{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-691/annex-II/part-2/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-691/annex-II/part-2/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/691",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/691 of 30 January 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of Council as regards rules for aquaculture establishments and transporters of aquatic animals (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-691",
  "path": "annex/II/part/2/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Record checks and clinical and laboratory examinations at the approved groups of aquaculture establishments referred to in Article 8 shall be carried out as follows:",
  "text": "(a) the relevant records kept by or on behalf of each aquaculture establishment in the group of aquaculture establishments in accordance with Article 186 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and with Article 24 of this Regulation, must be examined to assess if there are indications of increased mortality or of the presence of a listed or emerging disease which must be taken into account when deciding which aquaculture establishment in the group is required to be visited for the purpose of risk-based surveillance;\n(b) when the examination of records referred to in point (a) indicates increased mortality or the presence of a listed or emerging disease in a particular aquaculture establishment within the group, that establishment must be visited for the purpose of risk based surveillance; the steps outlined in point 1(b) to (g) must be followed during that visit;\n(c) when the examination of records referred to in point (a) does not indicate increased mortality or the presence of a listed or emerging disease in any aquaculture establishment within the group, the risk-based surveillance visit or visits shall be carried out either:\n(i) after risk assessment, in the aquaculture establishment or aquaculture establishments within the group which pose the highest risk of disease introduction; or\n(ii) to the establishment which has had the greatest number of movements of aquaculture animals for further farming, since the last risk-based surveillance visit was carried out.\nIn either case, the steps outlined in point1 (c) to (g) must be followed during the risk-based surveillance visit.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/691/annex/II/part/2/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:37.230185+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}