# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for surveillance, eradication programmes, and disease-free status for certain listed and emerging diseases (Text with EEA relevance), Chapter 3: Vector protected establishment

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

The status of vector protected establishment may only be granted to an establishment if:
(a) it has appropriate physical barriers at entry and exit points;
(b) openings must be vector screened with mesh of appropriate gauge which must be impregnated regularly with an approved insecticide according to the manufacturers’ instructions;
(c) vector surveillance and control must be carried out within and around the vector protected establishment;
(d) measures must be taken to limit or eliminate breeding sites for vectors in the vicinity of the vector protected establishment; and
(e) standard operating procedures must be in place, including descriptions of back-up and alarm systems, for operation of the vector protected establishment and transport of animals to the place of loading.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/689/annex/V/chapter/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-689/annex-V/chapter-3
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