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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-990/article-6",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/990",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/990 of 28 April 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards animal health and certification requirements for movements within the Union of aquatic animals and products of animal origin from aquatic animals (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-990",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Derogations from the requirement for aquaculture animals of listed species to originate from a disease-free Member State, zone or compartment",
  "text": "By way of derogation from Article 197(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, operators, including transporters, may move aquaculture animals of listed species which are relevant for the category B diseases or category C diseases for which the Member State, zone or compartment of destination has obtained disease-free status, or for which it is subject to an eradication programme, from Member States, zones or compartments which are not free of those listed diseases, under the following circumstances:\n(a) the aquaculture animals are of one of the species listed in column 4 of the table in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 and they are not regarded as being vectors of the category B or category C diseases in question; or\n(b) the aquaculture animals are of one of the species listed in column 4 of the table in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 and are vectors, but they are regarded as being free from the category B or category C diseases in question, as they have completed quarantine in a quarantine establishment approved in accordance with Article 15 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/691, under the requirements set out in point (2) of Part 8 of Annex I to that Delegated Regulation; or\n(c) the aquaculture animals are of one of the species listed in column 4 of the table in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 and are vectors, but they have been kept in an aquaculture establishment approved in accordance with Article 16 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/691 under the requirements set out in point (2) of Part 9 of Annex I to that Delegated Regulation, and are no longer regarded as vectors of the category B or category C diseases in question; or\n(d) the aquaculture animals are destined for a confined establishment for scientific purposes.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/990/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:32.953493+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."
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