# 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), Division 2: The status free from infection with BTV may only be granted to a Member State or to a zone where BTV has already been reported if:

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

(a) surveillance in accordance with Section 3 of Chapter 1 has been conducted at least for the past 24 months; and
(b) no case of infection with BTV has been confirmed during the past 24 months in the targeted animal population.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/689/annex/V/chapter/4/section/1/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-689/annex-V/chapter-4/section-1/division-2
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