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►B COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/53/EEC
of 24 June 1993
introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases
(OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 23)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►A1Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/53/EEC
of 24 June 1993
introducing minimum Community measures for the control of
certain fish diseases
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Havingreg ard to the Treaty establishingthe European EconomicCommunity, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Havingreg ard to the proposal from the Commission(
1),
Havingreg ard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Havingreg ard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3),
Whereas fish are listed in Annex II to the Treaty; whereas the marketing
of fish constitutes an important source of revenue for the aquaculturesector;
Whereas it is necessary to establish at Community level the control
measures to be taken in the event of outbreaks of disease, in order toensure rational development of the aquaculture sector and to contributeto the protection of animal health in the Community;
Whereas it is necessary, for diseases to be covered, to refer to the lists
laid down in Annex A to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January1991 concerningthe animal health conditions g overningthe placingonthe market of aquaculture animals and products(
4);
Whereas an outbreak of such diseases can quickly take on epizootic
proportions, causingmortality and disturbances on a scale liable toreduce severely the profitability of aquaculture;
Whereas control measures must be taken as soon as the presence of
such a disease is suspected so that immediate and effective action canbe implemented as soon as its presence is confirmed;
Whereas such measures must be aimed at preventingthe spread of the
disease, in particular by carefully controllingmovements of fish andproducts liable to spread the infection;
Whereas the prevention of diseases in the Community must normally be
based on a non-vaccination policy;
Whereas a thorough epizootiological investigation is essential to prevent
any spread of the diseases; whereas the Member States must establishspecial units for that purpose;
Whereas, in order to ensure an effective system of control, diagnosis of
the diseases must be harmonized and carried out under the auspices ofresponsible laboratories, the coordination of which may be carried outby a reference laboratory designated by the Community;
Whereas, in order to ensure uniform implementation of this Directive, a
Community inspection procedure should be established;
Whereas common measures for the control of the diseases form a
minimum basis for maintaininga uniform standard of animal health;
Whereas Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure
in the veterinary field(
5), and in particular Article 5 thereof, applies in
the event of an outbreak of one of the diseases listed in Annex A toDirective 91/67/EEC;
(1) OJ No C 172, 8. 7. 1992, p. 16.
(2) OJ No C 150, 31. 5. 1993.
(3) OJ No C 19, 25. 1. 1993, p. 4.
(4) OJ No L 46, 19. 2. 1991, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision
92/438/EEC (OJ No L 243, 25. 8. 1992, p. 27).
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Whereas the Commission should be entrusted with the task of adoptingthe necessary implementingmeasures; whereas, for that purpose, aprocedure should be established to bringabout close and effectivecooperation between the Commission and the Member States within theStandingVeterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
CHAPTER I
General provisions
Article 1
This Directive defines the minimum Community measures for the
control of the fish diseases referred to in Annex A, lists I and II, toDirective 91/67/EEC.
Article 2
For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions laid down in Article 2
of Directive 91/67/EEC shall apply as necessary.
In addition, the followingdefinitions shall apply:
1. list I diseases: fish diseases referred to in Annex A, list I, to
Directive 91/67/EEC;
2. list II diseases: fish diseases referred to in Annex A, list II, to
Directive 91/67/EEC;
3. fish suspected of beinginfected: fish showingclinical sig ns or post-
mortem lesions or dubious reactions in laboratory tests giving rise toreasonable suspicion of the presence of a list I or list II disease;
4. infected fish: fish in which the presence of a list I or list II disease
has been officially confirmed as the result of a laboratory exam-ination or, in the case of ISA, as the result of a clinical examinationand a post-mortem examination;
5. farm suspected of beinginfected: farm containingfish suspected of
beinginfected;
6. infected farm: farm containinginfected fish; also farm which has
been evacuated but not yet disinfected.
Article 3
Member States shall ensure that all farms rearingor keepingfish
susceptible to list I or list II diseases:
1. are registered by the official service; this registration must be kept
constantly up to date;
2. keep a record of:
(a) live fish, eggs and gametes entering the farm, containing all
information relatingto their delivery, their number or weig ht,their size, their source and their suppliers;
(b) live fish, eggs and gametes leaving the farm, containing all
information relatingto their dispatch, their number or weig ht,their size and destination;
(c) observed mortality.
This record, which shall be open to scrutiny by the official service
whenever the latter so requests, must be regularly updated and shallbe kept for four years.
