# 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 1: Samples of integumental epidermis, either dissected or contained within walking legs, pleopods, mouthparts or gills of the test animal must be fixed in 95 % ethanol prior to the preparation of samples for PCR.

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

Other samples, fixed for histology and transmission electron microscopy may be collected to support diagnostic data arising from PCR.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/689/annex/VI/chapter/6/section/5/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-689/annex-VI/chapter-6/section-5/division-1
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