific 
situation in order to prevent the spread of the category  A disease within and from the surveillance zone  
Article  101
Duration of disease control measures in the surveillance zone
The competent authority shall lift the disease control measures provided for in this Section  when the period of surveillance, 
set out in point  2 of Annex  XV, for the relevant category  A disease has elapsed with favourable results  
CHAPTER  III
Disease control measures in wild aquatic animals
Article  102
Measures in the event of a suspect case of a category  A disease in wild aquatic animals of listed species
In the event of a suspect case of a category  A disease in wild aquatic animals of listed species in accordance with Article  9(1), 
(3) and (4) in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689 , the competent authority shall:
(a) immediat ely conduct an investigation of wild aquatic animals of listed species fished, caught, collected or found dead to 
confirm or rule out the presence of the category  A disease in accordance with Article  71(2);
(b) ens ure that all animal by-products obtained from the wild aquatic animals of listed species suspected to be infected, 
including molluscs shells with meat, are processed or disposed of as category  1 or category  2 material in accordance 
with Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009;
(c) ens ure that, where practicable any material or substance likely to be contaminated by animals suspected to be affected or 
by the animal by-products obtained from those animals undergoes cleaning and disinfection or is disposed of following 
the instructions and under the supervision of official veterinarians; and
(d) p rovide relevant information to the operators or authorities in charge of the management of the relevant animal 
population  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/113 EN
Article  103
Measures in the event of an outbreak of a category  A disease in wild aquatic animals of listed species
1  In  the event of an officially confirmed case of a category  A disease in wild aquatic animals of listed species, the competent 
authority shall determine an infected zone on the basis of:
(a) rele vant hydrodynamic, topographic and epidemiological conditions;
(b) t he disease profile and the estimated population of aquatic animals of listed species; and
(c) t he risk factors contributing to the spread of the relevant category  A disease, in particular those associated with the risk 
of introducing the disease into establishments keeping aquatic animals of listed species  
2  The competent authority may adapt the boundaries of the initial infected zone:
(a) in order to control the further spread of the relevant category  A disease; and
(b) in the case of confirmation of further outbreaks of the category  A disease in wild animals  
3  Th e competent authority shall immediately inform operators, other relevant competent authorities, relevant veterinarians, 
and any other natural or legal person concerned, about the outbreak of the diseases and the control measures adopted  
Article  104
Measures to be applied in the infected zone
1  In the infected zone established in accordance with Article  103 the competent authority shall:
(a) im plement risk mitigation and reinforced biosecurity measures, in order to prevent the spread of the category  A disease 
from the affected animals and infected zone to unaffected animals and areas;
(b) pr ohibit any movement by humans of wild aquatic animals of listed species and products of animal origin obtained 
from those animals from the infected zone;
(c) b y way of derogation from Article  10(i) of Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009 ensure that all animal by-products obtained 
from the wild aquatic animals of listed species in the infected zone including molluscs shells, with meat are processed 
or disposed of as category  1 or category  2 material in accordance with that Regulation;
(d) ensure, wh ere practicable, that any material or substance likely to be contaminated by wild aquatic animals of listed 
species in the infected zone or animal by-products obtained from those animals undergoes cleaning and disinfection or 
is disposed of following the instructions and under the supervision of official veterinarians; and
(e) p rohibit bringing into establishments keeping aquaculture animals of listed species both within and outside the infected 
zone or to water catchment or coastal areas outside the infected zone any parts of aquatic animals of listed species 
whether, fished, caught, collected or found dead in the infected zone as well as any product, material or substance which 
is likely to be contaminated with a category  A disease in the infected zone  
2  By way of derogation from paragraph  1(b) and for the purpose of preserving valuable genetic material, the competent 
authority may authorise movements of wild aquatic animals of listed species from the infected zone to an establishment 
authorised by the competent authority for that purpose, provided that appropriate biosecurity measures to prevent the spread 
of the category  A disease are applied   The establishment of destination shall be considered as an establishment located in the 
infected zone for the purposes of Article  108  
Article  105
Additional measures to be applied in the infected zone
1  Af ter carrying out a risk assessment, the competent authority shall determine the additional measures necessary to 
control or eradicate the relevant category  A disease  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/114 EN 3 6 2020
2  As part of the control or eradication of the relevant category  A disease the competent authority may:
(a) suspend restocking, fishing, collecting and catching activities;
(b) or der mandatory cleaning and disinfection of fishing equipment and boats and other equipment likely to be contaminated; 
and
(c) increase fishing, collecting and catching activities or implement other relevant measures to eradicate the disease  
3  T he measures provided for in paragraph  1 sh all be implemented after consultations and in cooperation with the operational 
expert group referred to in Article  107 and other authorities and stakeholders  
Article  106
Extension of measures
The competent authority may decide that relevant measures in Articles  102 to 105 also apply to aquatic animals of non-
listed species  
Article  107
Operational expert group
1  In t he event of a confirmed case of a category  A disease in wild aquatic animals of listed species, the competent authority 
shall establish an operational expert group as referred to in Article  43(2)(d)(iii) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429  
