# 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 49: Period of application

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

1. The period of application of eradication programmes for listed aquatic animal diseases are laid down in Part II of Annex VI, specifically Sections 2 and 3 of:
(a) Chapter 1 for VHS and IHN;
(b) Chapter 2 for infection with HPR-deleted ISAV;
(c) Chapter 3 for infection with Marteilia refringens;
(d) Chapter 4 for infection with Bonamia exitiosa;
(e) Chapter 5 for infection with Bonamia ostreae;
(f) Chapter 6 for infection with WSSV.
2. For category C diseases, the period of application of an eradication programme shall not exceed 6 years from the date of its initial approval by the Commission in accordance with Article 31(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429. In duly justified cases, the Commission may, upon request of Member States, extend the period of application of the eradication programme for an additional 6-year period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/689/article/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-689/article-49
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