{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-687/article-79",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-687/article-79.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/79",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "Specific derogations from control measures in establishments where listed species are kept for scientific purposes or purposes related to conservation of endangered species",
  "text": "1. The competent authority may grant derogations from the measures provided for in Article 78(1)(a) and (c) in the event of an official confirmation of a category A disease in establishments where listed species are kept for scientific purposes or purposes related to conservation of endangered species, provided that:\n(a) the animal health status of the concerned Member State, or of other Member States, is not jeopardised; and\n(b) all appropriate biosecurity measures as listed in Article 78 are taken to prevent any risk of spreading of the category A disease agent.\n2. Where a derogation is granted pursuant to paragraph 1, the competent authority shall ensure that aquaculture animals of listed species covered by the derogation are:\n(a) kept in premises where appropriate biosecurity measures to avoid spread of the relevant category A disease are implemented; and\n(b) subjected to further surveillance and laboratory examination and are not moved from the establishment until the laboratory tests have indicated that they do not pose a risk of further spread of the relevant category A disease.",
  "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/79",
    "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."
}