2  The operational expert group shall assist the competent authority in:
(a) assessing the epidemiological situation and its evolution;
(b) de termining the infected zone; and
(c) es tablishing the appropriate measures to be applied in the infected zone and their duration  
Article  108
Measures in the establishments within the infected zone
1  In the establishments keeping aquaculture animals of listed species within the infected zone, the competent authority 
shall apply the measures provided for in Article  87 
2  In addition t o the measures provided for in Article  87, t he competent authority shall prohibit the movement of aquaculture 
animals kept in establishments within the infected zone:
(a) out of the infected zone; or
(b) t o other establishments in the infected zone  
3  The competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment, limit the prohibition in paragraph  2 to aquaculture 
animals of listed species  
4  By wa y of derogation from paragraph  2, the competent authority may authorise after carrying out a risk assessment and 
in agreement with the competent authority of the place of destination, the movement of animals of of listed species out of 
the infected zone or to other establishments in the infected zone  
Article  109
Duration of the measures in the infected zone
The competent authority shall maintain the measures provided for in this Chapter  until t he epidemiological information 
indicates that the relevant wild population no  long er poses a risk of spreading the disease and the operational group 
recommends lifting the measures  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/115 EN
CHAPTER  IV
Disease control measures for category  B and C diseases of aquatic animals
Article  110
Preliminary disease control measures to be applied when a category  B or C disease is suspected by the 
competent authority in Member States, zones or compartments that have been granted a disease free 
status
The competent authority shall apply the measures laid down in Articles  55, Ar ticle  56 and Ar ticle  57 of Deleg ated Regulation 
(EU) 2020/ 689  in the event of suspicion of a category  B or C disease in accordance with Article  9(1), (3) or (4) of Deleg ated 
Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689 , in Member States, zones or compartments that have been granted a disease free status as provided 
for in Article  36(4) and Ar ticle  37(4) of R egulation (EU) 2016/429, or Article  83, Ar ticle  84(1)(h) t o (m) or Article  84(2)(b) 
to (g) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  
Article  111
Disease control measures to be applied when a category  B or C disease is confirmed
The competent authority shall apply the measures laid down in the Articles  58 t o 65 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  
in the event of confirmation of a category  B or C disease in accordance with Article  9(2), (3) or (4) of Delegated Regulation 
(EU) 2020/689  in Member States or zones or compartments that have been granted the disease free status as provided for 
in Article  36(4) and Article  37(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, or Article  83, Ar ticle  84(1)(h) to (m) or Article  84(2)(b) to 
(g) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689 :
PART  IV
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article  112
Repeals
Directive 92/66/EEC, Directive 2001/89/EC, Directive 2003/85/EC and Directive 2005/94/EC as well as the acts adopted on 
the basis thereof, shall cease to apply with effect from 21 Apr il  2021  
Article  113
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth  day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union  
It shall apply from 21 Apr il  2021  
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States  
Done at Brussels, 17 December  2019  
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYENOfficial Journal of the European Union L 174/116 EN 3 6 2020
ANNEX  I
CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS, SAMPLING PROCEDURES, DIAGNOSTIC METHODS OF CATEGORY A DISEASES 
AND TRANSPORT OF SAMPLES
(as referred to in Article  3 of this Regulation)
A  Sampling procedures
A 1 S AMPLING OF ANIMALS FOR CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS
1  Clinical examinations must include, if possible:
(a) animals showing clinical signs of category  A diseases;
(b) animals likely to have recently died from the suspected/confirmed disease;
(c) animals with epidemiological link to a suspected or confirmed case; and
(d) animals that obtained positive or non-conclusive results in previous laboratory examinations  
2  Animals to examine must be selected at random, in a number large enough to allow the detection of the disease, 
if present, where there are no  obvious signs of disease or post-mortem lesions suggesting category  A diseases  
3  T he animals to examine and the sampling method must be chosen in accordance with the instructions of the 
competent authority and with the relevant contingency plan as referred to in Article  43 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429   
The animals to examine and the sampling method must take into account the disease profile and:
(a) t he purpose of the sampling;
(b) t he listed species kept in the establishment;
(c) t he number of animals of listed species kept in the establishment;
(d) t he category of the kept animals;
(e) t he available production, health and traceability records of the kept animals relevant for the investigation;
(f) t he type of establishment and the husbandry practices;
(g) t he level  of exposure risk:
 (i) lik elihood of exposure to the disease agent or to the vector;
 (ii) absence of immunisation of the animals due to vaccination or maternal immunity; and
 (iii) hist ory of residence in the establishment;
(h) o ther relevant epidemiological factors  
4  Th e minimum number of animals to examine must be in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority 
and with the relevant contingency plan as referred to in Article  43 of R egulation (EU) 2016/429   The minimum 
number of animals to examine must take into account the disease profile and in particular:
(a) t he expected prevalence in the establishment;
(b) t he level  of conf idence desired of the survey results, which in any case must not be lower than 95  %; and
(c) int ernational standards and available scientific evidence  
A 2 S AMPLING OF ANIMALS FOR LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS
1  Sam pling for laboratory examinations must take into account the outcome of the clinical examinations referred to 
