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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-687/article-55",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/687",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-687",
  "path": "article/55",
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  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Duration of the disease control measures in the surveillance zone",
  "text": "1. The competent authority may lift the disease control measures applied in the surveillance zone pursuant to Sections 1 and 3 of this Chapter only if the period set out in Annex XI has elapsed and the following conditions are fulfilled:\n(a) the requirements provided for in Article 39 have been met in the protection zone; and\n(b) a representative number of establishments keeping animals of listed species have undergone, with favourable results, visits carried out by official veterinarians, in accordance with Article 41.\n2. Where the relevant category A disease is transmitted by a listed vector, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1882, the competent authority may:\n(a) set the duration of the measures in the surveillance zone on a case by case basis taking into account factors influencing the risk of spreading the disease; and\n(b) provide for the introduction of sentinel animals.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/687/article/55",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:38.590425+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."
}