# 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 35: Disease control measures in the event of suspicion of infection with RABV

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

When infection with RABV is suspected, the competent authority shall:
(a) conduct further investigations to confirm or rule out the presence of the disease;
(b) order relevant movement restrictions or killing of suspected cases to protect humans and animals against the risk of being infected pending the results of the investigations;
(c) order any risk mitigating measures justified to reduce the risk of further transmission of RABV to humans or to animals.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/689/article/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-689/article-35
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