# 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 64: Fallowing

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

1. The competent authority shall order the fallowing of all infected establishments. The fallowing shall be carried out following completion of the cleaning and disinfection process laid down in Article 63.
2. The duration of the fallowing shall be appropriate to the relevant pathogen and to the type of production system used in the infected establishments. Certain fallowing periods are laid down in Part II of Annex VI, specifically in:
(a) point 1(c) of Section 3 of Chapter 1 for VHS and IHN;
(b) point 1(c) of Section 3 of Chapter 2 for infection with HPR-deleted ISAV;
(c) point 1(c) of Section 3 of Chapter 3 for infection with Marteilia refringens;
(d) point 1(c) of Section 3 of Chapter 4 for infection with Bonamia exitiosa;
(e) point 1(c) of Section 3 of Chapter 5 for infection with Bonamia ostreae;
(f) point 1(c) of Section 3 of Chapter 6 for infection with WSSV.
3. The competent authority shall order synchronous fallowing of the infected establishments within the protection zone or where no protection zone has been established, within the restricted zone. Synchronous fallowing may also be extended to other establishments based on risk assessment. The duration of the synchronous fallowing and the extent of the area within which such fallowing shall take place are laid down in Part II of Annex VI, specifically in:
(a) point 1 of Section 3 of Chapter 1 for VHS and IHN;
(b) point 1 of Section 3 of Chapter 2 for infection with HPR-deleted ISAV;
(c) point 1 of Section 3 of Chapter 3 for infection with Marteilia refringens;
(d) point 1 of Section 3 of Chapter 4 for infection with Bonamia exitiosa;
(e) point 1 of Section 3 of Chapter 5 for infection with Bonamia ostreae;
(f) point 1 of Section 3 of Chapter 6 for infection with WSSV.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/689/article/64 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-689/article-64
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