Article 10 Criteria for and contents of Union surveillance programmes

it poses a particular threat to animal and possibly human health on the whole Union territory with possible serious economic consequences for the farming community and the wider economy;

it is susceptible to an evolution of the disease profile, in particular with regard to the risk for human health and animal health;

infected wild animals pose a particular threat for the introduction of the disease into a part or the whole of the Union territory;

it is fundamental to obtain, through surveillance, regularly updated information on the evolution of its circulation and on the characterisation of the disease agent, to assess those risks and adapt risk mitigating measures accordingly.