in point  A 1 and, if possible, must include animals referred to in paragraph  1 of point  A 1 3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/117 EN
2  If t here are no  obvious signs of disease or post-mortem lesions suggesting category  A diseases, samples must be 
collected at random in each epidemiological unit of the establishment and must allow the detection of the disease, 
if present  
3  T he animals to sample, the nature of the samples to collect and the sampling method must be in accordance with 
the instructions of the competent authority and with the relevant contingency plan as referred to in Article  43 of 
the Regulation (EU) 2016/429   The animals to sample, the nature of the samples to collect and the sampling method 
must take into account the disease profile and the criteria set out in paragraph  3 of point  A 1 
4  T he minimum number of animals to sample must be in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority 
and the relevant contingency plan as referred to in Article  43 of t he Regulation (EU) 2016/429   The minimum 
number of animals to sample must take into account the criteria set out in paragraph  4 of p oint  A 1 and the 
performance of the tests used  
5  In the case of wild animals, samples must be collected from animals shot, found dead or purposely trapped or must 
be obtained on the basis of non-invasive methods such as salt licks and chewing ropes or baits   The minimum 
number and the nature of the samples must take into account the estimated size of the wild population and the 
relevant criteria set out in paragraph  3 and 4 of point  A 1 
A 3 S AMPLING OF ESTABLISHMENTS FOR VISITS
1  T he choice of establishments to sample and the sampling method must be in accordance with the instructions of 
the competent authority and with the relevant contingency plan as referred to in Article  43 of the Regulation (EU) 
2016/429   The choice of establishments to sample and the sampling method must take into account the disease 
profile and the criteria set out in paragraph  3 of point  A1 
2  T he minimum number of establishments to visit must be in accordance with the instructions of the competent 
authority and with the relevant contingency plan, as referred to in Article  43 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/429  
B  Diagnostic methods
The techniques, reference materials, their standardisation and the interpretation of the results of tests carried out using 
the relevant diagnostic methods for category  A diseases must comply with Article  6 and P art III of Annex  VI to Delegated 
Regulation (EU) 2020/ 689  
The diagnostic methodology must aim to maximise the sensitivity of the surveillance   In certain circumstances this 
surveillance may include the use of laboratory examinations in order to assess previous exposure to disease  
C  Transport of samples
1  All sam ples taken to confirm or rule out the presence of a category  A disease must be sent, with a proper labelling 
and identification, to an official laboratory which has been informed of their arrival   These samples must be 
accompanied by the appropriate forms, in accordance with the requirements established by the competent authority 
and the laboratory receiving the samples   These forms must include at least:
(a) t he establishment of origin of the sampled animals;
(b) inf ormation on the species, age and category of the sampled animals;
(c) t he clinical history of the animals, if available and relevant;
(d) t he clinical signs and post-mortem findings; and
(e) an y other relevant information  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/118 EN 3 6 2020
2  All samples must be:
(a) s tored in watertight and unbreakable containers and packages and in accordance with applicable international 
standards;
(b) k ept at the most appropriate temperature and other conditions during transport taking into account the factors 
that may affect the sample quality  
3  T he exterior of the package must be labelled with the address of the recipient laboratory and the following message 
must be prominently displayed:
‘Animal pathological material; perishable; fragile; do not open outside the laboratory of destination.’
4  T he person responsible in the official laboratory receiving the samples must be informed in due time of the arrival 
of the samples  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/119 EN
ANNEX  II
MONITORING PERIOD
(as referred to in Articles  8, 17, 27, 32, 48, 57 and 59 of this Regulation)
Category  A diseases Monitoring period
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) 21 days
Infection with rinderpest virus (RP) 21 days
Infection with Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) 30 days
Infection with lumpy skin disease virus (LSD) 28 days
Infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC  (Contagious 
bovine pleuropneumonia) (CBPP)45 days
Sheep pox and goat pox (SPGP) 21 days
Infection with peste des petits ruminants virus (PPR) 21 days
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) 45 days
African horse sickness (AHS) 14 days
Infection with Burkholderia mallei  (Glanders) 6 months
Classical swine fever (CSF) 15 days
African swine fever (ASF) 15 days
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) 21 days
Infection with Newcastle disease virus (NCD) 21 daysOfficial Journal of the European Union L 174/120 EN 3 6 2020
ANNEX  III
CONDITIONS FOR CERTAIN DEROGATIONS FROM ARTICLE 12 (1)(a) IN EQUINE ANIMALS
(as referred to in Article  13(4))
1  In the event of an outbreak of African horse sickness the competent authority may derogate from Article  12(1)(a) the 
affected and the unaffected animals, provided that:
(a) t he affected animals subject to the derogation are isolated in vector-protected premises which avoid any transmission 
of the disease agent from the animals to the relevant vectors until 40  days, corresponding to the infective period 
established in the relevant Chapter  of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal 
Health (OIE), have elapsed after the entry of the animals into the vector protected premises; and
(b) sur veillance, including if needed laboratory examinations, carried out by the competent authority, indicates that 
none of the animals in the vector protected premises poses a risk of virus transmission  
2  In the event of an outbreak of infection with Burkholderia mallei  (Glanders) the competent authority may derogate from 
Article  12(1)(a) the unaffected animals, provided that the animals subject to the derogation are quarantined until:
(a) t he affected animals have been killed and destroyed;
(b) af ter the killing, the cleaning and disinfection of the establishment has been completed as provided for in Article  15; 
