# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases (Text with EEA relevance), Article 5: Obligations on operators in the event of suspicion of a category A disease in kept animals in an establishment

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

In the event of suspicion of a category A disease in kept animals, operators shall take the following disease control measures in order to prevent the spread of the category A disease from the affected animals and establishments under their responsibility to other unaffected animals or to humans until the competent authority rules out the presence of the category A disease:
(a) isolate all animals suspected of being infected with the category A disease;
(b) keep the manure, including litter and used bedding, and any product, material or substance likely to be contaminated with and to transmit category A diseases isolated and protected from insects and rodents, kept animals of non-listed species and wild animals to the extent technically and practically feasible;
(c) implement the appropriate additional biosecurity measures to avoid any risk of spread of the category A disease;
(d) cease all movements of kept animals of listed species from or to the establishment;
(e) prevent non-essential movements of animals of non-listed species, products, materials, substances, persons and means of transport from or to the establishment;
(f) ensure that production, health and traceability records of the establishment are updated;
(g) provide the competent authority, on its request, with any relevant information regarding the category A disease; and
(h) follow any instructions given by the competent authority regarding the control of the category A disease, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/687/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-687/article-5
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