# 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), Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1.) The appropriate authority must ensure that a risk-based animal health surveillance scheme is applied in all farms and mollusc farming areas, as appropriate for the types of production.
(2.) In establishing a risk-based animal health surveillance scheme referred to in paragraph 1, the appropriate authority must have regard to—
(a) the need to detect—
(i) increased mortality in farms and mollusc production areas as appropriate for the type of production;
(ii) the diseases listed in Annex 1A to Regulation 1251/2008, in farms and mollusc farming areas where species susceptible to those diseases are present;
(b) the guidelines set out in the Annex to this Decision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/896/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-896/article-1
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