Commission Decision
of 28 June 2002
amending Decision 2002/308/EC establishing lists of approved zones and approved farms with regard to one or more of the fish diseases viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN)
(notified under document number C(2002) 2387)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/536/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products(1), as last amended by Directive 98/45/EC(2), and in particular Articles 5 and 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to obtain, for one or more of the fish diseases viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), the status of approved zone and of approved fish farm situated in a non-approved zone, Member States shall submit the appropriate justifications and the national rules ensuring compliance with the conditions laid down in Directive 91/67/EEC.
(2) Commission Decision 2002/308/EC(3) establishes the lists of approved zones and approved farms with regard to certain fish diseases.
(3) Germany has submitted the justifications for obtaining the status of approved farm in non-approved zone for one farm in Lower Saxony with regard to VHS and IHN, as well as the national rules ensuring compliance with the requirements for maintenance of the approved status.
(4) France has submitted the justifications for obtaining the status of approved farm in non-approved zone for one farm in Pays de la Loire with regard to VHS and IHN, as well as the national rules ensuring compliance with the requirements for maintenance of the approved status.
(5) Italy has submitted the justifications for obtaining the status of approved farm in non-approved zone for one farm in the Autonomous province of Trento with regard to VHS and IHN, as well as the national rules ensuring compliance with the requirements for maintenance of the approved status.
(6) The documentation provided by Germany, France and Italy for the farms concerned shows that those farms meet the requirements of Article 6 of Directive 91/67/EEC. They therefore qualify for the status of approved farm in a non-approved zone and should be added to the list of approved farms.
(7) Italy has notified an outbreak of IHN in the approved zone "Valle Dei Laghi" in the Province of Trento. Therefore, the affected catchment area no longer meets the requirements of Article 5 of Directive 91/67/EEC with regard to IHN.
(8) Decision 2002/308/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annexes to Decision 2002/308/EC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall apply from the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 June 2002.