# 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), Article 2a: Surveillance and eradication programmes


(1.) Where a constituent GB territory is not known to be infected and is not declared free of one of more of the non-exotic diseases listed in Annex 1A to Regulation 1251/2008, the appropriate authority may establish a surveillance programme for achieving disease-free status for one or more of those diseases.
(2.) A surveillance programme established in accordance with paragraph 1 must include specific requirements for surveillance, sampling and diagnostics as provided for in Annex 1.
(3.) Where a constituent GB territory is known to be infected by one or more of the non-exotic diseases listed in Annex 1A to Regulation 1251/2008, the appropriate authority may establish an eradication programme for achieving disease-free status.
(4.) A programme established in accordance with paragraph 1 or 3 must contain—
(a) a description of the epidemiological situation of the disease before the date of commencement of the programme;
(b) an analysis of the estimated costs and the anticipated benefits of the programme;
(c) the likely duration of the programme and the objective to be attained by the completion date of the programme;
(d) a description and demarcation of the geographical and administrative area in which the programme is to be applied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/1554/article/2a (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1554/article-2a
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