and
(c) t he remaining animals have been subjected to a complement fixation test carried with negative result at a serum 
dilution of 1 in 5 on samples taken at least 6  months after the cleaning and disinfection referred to in point  (b) 3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/121 EN
ANNEX  IV
PROCEDURES FOR CLEANING, DISINFECTION AND WHEN NECESSARY CONTROL OF INSECTS AND RODENTS
(as referred to in Articles  12, 15, 16, 39, 45 and 57 of this Regulation)
A  General requirements
1  T he choice of biocidal products and procedures for cleaning and disinfection operations must take into account:
(a) t he causal agent of infection;
(b) t he nature of the establishments, vehicles, objects and materials which are to be treated; and
(c) t he applicable legislation  
2  T he conditions under which biocidal products are used must ensure that their efficacy is not impaired   In particular 
technical parameters provided by the manufacturer, such as pressure, temperature, required contact time or storage 
must be observed   The activity of the disinfectant must not be compromised by interaction with other substances  
3  R e-contamination of the previously cleaned parts must be avoided, in particular where washing is carried out with 
liquids applied under pressure  
4  T he water used for cleaning operations must be contained and disposed of in a way that avoids any risk of spreading 
category  A disease agents  
5  Biocidal products must be used in a way that reduces as much as possible any adverse impact on the environment 
and on public health that may arise from their use  
B  Preliminary cleaning and disinfection
For preliminary cleaning and disinfection under Article  15, to avoid spreading the category  A disease:
(a) entir e bodies or parts of dead kept animals of listed species must be sprayed with disinfectant and removed from 
the establishment, in closed and leak-proof vehicles or containers for processing and disposal;
(b) an y tissue or blood which may have been spilled during killing, slaughter or post-mortem examination must be 
carefully collected and disposed of;
(c) as soon as t he entire bodies or parts of dead kept animals of listed species have been removed for processing or 
disposal, the parts of the establishment in which these animals were kept and any parts of other buildings, surfaces 
or equipment contaminated during killing or post-mortem examination must be sprayed with disinfectant;
(d) manur e, including litter and used bedding, must be thoroughly soaked with disinfectant;
(e) t he disinfectant must remain on the treated surface for at least 24  hour s;
(f) eq uipment, containers, consumption utensils, surfaces or any material likely to be contaminated after the washing 
and disinfecting must be destroyed  
C  Final cleaning and disinfection:
For final cleaning and disinfection for the purpose of Article  57:
1  Manure, inclu ding litter and used bedding, must be removed and treated as follows:
(a) t he solid phase of manure, including litter and used bedding, must either:
 (i) under go a steam treatment at a temperature of at least 70  °C;
 (ii) be destroyed by burning;Official Journal of the European Union L 174/122 EN 3 6 2020
 (iii) be buried deep enough to prevent access by animals; or
 (iv) be stacked to heat, sprayed with disinfectant and left for at least 42  days, during which the stack must be 
either covered or re-stacked to ensure thermic treatment of all layers;
(b) t he liquid phase of manure must be stored for at least 42  days, and in the case of highly pathogenic avian 
influenza 60  days, after the last addition of infective material  
2  Buildings, surfaces and equipment must be thoroughly washed and cleaned by removing the remaining grease and 
dirt and sprayed with disinfectants  
3  Af ter 7  days the establishments must be cleaned and disinfected again  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/123 EN
ANNEX  V
MINIMUM RADIUS OF PROTECTION AND SURVEILLANCE ZONES
(as referred to in Article  21 of this Regulation)
Indicated as radius of a circle centred on the establishment
Category  A diseases Protection Zone Surveillance Zone
Foot and mouth disease 3 km 10 km
Infection with rinderpest virus 3 km 10 km
Infection with Rift Valley fever virus 20 km 50 km
Infection with lumpy skin disease virus 20 km 50 km
Infection with Mycoplasma mycoides 
subsp. mycoides SC  (Contagious bovine 
pleuropneumonia)Establishment 3 km
Sheep pox and goat pox 3 km 10 km
Infection with peste des petits ruminants 
virus3 km 10 km
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia Establishment 3 km
African horse sickness 100  km 150  km
Infection with Burkholderia mallei  (Glanders) Establishment Establishment
Classical swine fever 3 km 10 km
African swine fever 3 km 10 km
Highly pathogenic avian influenza 3 km 10 km
Infection with Newcastle disease virus 3 km 10 kmOfficial Journal of the European Union L 174/124 EN 3 6 2020ANNEX  VI
PROHIBITIONS IN THE RESTRICTED ZONE
(as referred to in Article  27 of this Regulation)
Table: Prohibitions of activities concerning animals of listed species and products from those animals
PROHIBITIONS OF ACTIVITIES CONCERNING ANIMALS AND PRODUCTS
FMD  (1)
RP
RVFV
LSD
CBPP
SPGP
PPR
CCPP
CSF
ASF
AHS
GLAND
HPAI
NCD
Movements of kept animals of listed species from establishments in the restricted zone X X X X X X X X X X X NA X X
Movements of kept animals of listed species to establishments in the restricted zone X X X X X X X X X X X NA X X
Restocking of game animals of listed species X X X X X X X X X X X NA X X
Fairs, markets, shows and other gatherings of kept animals of listed species including collection and dispersion of 
those speciesX X X X X X X X X X X NA X X
Movements of semen, oocytes and embryos obtained from kept animals of listed species from establishments in 
the restricted zoneX X X X ( 2*) X X X X X X X NA NA NA
Collection of semen, oocytes and embryo from kept animals of listed species X X X X X X X X X X NP NA NA NA
Itinerant artificial insemination of kept animals of listed species X X X X X X X X X X X NA NA NA
Itinerant natural service of kept animals of listed species X X X X X X X X X X X NA NA NA
Movements of hatching eggs from establishments in the restricted zone NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X
Movements of fresh meat excluding offal from kept and wild animals of listed species from slaughterhouses or 
game handling establishments in the restricted zoneX X X NP NP X X NP X X NP NA X X
(1) Disease abbr eviations in accordance with Annex  II 
NA = Not applicable.
X = prohibition.
NP = N ot prohibited.
