# 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 58: Official confirmation of certain diseases and disease control measures

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

1. If a case is confirmed, the competent authority shall:
(a) declare the establishment(s) infected;
(b) reclassify the health status of the infected establishment(s);
(c) establish a restricted zone which is of an appropriate size;
(d) adopt the measures laid down in Articles 59 to 65 in the infected establishment(s).
2. The minimum requirements that shall apply with regard to the establishment(s) of the restricted zone are set out in Part II of Annex VI, specifically in:
(a) point 1(a) of Section 3 of Chapter 1 for VHS and IHN;
(b) point 1(a) of Section 3 of Chapter 2 for infection with HPR-deleted ISAV;
(c) point 1(a) of Section 3 of Chapter 3 for infection with Marteilia refringens;
(d) point 1(a) of Section 3 of Chapter 4 for infection with Bonamia exitiosa;
(e) point 1(a) of Section 3 of Chapter 5 for infection with Bonamia ostreae;
(f) point 1(a) of Section 3 of Chapter 6 for infection with WSSV.
3. By way of derogation from point (c) of paragraph 1, the competent authority may decide not to establish a restricted zone:
(a) when an infected establishment does not discharge untreated effluent into surrounding waters; and
(b) where the biosecurity measures which exist at the establishment are of a standard which ensures that infection is fully contained within it.
4. The competent authority may take risk mitigating measures relating to the following activities in the restricted zone:
(a) the movement of well-boats through the restricted zone;
(b) fishing activities;
(c) other activities that may pose a risk of disease spread.
5. If the disease is confirmed in wild aquatic animals, the competent authority may:
(a) develop and implement the prevention, surveillance and disease control measures that are necessary to prevent the spread of the disease to kept animals of listed species or to additional animal populations;
(b) apply intensified surveillance of wild aquatic animal populations and in establishments having a direct epidemiological link with the confirmed case;
(c) take measures to eradicate the disease from the relevant wild aquatic animal population, where feasible.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/689/article/58 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-689/article-58
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