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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-896/annex/division-6/division-6.5/division-6.5.2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/896",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 20 November 2008 on guidelines for the purpose of the risk-based animal health surveillance schemes provided for in Council Directive 2006/88/EC (notified under document number C(2008) 6787) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/896/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-896",
  "path": "annex/division/6/division/6.5/division/6.5.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "6.5.2",
  "heading": "Examples of low risk for the contraction of disease via water and due to the geographical proximity of farms and mollusc farming areas:",
  "text": "(a)farms and mollusc farming areas supplied with water through a borehole or spring;\n(b)farms and mollusc farming areas supplied with water which is disinfected or treated in order to prevent the introduction of pathogens;\n(c)farms and mollusc farming areas supplied with water from any other water source which:\n(i)are not connected to farms or mollusc farming areas, or processing establishments, keeping or processing species susceptible to the same diseases as the species kept in the farm or mollusc farming area concerned;\n(ii)do not contain wild aquatic animals of susceptible species;\n(d)inland water basins, including ponds and lakes, which are isolated from other water sources; in determining whether the water basin should be regarded as isolated, consideration should be given to seasonal changes such as the possibility of contact with other water sources through flooding;\n(e)coastal farms and mollusc farming areas which are protected by a safe distance from other farms and mollusc farming areas and from processing establishments keeping or processing species susceptible to the same diseases as the species kept in the farm or mollusc farming areas concerned; what should constitute a safe distance needs to be determined by the competent authority, taking into account factors such as the ability of the relevant pathogens to survive in open waters, the water currents and the length of tidal excursions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/896/annex/division/6/division/6.5/division/6.5.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:38.947389+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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