# 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 55: Disease control measures in the event of suspicion of certain diseases

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

1. The competent authority shall, when it suspects a case of the relevant disease in an establishment, conduct the necessary investigation.
2. Pending the outcome of the investigation referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority shall:
(a) prohibit the introduction of animals or products of animal origin into the establishment;
(b) where technically possible, order the isolation of units in the establishment where suspected animals are kept;
(c) prohibit the movement of animals and products of animal origin out of the establishment unless authorised by the competent authority for the purpose of immediate slaughter or processing in a disease control aquatic food establishment, or for direct human consumption in the case of molluscs or crustacea which are sold live for that purpose;
(d) prohibit the movement of equipment, feed and animal by-products from the establishment unless authorised by the competent authority.
3. The competent authority shall maintain the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 until the presence of the disease has been ruled out or confirmed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/689/article/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-689/article-55
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