# 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), Article 1: Subject-matter and scope

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

1. This Regulation supplements the rules on surveillance, eradication programmes and disease-free status for certain listed and emerging diseases of terrestrial, aquatic and other animals as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/429.
2. Chapter 1 of Part II of this Regulation lays down the rules for surveillance of the diseases referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and the emerging diseases as defined in Article 6(2) of that Regulation in relation to:
(a) the design of the surveillance including the targeted animal population and the diagnostic methods;
(b) the disease confirmation and the case definition;
(c) Union surveillance programmes.
3. Chapter 2 of Part II of this Regulation lays down the rules for eradication programmes for the diseases of terrestrial animals referred to in points (b) and (c) of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 in relation to:
(a) the disease control strategy, the territory, the animal populations, the targets and the period of application;
(b) the obligations of operators and competent authorities;
(c) the disease control measures in the event of suspicion and of confirmation.
4. Chapter 3 of Part II of this Regulation lays down the rules for eradication programmes for the diseases of aquatic animals referred to in points (b) and (c) Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 in relation to:
(a) the disease control strategy, the territory, the animal populations, the targets and the period of application;
(b) the obligations of operators and competent authorities;
(c) the disease control measures in the event of suspicion and of confirmation.
5. Chapter 4 of Part II of this Regulation lays down the rules for disease-free status with regard to certain diseases of terrestrial and aquatic animals referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 in relation to:
(a) the criteria for the approval of the disease-free status of Member States and zones;
(b) the criteria for the approval of the disease-free status for compartments keeping aquaculture animals;
(c) the criteria for the maintenance of the disease-free status;
(d) the suspension, the withdrawal and the restoration of disease-free status.
6. Part III of this Regulation lays down transitional and final provisions in relation to:
(a) the approval of the disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments which are recognised disease-free under the legislation in force before the date of application of this Regulation;
(b) the approval of eradication programmes of Member States, zones and compartments which have an approved eradication or surveillance programme under the legislation in force before the date of application of this Regulation.

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