Article 4
Member States shall ensure that it is compulsory for the suspected
presence of any of the list I and list II diseases to be notified as soon aspossible to the official service.
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CHAPTER II
Control measures for list I diseases
Article 5
1. When fish on a farm are suspected of beinginfected with a list I
disease, Member States shall ensure that the official service imme-diately activates official investigation arrangements to confirm or ruleout the presence of the disease, includingclinical examination; in partic-ular, it must take, or have taken, the samples necessary for laboratoryexamination.
2. As soon as the suspected presence of the disease is notified, the
official service shall have the farm placed under official surveillanceand shall in particular require that:
(a) an official census be made of all species and categories of fish and
that, in respect of each of these, the number of fish already dead,infected or suspected of beinginfected or contaminated berecorded; the census must be kept up to date by the owner or keeperto take account of the increase in the population or new mortalityobserved duringthe period of suspected infection; the informationin the census must be produced on request and may be checked ateach inspection;
(b) no fish, whether alive or dead, or eggs or gametes enter or leave the
farm without the authorization of the official service;
(c) the disposal of dead fish or their offal be carried out under the
supervision of the official service;
(d) the entry or exit of feedingstuffs, utensils, objects or other
substances such as waste, liable to transmit disease be subject, ifnecessary, to authorization by the official service, which shall laydown the conditions required to prevent the spread of the pathogen;
(e) the movement of persons to or from the farm be made subject to
authorization by the official service;
(f) the entry or exit of vehicles to or from the farm be made subject to
authorization by the official service, which shall lay down theconditions required to prevent the spread of the pathogen;
(g) appropriate means of disinfection be used at the entrances end exits
of the farm;
(h) an epizootic investigation be carried out in accordance with Article
8 (1);
(i) all of the farms situated in the same water catchment area or coastal
area be placed under official surveillance, and no fish, eggs orgametes leave these farms without the authorization of the officialservice; in the case of extensive water catchment areas or coastalareas, the official service may decide to limit this measure to a lessextensive area close to the farm suspected of beinginfected, if itconsiders that this area affords maximum guarantees for the preven-tion of the spread of the disease;
if necessary, the official services of neighbouring Member States or
third countries must be informed of the suspected case; in thatevent, the official services of the Member States involved shall takeappropriate action to apply the measures laid down in this Article.
Where necessary, specific measures may be taken in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 19.
3. Until such time as the official measures laid down in paragraph 2
are enforced, the owner or keeper of any fish in which disease issuspected shall take every appropriate measure to ensure compliancewith paragraph 2, except for (h) and (i) thereof.
4. The measures referred to in paragraph 2 shall not be withdrawn
until the suspicion of disease has been officially ruled out.
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Article 6
As soon as the presence of a list I disease has been officially confirmed,
Member States shall ensure that the official service orders that, inaddition to the measures listed in Article 5 (2), of the followingmeas-ures be applied:
(a) in an infected farm:
— all fish must be immediately withdrawn,
— in the case of inland farms all pools must be drained for the
purposes of cleaningand disinfection,
— all eggs and gametes, dead fish and fish showing clinical signs
of disease shall be regarded as high-risk material and must bedestroyed under the supervision of the official service, inaccordance with Directive 90/667/EEC (
1),
— all live fish shall either be killed and destroyed under the
supervision of the official service in accordance with Directive90/667/EEC, or else, in the case of fish which have reachedcommercial size and show no clinical sign of disease, be slaugh-tered under the supervision of the official service for marketingor processingfor human consumption.
In the latter case, the official service shall ensure that the fish
are immediately slaughtered and gutted, that these operationsare carried out in conditions such as to prevent the spread ofpathogens, that the fish waste and offal are regarded as high-riskmaterial and are submitted to a treatment to destroy pathogensin accordance with Directive 90/667/EEC and that the usedwater is submitted to a treatment which inactivates any patho-gens it may contain;
— after removal of the fish, eggs and gametes, ponds, equipment
and any material liable to be contaminated must be cleaned anddisinfected as soon as possible followingthe instructions estab-lished by the official service in such a way as to eliminate anyrisk of the agent of the disease spreading or surviving. Theprocedures for cleaningand disinfectingan infected farm shallbe determined in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 19,
— any substances which might be contaminated, referred to in
Article 5 (2) (d), must be destroyed or treated in such a way asto ensure the destruction of any pathogen present,
— an epizootic investigation must be carried out in accordance
with Article 8 (1) and the provisions of Article 8 (4) must beapplied; this investigation must include the taking of samplesfor laboratory examination;
(b) all farms situated in the water catchment area or in the coastal zone
in which the infected farm is situated shall undergo health inspec-tions; if these inspections reveal positive cases, the measuresprovided for under (a) of this paragraph shall be applied;
(c) the repopulation of the farm shall be authorized by the official
service followingsatisfactory inspection of the cleaningand disin-fection operations and at the end of a period deemed adequate bythe official service to ensure eradication of the pathogen, and ofother possible infections in the same water catchment area;
(d) it application of the measures laid down under (a), (b), (c) and (d)
of Article 5 (2) requires the cooperation of the official services ofother Member States, the official services of the Member Statesconcerned shall collaborate to ensure compliance with the measureslaid down in this Article.
