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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-688/article-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-688/article-48.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/688",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards animal health requirements for movements within the Union of terrestrial animals and hatching eggs (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-688",
  "path": "article/48",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Requirements regarding the movement of honeybees to other Member States",
  "text": "Operators shall only move honeybees in any stage of their lifecycle, including honeybee brood, to other Member States when the following requirements are fulfilled:\n(a) the animals and the hives of origin do not show signs of American foulbrood, infestation with Aethina tumida (Small hive beetle) or infestation with Tropilaelaps spp.;\n(b) they come from an apiary situated in the centre of a circle of at least:\n(i) 3 km radius, where American foulbrood has not been reported during the last 30 days prior to departure and which is not restricted due to an outbreak of American foulbrood;\n(ii) 100 km radius, where infestation with Aethina tumida (Small hive beetle) has not been reported and which is not restricted due to a suspected case or the confirmed occurrence of infestation with Aethina tumida (Small hive beetle) unless a derogation is provided for in Article 49;\n(iii) 100 km radius, where infestation with Tropilaelaps spp. has not been reported and which is not restricted due to a suspected case or confirmed occurrence of infestation with Tropilaelaps spp..",
  "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/2020/688/article/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:38.340952+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."
}