{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-175/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-175/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/175",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 175/2010 of 2 March 2010 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards measures to control increased mortality in oysters of the species Crassostrea gigas in connection with the detection of Ostreid herpesvirus 1 μvar (OsHV-1 μvar) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-175",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Sampling, testing and establishment of containment areas",
  "text": "1. When increased mortality in oysters of the species Crassostrea gigas (Crassostrea gigas oysters) is detected, the competent authority shall:\n(a) take samples in accordance with Part A of Annex I;\n(b) test for the presence of OsHV-1 μvar in accordance with the diagnostic methods set out in Part B of Annex I.\n2. When the results of the tests referred to in paragraph 1(b) reveal the presence of OsHV-1 μvar, the competent authority shall establish a containment area. That area shall be defined on the basis of a case-by-case analysis taking into account the factors influencing the risk for the spread of the disease set out in Part C of Annex I.\n3. Member States shall inform the Commission and other Member States without undue delay of the first containment area established on their territory in 2010.",
  "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/eur/2010/175/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:54.654314+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."
}