 (*) onl y oocytes and embryo  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/125 EN
PROHIBITIONS OF ACTIVITIES CONCERNING ANIMALS AND PRODUCTS
FMD  (1)
RP
RVFV
LSD
CBPP
SPGP
PPR
CCPP
CSF
ASF
AHS
GLAND
HPAI
NCD
Movements of offal from kept and wild animals of listed species from slaughterhouses or game handling 
establishments in the restricted zoneX X X X X X X X X X NP NA X X
Movements of meat products obtained from fresh meat of listed species from establishments in the restricted zone X X X NP NP NP X NP X X NP NA X X
Movement of raw milk and colostrum obtained from kept animals of listed species from establishments in the 
restricted zoneX X X X NP X X NP NA NA NP NA NA NA
Movement of dairy products and colostrum based products from establishments in the restricted zone X X X X NP X X NP NA NA NP NA NA NA
Movement of eggs for human consumption from establishments in the restricted zone NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X
Movement of manure, including litter and used bedding from kept animals of listed species from establishments in 
the restricted zoneX X X X NP X X NP X X NP NA X X
Movement of hides, skins, wool, bristles and feathers from kept animals of listed species from establishments in the 
restricted zoneX X X X NP X X NP X X NP NA X X
Movement of feed material of plant origin and straw obtained in the protection zone  ( 3*) X X NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NA NP NP
 (*) onl y oocytes and embryo  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/126 EN 3 6 2020ANNEX  VII
RISK-MITIGATING TREATMENTS FOR PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM THE RESTRICTED ZONE
(as referred to in Articles  27, 33 and 49 of this Regulation)
Treatment
FMD  (1)
RP
RVFV
LSD
CBPP
SPGP
PPR
CCPP
CSF
ASF
AHS
HPAI
NCD
MEAT
Heat treatment in an hermetically sealed container, to achieve a minimum F0 (2) value of 3 x X X X X X
Heat treatment to achieve a core temperature of 80  °C X X X X X X
Heat treatment to achieve a core temperature of 70  °C X X X X X
Heat treatment (to meat previously de-boned and defatted) to achieve a core temperature of 70  °C for a minimum of 
30 minutesX X X
In an hermetically sealed container, applying 60  °C for a minimum of 4  hours X X X X
Core temperature of 73,9  °C for a minimum of 0,51  seconds  (3) X X X
Core temperature of 70,0  °C for a minimum of 3,5 seconds  (3) X X
Core temperature of 65,0  °C for a minimum of 42  seconds  (3) X X
Core temperature of 60  °C for a minimum of 507 seconds  (3) X X
Heat treatment to achieve desiccation to maximum values of Aw of 0,93 and pH of 6
Heat treatment to achieve a core temperature of 65  °C for a period of time to achieve a minimum pasteurisation value 
of 40X
(1) Disease abbr eviations in accordance with Annex  II 
(2) F0 is the calculated killing effect on bacterial spores   An F0 value of 3 means that the coldest point  in the product has been heated sufficiently to achieve the same killing effect as 121  °C (250  °F) in t hree  minut es with 
instantaneous heating and chilling  
(3) Onl y for poultry meat  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/127 EN
Treatment
FMD  (1)
RP
RVFV
LSD
CBPP
SPGP
PPR
CCPP
CSF
ASF
AHS
HPAI
NCD
Natural fermentation and maturation for bone-in meat: minimum 9  mont hs, to achieve maximum values of Aw of 
0,93 and pH of 6X X
Natural fermentation and maturation for de-boned meat: minimum 9  mont hs, to achieve maximum values of Aw of 
0,93 and pH of 6X X X
Natural fermentation for loins: minimum 140  days to achieve maximum values of Aw of 0,93  and pH of 6  (4) X X
Natural fermentation for hams: minimum 190  days to achieve maximum values of Aw of 0,93  and pH of 6  (4) X X
Drying after salting Italian style bone-in hams: minimum 313  days  (4) X
Drying after salting Spanish style bone-in hams and loins  (4):
— Iber ian hams: minimum 252  days
— Iber ian shoulders: minimum 140  days
— Iber ian loins: minimum 126  days
— Ser rano  hams: minimum 140  daysX X X
Maturation of carcasses at a minimum temperature of 2  °C for a minimum of 24  hours following slaughter X
Removal of offal X X X
CASINGS
Salting with sodium chloride (NaCl) either dry or as saturated brine (Aw <  0,80 ), for a continuous period of 30  days 
or longer at an ambient temperature of 20  °C or aboveX
SC (5)X X X
Salting with phosphate supplemented salt 86,5  % N aCl, 10,7  %  Na2HPO4 and 2,8  %  Na3PO4 either dry or as saturated 
brine (Aw <  0,80 ) for a continuous period of 30  days or longer at an ambient temperature of 20  °C or aboveX X X X
Salting with sodium chloride (NaCl) minimum 30  days  (6)
(4) Onl y for porcine animals  
(5) Saf e commodity  
(6) N ot for bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine casings  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/128 EN 3 6 2020Treatment
FMD  (1)
RP
RVFV
LSD
CBPP
SPGP
PPR
CCPP
CSF
ASF
AHS
HPAI
NCD
Bleaching  (7)
Drying  (7)
MILK
Heat treatment (sterilization process) to achieve a minimum F0 value of 3 X
SC (8) SC (8)Heat treatment UHT (Ultra high temperature): Minimum 132  °C for a minimum of 1  second X X
Heat treatment UHT (Ultra high temperature): Minimum 135  °C for a suitable holding time X
Heat treatment HTST (High temperature short time pasteurisation) if milk pH is lower than 7, minimum 72  °C for a 
minimum of 15  secondsX X
Heat treatment HTST (High temperature short time pasteurisation) if milk pH is 7 or higher, minimum 72  °C for a 
minimum of 15  seconds, applied twiceX X
Heat treatment HTST (High temperature short time pasteurisation) combined with a physical treatment to achieve pH 
value below 6 for a minimum of 1  hour or to achieve a minimum of 72  °C, combined with desiccationX
Pasteurisation consisting in a single heat treatment with an effect at least equivalent to that achieved by applying 72  °C 
for 15  secondsX X X
(7) N ot for bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine casings  
(8) Saf e commodity  3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/129 EN
Treatment
HPAI
NCD
EGGS
Heat treatment:
— Wh ole egg:
— 60,0  °C – 188 sec  
— com pletely cooked
— Wh ole egg blends:
— 60 °C – 188 sec  
— com pletely cooked
— 61,1  °C – 94 sec  
