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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-687/article-70",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-687/article-70.json",
  "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/70",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Obligations on operators in the event of suspicion of category A disease in aquaculture animals in establishments",
  "text": "In the event of suspicion of a category A disease in aquaculture animals of listed species, operators shall take the following disease control measures in order to prevent the spread of the category A disease from the affected animals and aquaculture establishments under their responsibility to other unaffected aquatic animals until the competent authority rules out the presence of the category A disease:\n(a) isolate, where technically possible, all aquaculture animals in the establishment suspected of being infected with the category A disease;\n(b) prevent movements of aquaculture animals into and from the establishment;\n(c) keep records of all visits and movements from and to the establishment;\n(d) keep any product, piece of equipment, material or substance likely to be contaminated with and to transmit category A diseases isolated and as far as practicable protected from vectors and other aquatic animals;;\n(e) implement the appropriate biosecurity measures to avoid spread of the category A disease;\n(f) provide the competent authority, on its request, with any relevant information regarding the category A disease; and\n(g) follow any instructions given by the competent authority regarding the control of category A disease, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and this Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/687/article/70",
    "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."
}