# Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 29: Delegation of powers

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

The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 264 concerning:
(a) the design, means, diagnostic methods, frequency, intensity, targeted animal population, and sampling patterns of the surveillance provided for in Article 27;
(b) the criteria for the official confirmation and case definitions of listed diseases as referred to in point (e) of Article 9(1), and, where relevant, of emerging diseases;
(c) the criteria used to establish the relevance of a disease which is to be subject to a surveillance programme relevant for the Union for the purposes of point (a) of Article 30(1), taking into account the disease profile and the risk factors involved;
(d) requirements for surveillance programmes as provided for in Article 28(1) regarding:
(i) the contents of surveillance programmes;
(ii) the information to be included in the submission of surveillance programmes in accordance with Article 28(2) and regular reports in accordance with Article 28(3);
(iii) the period of application of surveillance programmes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/429/article/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-429/article-29
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