# 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 7: Assessment parameters for the listing of diseases

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

The Commission shall use the following assessment parameters in order to determine whether a disease meets the conditions requiring it to be listed in accordance with Article 5(2):
(a) the disease profile, which shall comprise the following:
(i) the animal species concerned by the disease;
(ii) the morbidity and mortality rates of the disease in animal populations;
(iii) the zoonotic character of the disease;
(iv) the resistance to treatments, including antimicrobial resistance;
(v) the persistence of the disease in an animal population or in the environment;
(vi) the routes and speed of transmission of the disease between animals and, when relevant, between animals and humans;
(vii) the absence or presence and distribution of the disease in the Union, and, where the disease is not present in the Union, the risk of its introduction into the Union;
(viii) the existence of diagnostic and disease control tools;
(b) the impact of the disease on:
(i) agricultural and aquaculture production and other parts of the economy, as regards:
the level of presence of the disease in the Union;
the loss of production due to the disease;
other losses;
(ii) human health, as regards:
transmissibility between animals and humans;
transmissibility between humans;
the severity of human forms of the disease;
the availability of effective prevention or medical treatment in humans;
(iii) animal welfare;
(iv) biodiversity and the environment;
(c) its potential to generate a crisis situation and its potential use in bioterrorism;
(d) the feasibility, availability and effectiveness of the following disease prevention and control measures:
(i) diagnostic tools and capacities;
(ii) vaccination;
(iii) medical treatments;
(iv) biosecurity measures;
(v) restrictions on the movement of animals and products;
(vi) killing of animals;
(vii) disposal of carcasses and other relevant animal by–products;
(e) the impact of disease prevention and control measures, as regards:
(i) the direct and indirect costs for the affected sectors and the economy as a whole;
(ii) their societal acceptance;
(iii) the welfare of affected subpopulations of kept and wild animals;
(iv) the environment and biodiversity.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/429/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-429/article-7
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