(1) Council Directive 90/667/EEC of 27 November 1990 layingdown the
veterinary rules for the disposal and processingof animal waste, for itsplacingon the market and for the prevention of pathog ens in feedstuffs ofanimal or fish origin and amending Directive 90/425/EEC (OJ No L 363,27. 12. 1990, p. 51). Directive as amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (OJNo L 62, 15. 3. 1992, p. 49).
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Where necessary, appropriate additional measures shall be adopted in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19.
Article 7
Where fish from the wild and not belonging to any farm or fish in lakes,
ponds or other installations intended for ang lingor holdingornamentalfish are infected or suspected of beinginfected, Member States shallensure that appropriate measures are taken. Member States shall informthe Commission and the other Member States, in the StandingVeter-inary Committee, of the measures they have taken.
Article 8
1. The epizootic investigation shall deal with:
— the likely length of time during which the disease may have existed
on the farm before beingnotified or suspected,
— the possible origin of the disease on the farm and the identification
of other farms on which there are eggs and gametes and fish ofsusceptible species which may have become infected;
— the movement of fish, eggs or gametes, vehicles or substances and
persons likely to have carried the agent of the disease to or from thefarms in question,
— the possible existence of carriers of the disease, and their distribu-
tion.
2. If the epizootic investigation reveals that the disease could have
been introduced from another water catchment area or another coastalarea, or could have been transferred to another water catchment area oranother coastal area as a result of a contact arisingfrom the movementof fish, eggs or gametes, animals, vehicles or persons, or in any otherway, the farms belonging to such water catchment areas and coastalareas shall be considered suspect and the measures laid down in Article5 shall apply. If the presence of the disease is confirmed, the measureslaid down in Article 6 shall apply.
3. If the epizootic investigation reveals that the cooperation of the
official services of other Member States is required, the official servicesof the Member States concerned shall take all necessary measures toensure compliance with the provisions of this Directive.
4. A crisis unit shall be established in order to provide full coordina-
tion of all measures necessary to ensure eradication of the disease asquickly as possible and for the purpose of carryingout the epizooticinvestigation.
The general rules concerning national crisis units and the Community
crisis units shall be laid down by the Council, actingby a qualifiedmajority on a proposal from the Commission.
5. The Council, actingby a qualified majority on a proposal from the
Commission drawn up on the basis of the opinion of the ScientificVeterinary Committee to take account, in particular, of scientific andtechnological developments, shall review the provisions of this Articlebefore 31 December 1996.
CHAPTER III
Control measures for list II diseases
Article 9
1. Where a list II disease is suspected and/or confirmed in an
approved zone or on an approved farm situated in a non-approved zone,an epizootic investigation shall be carried out in accordance with Article8. Member States wishingto reg ain their status defined in accordancewith Directive 91/67/EEC must comply with the provisions of AnnexesB and C to that Directive.
2. If the epizootic investigation reveals that the disease could have
been introduced from an approved zone or from another approved farm,or could have been transferred to another approved farm as a result of
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the movement of fish, eggs or gametes, vehicles or persons, or in any
other way, those zones or farms shall be considered suspect and theappropriate measures shall apply.
3. The official service may, however, authorize the fatteningof fish
to be slaughtered until they reach commercial size.
Article 10
1. Where a non-approved farm situated in a non-approved zone
contains fish suspected of beinginfected with a list II disease, MemberStates shall ensure that the official service:
(a) immediately sets in motion official means of investigation to
confirm or rule out the presence of the disease including, wherenecessary, the takingof samples for examination in an approvedlaboratory;
(b) carries out or causes to be carried out an official census of the
infected farms, this census beingreg ularly updated;
(c) places, or causes to be placed, the infected farms under official
supervision, in order to ensure that, by way of derogation fromArticle 3 (1) (c) of Directive 91/67/EEC, the only movementsauthorized from infected farms are live fish or eggs or gametesintended either for other farms infected by the same disease or forslaughter for human consumption.
