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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1554/annex-I/part-6/division-II/division-II.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1554/annex-I/part-6/division-II/division-II.2.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2015/1554",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1554 of 11 September 2015 laying down rules for the application of Directive 2006/88/EC as regards requirements for surveillance and diagnostic methods (notified under document C(2015) 6188) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1554",
  "path": "annex/I/part/6/division/II/division/II.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "II.2",
  "heading": "Diagnostic methods to obtain or maintain disease-free status with regard to WSD",
  "text": "The diagnostic method to be used to obtain or to maintain disease-free status with regard to WSD following the detailed methods and procedures set out in Part 6 of Annex II, shall be two-step PCR.\nIn the case of a positive result of the two-step PCR, the result shall be corroborated by the sequencing of the amplicon before the initial control measures provided for in Article 28 of Directive 2006/88/EC are implemented, if possible under practical conditions by the demonstration of pathognomonic signs of WSD in those susceptible hosts selected, via histology and transmission electron microscopy.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/1554/annex/I/part/6/division/II/division/II.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:14.330569+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."
}