(b)

at least one of the following criteria: the disease causes or could cause significant negative effects in the Union on animal health, or poses or could pose a significant risk to public health due to its zoonotic character; the disease agent has developed resistance to treatments which poses a significant danger to public and/or animal health in the Union; the disease causes or could cause a significant negative economic impact affecting agriculture or aquaculture production in the Union; the disease has the potential to generate a crisis or the disease agent could be used for the purpose of bioterrorism; or the disease has or could have a significant negative impact on the environment, including biodiversity, of the Union.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.