2. Member States may, for a fixed period, set up under the supervi-
sion of the official service an optional or compulsory programme for theeradication of list II diseases in non-approved farms or in non-approvedzones. Duringthis period, the introduction into a zone or farm subject tosuch a programme of live fish, eggs or gametes from infected farms orfarms of unknown health status shall be forbidden.
These programmes, which will be set up on the basis of general criteria
to be determined before the date specified in Article 20 in accordancewith the procedure laid down in Article 19, will be submitted to theCommission for scrutiny, and approved and where necessary amendedin accordance with that same procedure.
After the period referred to in the first subparagraph, Member States
which have recourse to this procedure shall inform the Commission andthe other Member States, within the StandingVeterinary Committee, ofthe results obtained.
3. By 31 December 1996, the Commission shall submit to the
Council a report, drawn up after obtainingthe opinion of the ScientificVeterinary Committee, takinginto account experience g ained andscientific and technical developments and accompanied, where appro-priate, by proposals for a review of the provision of this Article, inparticular with regard to the placing on the market of infected live fish,and their eggs or gametes, intended for farming or fattening, and withregard to the carrying out of an epizootiological investigation in non-approved zones where a disease is suspected on a non-approved farm.The Council shall act by a qualified majority on any such proposals andthe latter shall be put forward takinginto account the conclusions of thereport.
4. Any detailed rules for implementingparag raphs 1 and 2 shall be
adopted by the Commission, as and when required, in accordance withthe procedure laid down in Article 19.
CHAPTER IV
Final provisions
Article 11
1. Samplingand laboratory testingfor the presence of list I and list II
diseases shall be carried out usingthe methods established in accord-ance with Article 15 of Directive 91/67/EEC.
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2. Testingfor the presence of disease or pathog ens shall be carriedout by a laboratory approved by the official service. Laboratory testingshall, if necessary and especially on the first appearance of the disease,identify the type, sub-type or the variant of the relevant pathogen, whichmust be confirmed by the national reference laboratory and may beconfirmed, if necessary, by the Community reference laboratoryreferred to in Article 13.
Article 12
1. Member States shall ensure that in each Member State a national
reference laboratory is designated, with facilities and expert personnelenablingit to show at all times, and especially when the disease inquestion first appears, the type, sub-type and variant of the relevantpathogen and to confirm results obtained by regional diagnostic labora-tories.
2. The national laboratories designated for the diseases in question
shall be responsible for coordinatingdiag nostic standards and methods,and for the use of reagents.
3. The national laboratories designated for the diseases in question
shall be responsible for coordinatingthe diag nostic standards andmethods laid down by each laboratory for diagnosis of the disease inquestion within the Member State. To this end, they:
(a) may provide diagnostic reagents to laboratories approved by the
Member State;
(b) shall control the quality of all diagnostic reagents used in the
Member State;
(c) shall periodically arrange comparative tests;
(d) shall hold isolates of the pathogen of the disease from cases
confirmed in the Member State;
(e) shall ensure confirmation of positive results obtained in diagnostic
laboratories approved by the Member State.
4. However, by way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States
which do not have a national laboratory competent as regards thedisease in question may use the services of a national laboratory withcompetence in the matter in another Member State.
5. The list of national reference laboratories for fish diseases is set
out in Annex A.
6. The national laboratories designated for the diseases referred to
shall cooperate with the Community reference laboratory referred to inArticle 13.
7. The detailed rules for implementingthis Article shall be adopted
by the Commission under the procedure laid down in Article 19.
Article 13
1. The Community reference laboratory for fish diseases is indicated
in Annex B.
2. Without prejudice to Decision 90/424/EEC, and in particular
Article 28 thereof, the functions and duties of the laboratory referred toin paragraph 1 of this Article shall be those laid down in Annex C.
Article 14
1. Vaccination against list II diseases in approved zones or in
approved farms situated in non-approved zones, in zones or farmswhich have already begun the approval procedures laid down byDirective 91/67/EEC, and against list I diseases, shall be forbidden.
