# 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 17: Targeted and additional animal populations for eradication programmes for certain diseases

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

1. The competent authority shall apply a compulsory eradication programme to the following targeted animal populations:
(a) for infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis, kept bovine animals, kept ovine animals and kept caprine animals;
(b) for infection with MTBC, kept bovine animals.
2. The competent authority shall apply the optional eradication programme to the following targeted animal populations:
(a) for EBL, kept bovine animals;
(b) for IBR/IPV, kept bovine animals;
(c) for infection with ADV, kept porcine animals;
(d) for BVD, kept bovine animals.
3. The competent authority shall include additional animal populations where it considers that such animals pose a significant risk to the health status of animals referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/689/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-689/article-17
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