— Liq uid egg white:
— 55,6  °C – 870 sec  
— 56,7  °C – 232 sec  
— Plain or pure egg y olk:
— 60 °C – 288 sec  
— 10 % salted yolk:
— 62,2  °C – 138 sec  
— Dr ied egg white:
— 67 °C – 20  hours
— 54,4  °C – 50,4  hours
— 51,7  °C – 73,2  hoursX
Heat treatment:
— Wh ole egg:
— 55 °C – 2 521  sec 
— 57 °C – 1 596  sec 
— 59 °C – 674 sec  
— com pletely cooked
— Liq uid egg white:
— 55 °C – 2 278  sec 
— 57 °C – 986 sec  
— 59 °C – 301 sec  
— 10 % salted egg yolk:
— 55 °C – 176 sec  
— Dr ied egg white:
— 57 °C – 54,0  hoursXOfficial Journal of the European Union L 174/130 EN 3 6 2020
ANNEX  VIII
RISK-MITIGATING TREATMENTS FOR PRODUCTS NOT OF ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM THE PROTECTION ZONE
(as referred to in Articles  36 and 52 of this Regulation)
Treatment
FMD  (1)
RP
Heat treatment, minimum temperature of 80  °C and for a minimum of 10  minutes, steam in a closed chamber X X
Storage in package or bales under shelter at premises situated not closer than 2  km t o the nearest outbreak and 
releasing from the premises do not take place before at least three  mont hs have elapsed following the completion of 
cleaning and disinfection according to Article  15X X
(1) Disease abbr eviations in accordance with Annex  II 3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/131 EN
ANNEX  IX
MARKING OF FRESH MEAT FROM THE PROTECTION ZONE
(as referred to in Articles  33 and 49 of this Regulation)
1  T he mark to be applied to fresh meat of poultry originating in the protection zone and not intended to another Member 
State pursuant to Article  33(1)(b) must comply with the following:
(a) shape and content:
Where ‘XY’ means the relevant country code provided for in point  6 of P art B of Section  I of Anne x II of R egulation 
(EC) No  853/200 4 and ‘1234 ’ means the approval number of the establishment referred to in point  7 of Part B of 
Section  I of Annex  II of Regulation (EC) No  853/2004;
(b) dimensions:
— ‘XY’  width of 8  mm,
— ‘1234 ’ width of 11  mm,
— widt h outer diameter of not less than 30  mm,
— line thickness of square of 3  mm  
2  T he mark to be applied to fresh meat intended for treatment in a processing plant pursuant to Article  33(2)(a) shall 
consist in, either:
(a) t he identification mark provided for in Regulation (EC) No  853/ 2004 with an additional diagonal cross consisting 
of two straight lines intersecting at the centre of the stamp and enabling the information thereon to remain legible; 
or
(b) a sing le oval stamp, 6,5 cm wide b y 4,5 cm h igh, in which the following information must appear in perfectly legible 
characters:
— on t he upper part, the full name or ISO code of the Member State in capitals,
— in the centre, the approval number of the slaughterhouse,
— on t he lower part, one of the following sets of initials CE, EC, EF, EG, EK, EY, EO, ES, EU, EB, WE or EZ,
— tw o straight lines crossing at the centre of the stamp in such a way that the information is not obscured,
— t he letters must be at least 0,8 cm high and the figures  at leas t 1 cm high  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/132 EN 3 6 2020
ANNEX  X
DURATION OF THE MEASURES IN THE PROTECTION ZONE
(as referred to in Article  39 of this Regulation)
Category  A diseasesMinimum period of duration of 
measures in the protection zone
(Article  39(1))Additional period of duration 
of surveillance measures in the 
protection zone
(Article  39(3))
Foot and mouth disease 15 days 15 days
Infection with rinderpest virus 21 days 9 days
Infection with Rift Valley fever virus 30 days 15 days
Infection with lumpy skin disease virus 28 days 17 days
Infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC  
(Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia)45 days Not applicable
Sheep pox and goat pox 21 days 9 days
Infection with peste des petits ruminants virus 21 days 9 days
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia 45 days Not applicable
African horse sickness 12 months Not applicable
Infection with Burkholderia mallei  (Glanders) 6 months Not applicable
Classical swine fever 15 days 15 days
African swine fever 15 days 15 days
Highly pathogenic avian influenza 21 days 9 days
Infection with Newcastle disease virus 21 days 9 days3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/133 EN
ANNEX  XI
DURATION OF THE MEASURES IN THE SURVEILLANCE ZONE
(as referred to in Articles  55 and 56 of this Regulation)
Category  A diseases Minimum period of duration of measures in the surveillance zone
Foot and mouth disease 30 days
Infection with rinderpest virus 30 days
Infection with Rift Valley fever virus 45 days
Infection with lumpy skin disease virus 45 days
Infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC  (Contagious 
bovine pleuropneumonia)45 days
Sheep pox and goat pox 30 days
Infection with peste des petits ruminants virus 30 days
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia 45 days
African horse sickness 12 months
Infection with Burkholderia mallei  (Glanders) Not applicable
Classical swine fever 30 days
African swine fever 30 days
Highly pathogenic avian influenza 30 days
Infection with Newcastle disease virus 30 daysOfficial Journal of the European Union L 174/134 EN 3 6 2020
ANNEX  XII
SAMPLING PROCEDURES AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR CATEGORY A DISEASES IN AQUATIC ANIMALS
1  T he following procedures apply to the clinical examination and collection of samples:
(a) t he clinical examination and the sampling for laboratory examinations must include:
 (i) aq uaculture animals of listed species showing clinical signs of the relevant category  A disease; and
 (ii) aq uaculture animals likely to have recently died from the suspected/confirmed category  A disease; and
 (iii) aq uaculture animals with an epidemiological link to a suspected or confirmed case of a category  A disease;
(b) t he minimum number of samples to be collected is:
Scenario
Type of animalsReport of increased 
mortalityIntroduction of infected 
animalsPost-mortem or clinical 
signs observedSuspicion based on other 
circumstances
Molluscs
(the whole animal)30 30 — 150
Crustaceans 10 10 150
Fish — — 10 30
