Article 13 Territorial scope and animal populations
United Kingdom
The competent authority shall determine the scope of the eradication programme, including:
the territory covered; and
the targeted animal population and, as necessary, additional animal populations.
The territory covered by the eradication programme referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall be:
the entire territory of the Member State; or
one or several zones, provided that each zone corresponds to administrative unit(s) of at least 2 000 km2 and includes at least one of the regions established in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429.
By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authority may define zones smaller than 2 000 km2 taking into account:
a minimum surface not significantly lower than 2 000 km2; or
the existence of natural barriers relevant to the disease profile.