# 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 74: Extension of disease control measures in the event of the suspicion of a category A disease to other establishments

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

In order to prevent the spread of a category A disease the competent authority shall conduct an investigation as provided for in Article 71 and, after carrying out a risk assessment, extend the relevant measures provided for in Articles 72 and 73 to:
(a) establishments situated in the same compartment as the establishment where the disease is suspected, or which, due to distance, hydrodynamic conditions or topographic conditions, have an increased risk for contracting the relevant disease agent from the establishment where the disease is suspected;
(b) any establishment other than those referred to in point (a) which has a direct epidemiological link with the establishment where the disease is suspected.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/687/article/74 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-687/article-74
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