(c) t he following additional criteria apply to the sampling of molluscs:
 (i) animals suspected to be infected must be selected for sampling   If listed species are present in the population 
of animals concerned by the suspicion, those must be selected for sampling;
 (ii) if w eak, gaping or freshly dead but not decomposed molluscs are present, those must be selected first   If such 
molluscs are not present, the molluscs selected must include the oldest healthy molluscs;
 (iii) if t he establishment uses more than one water source for mollusc production, molluscs representing all water 
sources must be included for sampling to ensure that all parts of the establishment are proportionally represented 
in the sample;
 ( iv) wh en sampling from a group of mollusc farming establishments which apparently have identical epidemiological 
status, molluscs from a representative number of sampling points  mus t be included in the sample  
The main factors to be considered when selecting those sampling points  mus t be stocking density, water currents, 
the presence of listed species, both susceptible and vector species, bathymetry and management practices   Natural 
beds within or adjacent to the mollusc farming establishment(s) must be included in the sample;
(d) t he following additional criteria apply when sampling crustaceans:
 ( i) if w eak or moribund crustaceans of listed species are present in the production units, those crustaceans must be 
selected first   If such animals are not present, the crustaceans selected must include crustaceans of different  year 
classes, proportionally represented in the sample;
 (ii) if mor e than one water source is used for crustacean production, crustaceans of listed species representing all 
water sources must be included in the sample to ensure that all parts of the establishment are proportionally 
represented in the sample;
 (iii) wh en collection of samples from wild populations of listed species is required under Article  102(a) of t his 
Regulation, the number and geographical distribution of the sampling points  mus t be determined in a way that 
ensures a reasonable coverage of the area suspected to be infected  
The sampling points  mus t be representative for the different ecosystems where the wild populations of susceptible 
species are located such as marine, estuary, river and lake systems;3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/135 EN
(e) t he following additional criteria apply for sampling fish:
 ( i) if w eak, abnormally behaving or freshly dead but not decomposed fish are present, those fish must be selected   
If such animals are not present, the fish selected must include fish of listed species, belonging to different  year 
classes, proportionally represented in the sample;
 (ii) if mor e than one water source is used for fish production, listed species representing all water sources must be 
included for sampling to ensure that all parts of the establishment are proportionally represented in the sample;
 (iii) if r ainbow trout ( Onchorynchus mykiss) or European perch ( Perca fluviatilis ) are present, only fish of those species 
may be selected for sampling   If neither rainbow trout nor European perch are present, the sample must be 
representative of all other listed species present, following the criteria in points  (a) t o (d);
 ( iv) wh en collection of samples from wild populations of listed species is required under Article  102(a) of t his 
Regulation, the number and geographical distribution of the sampling points  mus t be determined in a way that 
ensures a reasonable coverage of the area suspected to be infected  
The sampling points  mus t also be representative of the different ecosystems where the wild populations of 
susceptible species are located such as marine, estuary, river and lake systems;
(f) t he selection of organs to be sampled, preparation, storage and shipment of the samples to the laboratory must be 
carried out in compliance with recommendations from the European Union reference laboratory for the relevant 
disease  
2  Sam ples must be examined in the laboratory using the diagnostic methods and procedures approved by the European 
Union reference laboratory for the relevant disease  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/136 EN 3 6 2020
ANNEX  XIII
MINIMUM PERIODS OF FALLOWING OF AFFECTED AQUACULTURE ESTABLISHMENTS
Periods for the fallowing provided for in Article  81 and for the synchronous fallowing provided for in Article  96(4) and (5) of this 
Regulation
Category  A diseaseMinimum period of fallowing of the 
affected establishmentMinimum period of synchronised 
fallowing of affected establishments 
in the same protection zoneSupplementary requirements
Infection with Mikrocytos mackini 6 months 4 weeksMust include the coldest period 
of the  year
Infection with Perkinsus marinus 6 months 4 weeksMust include the warmest 
period of the  year
Infection with Taura syndrome 
virus6 weeks 4 weeksMust include the warmest 
period of the  year
Infection with Yellow head 
syndrome virus6 weeks 3 weeksMust include the warmest 
period of the  year
Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis 8 weeks 4 weeksMust include the warmest 
period of the  year3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/137 EN
ANNEX  XIV
CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING RESTRICTED ZONES AS REGARDS CATEGORY A DISEASES IN AQUATIC 
ANIMALS
1  R estricted zones as referred to in Article  85 mus t be defined on a case-by-case basis taking into account at least the 
following factors:
(a) t he accumulated number, the accumulated percentage and the distribution of the mortalities of molluscs/crustaceans/
fish in the establishment or group of farming establishments infected with category  A diseases;
(b) rele vant information regarding movements to and from the infected establishment(s);
(c) t he distance to and density of neighbouring establishments;
(d) t he presence of wild aquatic animals;
(e) an y knowledge concerning mortalities, suspected cases or outbreaks in wild aquatic animals which are, or could be 
related to the specific category  A disease;
