# 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 4: Targeted animal population

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

1. The competent authority shall specify the targeted animal population relevant to the surveillance referred to in Article 3 for each listed disease and, when relevant, for each emerging disease and shall include:
(a) kept animals of listed species;
(b) wild animals of listed species if:
(i) they are subject to a Union surveillance programme, or to a compulsory or an optional eradication programme or to the surveillance necessary for the granting or maintenance of a disease-free status;
(ii) the competent authority considers that they constitute a risk that may impair the health status of other species in a Member State, zone or compartment; or
(iii) surveillance is necessary to assess animal health requirements for entry into the Union or movements within the Union.
2. To ensure the early detection of an emerging disease in species other than those referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1, the competent authority shall include, in the targeted animal population, kept animals of species that are not listed for the purpose of the relevant listed disease if the following criteria apply:
(a) they are moved to establishments in another Member State, zone or compartment; and
(b) due to the number of animals or the frequency of the movements, the competent authority considers the animals to constitute a risk that might impair the health status of other kept animals in another Member State, zone or compartment, should a disease emerge in that species.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/689/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-689/article-4
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