# Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 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 (Text with EEA relevance), Division 3.1

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

When deciding about the measures to be taken in application of this Directive, and in particular the measures provided for in Article 52(2), Member States shall in addition to a thorough epidemiological assessment consider the definitions of DPLAs as provided for in point 3.2. or where applicable as provided for in Article 2(u) of Directive 2001/89/EC and use the definition which is the more stringent.
The definition may be modified in the light of new scientific evidence in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 89(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2003/85/annex/X/division/3/division/3.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-85/annex-X/division-3/division-3.1
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