(f) t he proximity to processing establishments, and the species present at those establishments, especially as regards 
listed species;
(g) f arming practices applied in the affected and neighbouring establishments;
(h) h ydrodynamic conditions and other identified factors of epidemiological significance  
2  F or the geographical demarcation of the protection and surveillance zones for category  A diseases affecting molluscs and 
crustaceans, the following minimum requirements apply:
(a) t he protection zone must be established in the immediate vicinity of an establishment or group of farming 
establishments officially confirmed as infected with a category  A disease and must correspond to an area determined 
according to appropriate hydrodynamic and epidemiological data;
(b) t he surveillance zone must be established outside the protection zone and must correspond to an area surrounding 
the protection zone, determined according to appropriate hydrodynamic or epidemiological data  
3  F or the geographical demarcation of the protection and surveillance zones for category  A diseases affecting fish, the 
following minimum requirements must apply:
(a) t he protection zone must be established around an establishment where Epizootic hematopoietic necrosis  (EHN) has 
been confirmed   This zone shall correspond:
 ( i) in  coastal areas: to an area included in a circle with a radius of at least one tidal excursion or at least 5  km, 
whichever is larger, centred on the establishment in which EHN has been officially confirmed, or an equivalent 
area determined according to appropriate hydrodynamic or epidemiological data;
 ( ii) in inl and areas: to the entire water catchment area of the establishment in which EHN has been officially 
confirmed   The competent authority may limit the extension of the zone to parts of the water catchment area, 
or the area of the establishment, provided this does not compromise prevention of the spread of the disease;
(b) t he surveillance zone must be established by the competent authority outside the protection zone and must:
 (i) in coastal areas: correspond to an area, surrounding the protection zone, of overlapping tidal excursion; or an 
area, surrounding the protection zone, and included in a circle of radius 10  km fr om the centre of the protection 
zone; or an equivalent area determined according to appropriate hydrodynamic or epidemiological data;
 (ii) in inland areas: be an extended area outside the established protection zone  Official Journal of the European Union L 174/138 EN 3 6 2020
ANNEX  XV
SURVEILLANCE SCHEME AND DURATION OF CONTROL MEASURES IN THE SURVEILLANCE ZONE FOR 
CATEGORY ADISEASES IN AQUACULTURE ANIMALS
(as referred to in Articles  98 and 101 of this Regulation)
1  Surveillance scheme
The establishments and groups of aquaculture establishments keeping listed species within a surveillance zone must 
undergo surveillance as provided for in Article  98 t o check for infection with the relevant category  A disease   The 
surveillance must include health visits, including sampling from production units   Those visits must be carried out by 
the competent authority in accordance with Tables  1 and 2 
The criteria set out in point  1 of Annex  XII, as appropriate for the species, apply to sampling  
Table  1
Scheme for surveillance comprising health visits and samplings in establishments and groups of establishments 
for category  A diseases in aquatic animals, except epizootic hematopoietic necrosis
Category  A diseaseNumber of 
health visits 
per yearNumber of 
laboratory 
examinations 
per yearNumber of 
animals in the 
samplePeriod of the  year for samplingResidency period of the 
sampled animals in the 
establishment
Infection with 
Mikrocytos mack -
ini1 1 150When the prevalence of 
infection is known to be 
maximal or April–May, after 
3–4  mont hs period when 
seawater temperatures are less 
than 10  °C4 months
Infection with 
Perkinsus marinus1 1 150When the prevalence of 
infection is known to be 
maximal or in the  mont h 
of September, October or 
November4 months
Infection with 
Taura syndrome 
virus2 2 150In the period of the  year when 
water temperature is likely to 
reach its highest annual level2 months
Infection with 
Yellow head syn -
drome virus2 2 150In the period of the  year when 
water temperature is likely to 
reach its highest annual level2 months3 6 2020 Official Journal of the European Union L 174/139 EN
Table  2
Specific scheme for surveillance comprising health visits and samplings in establishments for epizootic 
haematopoietic necrosis (EHN) in aquatic animals  (1)
Type of establishmentNumber of health 
inspections per  year 
(2 years)Number of 
samplings per  year 
(2 years)Number of fish in the sample
Number of growing fishNumber of brood stock 
fish (2)
(a) Es tablishments with brood -
stock2 2150 (first and  second 
inspection)150 (first or  second 
inspection)
(b) Es tablishments with brood -
stock only2 1 0150  (2) (first or  second 
inspection)
(c) Establishments without 
broodstock2 2150 (first and  second 
inspection)0
Maximum number of fish per pool: 10
(1) T he sampling of fish for laboratory examination must be carried out whenever the water temperature is between 11 and 20  °C  The 
water temperature requirement must also apply to health inspections   In establishments where the water temperature does not reach 
11 °C during the  year, sampling and health visits must be carried out when the water temperature is at its highest level  
(2) Sam ples from broodstock must not include gonadal fluids, milt or ova as there is no  evidence of EHN causing reproductive tract 
infection  
2  Duration of the control measures in the surveillance zone
Category  A disease Minimum periods of surveillance
Infection with Mikrocytos mackini 3 years
Infection with Perkinsus marinus 3 years
Infection with Taura syndrome virus 2 years
Infection with Yellow head syndrome virus 2 years
Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis 2 years
When the period of surveillance has elapsed and there has been no  new detection of infection with the relevant category  A 
disease, the measures in the surveillance zone must be lifted as provided for in Article  101 of this Regulation