2. The Council, actingby a qualified majority on a proposal from the
Commission, shall by 30 June 1996, review the provisions of thisArticle, in particular with regard to laying down specific conditions for
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the use of vaccines and to take account of developments in scientific
and technological research into vaccination.
Article 15
1. Each Member State shall draw up a contingency plan specifying
how it will implement the measures laid down in this Directive in theevent of an outbreak of a list I disease.
This plan must allow access to facilities, equipment, personnel and all
other appropriate structures necessary for the rapid and efficient erad-ication of the outbreak.
2. The general criteria to be applied for drawing up those plans are
set out in Annex D.
Member States may, however, confine themselves to the application of
the criteria specific to the diseases concerned, where the general criteriahave already been adopted in the context of the submission of plansrelatingto the application of measures for the control of another disease.
The Commission may, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 19, amend or supplement those criteria, takinginto account thespecific nature of the disease.
3. Plans drawn up in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex D
shall be submitted to the Commission no later than six month after thedate on which this Directive is brought into effect.
4. The Commission shall examine the plans in order to determine
whether they permit the desired objective to be attained and shallsuggest to the Member State concerned any amendments required, inparticular to ensure that they are compatible with the plans of the otherMember States.
The Commission shall approve the plans, amended if necessary, in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19.
The plans may subsequently be amended or supplemented, in accord-
ance with the same procedure, to take into account developments in thesituation.
Article 16
Commission experts may, in collaboration with the competent authori-
ties, and in so far as is necessary to ensure uniform application of thisDirective, make on-the-spot checks. In order to do that, they may checka representative percentage of holdings to see whether the competentauthorities are checkingthat these holding s are fulfillingthe require-ments of this Directive. The Commission shall inform the MemberStates of the result of the checks carried out.
A Member State in whose territory a check is beingcarried out shall
give all the necessary assistance to the experts in carrying out theirduties.
The detailed rules for implementingthis Article shall be determined in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19.
Article 17
The conditions governing the Community’s financial contribution to the
measures connected with the application of this Directive are laid downin Decision 90/424/EEC.
Article 18
Annexes B, C and D shall be amended, as and when required, by the
Council actingby a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commis-sion, in particular in order to take into account developments in researchand in diagnostic procedures.
Annex A may be amended as and when required in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 19.
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Article 19
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed,
the Chairman shall, without delay, refer the matter to the StandingVeterinary Committee, either on his own initiative or at the request ofthe representative of a Member State.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shalldeliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the Chairmanmay lay down accordingto the urg ency of the matter. The opinion shallbe delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treatyin the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on aproposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of theMember States within the Committee shall be weighted in the mannerset out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote.
3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are
in accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
(b) If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion
of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commissionshall without delay submit to the Council a proposal relatingtothe measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualifiedmajority.
If, on the expiry of a period of three months from the date of
referral to the Council, the Council has not acted, the proposedmeasures shall be adopted by the Commission, save where theCouncil has decided against the said measures by a simplemajority.
Article 20
1. Member States shall bringinto force the laws, reg ulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before1 July 1994. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain a refer-
ence to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on theoccasion of their official publication. The methods of makingsuch areference shall be laid down by the Member States.
2. However, from the date laid down in paragraph 1, Member States
may, subject to the general rules of the Treaty, maintain or apply intheir territory stricter provisions than those laid down by this Directive.They shall notify the Commission of any such measure.
3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the main
provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by thisDirective.
Article 21
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
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ANNEX A
NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES FOR FISH DISEASES
Belgium: Institut National de Recherches Vétérinaires
Groeselenberg, 991180 Bruxelles.
Denmark: Statens Veterinære Serumlaboratorium
LandbrugsministerietHangøvej 28200 Aarhus N.
Germany: Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere
Anstaltsteil Insel RiemsO-2201 Insel Riems.
Greece: Εργαστήριο Ιχθυοπαθολογίας και Βιοπαθολογίας
Υδρόβιων ΟργανισµώνΚέντρο Κτηνιατρικών Ιδρυµάτων ΑθηνώνΙνστιτούτο Λοιµωδών και Παραστικών ΝοσηµάτωνΝεαπόλεως 25,Αγία Παρασκευή Αττικής
153 10Αθήνα
Spain: Laboratorio de Sanidad y Producción Animal de Algete
Madrid.
France: Centre National d’Etudes Vétérinaires et Alimentaires
Laboratoire Central de Recherches Vétérinaires22, rue Pierre CurierBP 6794703 Maisons-Alfort CEDEX.
