# 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 8: Inventory and records analysis in the event of suspicion of a category A disease in kept animals in an establishment

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

1. In the event of suspicion of a category A disease, the competent authority shall order and verify that, without delay, operators of the establishments where a category A disease is suspected compile and maintain an up-to-date inventory of the following:
(a) the species, categories and number of animals kept on the establishment; for poultry, the number of animals may be estimated;
(b) the individual identification number of all the animals of species for which the individual identification is compulsory in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035;
(c) the species, categories and number of kept animals of listed species which have been born, died, showed clinical signs or are likely to be infected or contaminated with the category A disease in the establishment;
(d) any product, material or substance likely to be contaminated with or likely to transmit the relevant category A disease in the establishment; and
(e) when relevant, all places likely to enable the survival of the vectors of the relevant category A disease in the establishment.
2. Where the establishment consists of several epidemiological units, the information in paragraph 1 shall be specified for each epidemiological unit.
3. In the framework of the epidemiological enquiry, as referred to in Article 57 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, the competent authority shall analyse at least the following records of the establishment where a category A disease is suspected:
(a) the inventory referred to in paragraph 1;
(b) the records concerning the origin and date of arrival and departure at or from the establishment of kept animals of listed species;
(c) the records concerning the origin and date of arrival and departure at or from the establishment of other relevant transport movements;
(d) the production records; and
(e) the records concerning to visits to the establishment, if available.
4. The records analysis referred to in paragraph 3 shall cover, at least, the monitoring period set out in Annex II for the relevant disease, calculated backwards from the date on which the suspicion was notified.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/687/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-687/article-8
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