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Disease control measures for listed diseases as referred to in point (c) of Article 9(1) in wild animals The competent authority may take disease control measures additional to those provided for in paragraph 1, which may include one or more of the measures laid down in Articles 53 to 69 and shall be proportionate to the risk posed by the listed disease in question and shall take into account: the disease profile; the affected wild animals and the risk of transmission of diseases to animals and humans; and economic, social and environmental impacts. In the event of an official confirmation of an outbreak of a listed disease as referred to in point (c) of Article 9(1) in wild animals in a Member State, zone or compartment that has obtained disease–free status in accordance with Article 36 or Article 37, and in order to maintain that status, the competent authority shall take one or more of the measures laid down in Articles 53 to 69. Those measures shall be proportionate to the risk posed by the listed disease in question and shall take into account: the disease profile; the affected wild animals and the risk of transmission of diseases to animals and humans;

the relevance of the presence of the disease in wild animals in relation to the health status of kept animals; and economic, social and environmental impacts.