# 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 66: Operational expert group

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

In the event of an officially confirmed outbreak of a category A disease in wild animals of listed species and in the case that the competent authority determines an infected zone in accordance with Article 63, the competent authority shall establish an operational expert group as referred to in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 to assist the competent authority in:
(a) assessing the epidemiological situation and its evolution;
(b) defining the infected zone;
(c) establishing the appropriate measures to be applied in the infected zone in accordance with this Chapter and their duration; and
(d) developing an eradication plan, when relevant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/687/article/66 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-687/article-66
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