Ireland: Fisheries Research Centre
AbbotstownCastleknockDublin 15.
Italy: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
Sezione Diagnostica di Basaldella di CampoformidoLaboratorio di IttiopatologiaVia della Roggia 9233030 Basaldella di Campoformido (Udine).
Luxembourg: Institut National de Recherches Vétérinaires
Groeselenberg, 991180 Bruxelles.
Netherlands: Centraal Diergeneeskundig Instituut
HoofdgebouwEdelhertweg158219 PH LelystadPostbus 658200 AB Lelystad.
Centraal Diergeneeskundig Instituut
Vestiging VirologieHoutribweg398221 RA LelystadPostbus 3658200 AJ Lelystad.
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Austria: Institut für Fischkunde,
Veterinärmedizinische Universität,Wien
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Portugal: Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária
Estrada de Benefica 7011500 Lisboa.
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Finland: Eläinlääkintä- ja elintarvikelaitos, Helsinki/Anstalten för
veterinärmedicin och livsmedel, Helsingfors
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Sweden: Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt,
Uppsala
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United Kingdom: Fish Disease Laboratory
14 Albany RoadGranby Industrial SiteWeymouthDorset DT4 9TU.
The Marine Laboratory
PO Box 101Victoria RoadAberdeen AB9 8DB.
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ANNEX B
COMMUNITY REFERENCE LABORATORY FOR FISH DISEASES
Statens Veterinære Serumlaboratorium
LandbrugsministerietHangøvej 28200 Aarhus NDenmark.
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ANNEX C
FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMUNITY REFERENCE
LABORATORY FOR FISH DISEASES
The functions and duties of the Community reference laboratory for list I and II
diseases shall be:
1. to coordinate, in consultation with the Commission, the methods employed in
the Member States for diagnosing the disease concerned, specifically by:
(a) typing, storing and supplying strains of the pathogen of the relevant
disease for serological tests and the preparation of antisera;
(b) supplyingstandard sera and other reference reag ents to the national
reference laboratories in order to standardize the tests and reagents usedin each Member State;
(c) buildingup and retaininga collection of strains and isolates of the
relevant pathogen;
(d) organizing periodic comparative tests of diagnostic procedures at
Community level;
(e) collectingand collatingdata and information on the methods of diag nosis
used and the results of tests carried out in the Community;
(f) characterizingisolates of the pathog en of the relevant disease by the most
up-to-date and appropriate methods to allow greater understanding of theepizootiology of the disease;
(g) keeping abreast of developments in the surveillance, epizootiology and
prevention of the relevant disease throughout the world;
(h) retainingexpertise on the relevant disease pathog en and other pertinent
pathogens to enable rapid differential diagnosis;
(i) acquiring a thorough knowledge of the preparation and use of the prod-
ucts of veterinary immunology used to eradicate and control the relevantdisease;
2. to assist actively in the diagnosis of outbreaks of the relevant disease in
Member States by receiving pathogen isolates for confirmatory diagnosis,characterization and epizootic studies;
3. to facilitate the trainingor retrainingof experts in laboratoy diag nosis with a
view to the harmonization of diagnostic techniques throughout theCommunity;
4. to collaborate as regards methods of diagnosing list I diseases, with the
competent laboratories in third countries where those diseases are prevalent.
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ANNEX D
MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR CONTINGENCY PLANS
Contingency plans shall meet at least the following criteria:
1. the establishment of a national crisis centre which shall coordinate all control
measures in the Member State concerned;
2. a list shall be provided of local disease control centres with adequate facilities
to coordinate the disease control measures at a local level;
3. detailed information shall be given on the staff involved in control measures,
their skills and their responsibilities;
4. each local disease control centre must be able to contact rapidly persons/
organizations which are directly or indirectly involved in an outbreak;
5. equipment and materials shall be available to carry out the disease control
measures properly;
6. detailed instructions shall be provided on action to be taken on suspicion and
confirmation of infection or contamination;
7. trainingprog rammes shall be established to maintain and develop skills in
field and administrative procedures;
8. where appropriate, diagnostic laboratories must have facilities for post-
mortem examination, the necessary capacity for serology, histology, etc., andmust maintain the skills for rapid diagnosis (to this end, arrangements must bemade for rapid transportation of samples);
9. provisions shall be adopted to ensure the legal powers necessary for the
implementation of the contingency plans.