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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of18April2002
establishingthelistofapprovedzoneswithregardto Bonamia ostreae and/or Marteilia refringens
(notified under document number C(2002) 1426)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2002/300/EC)
(OJ L 103, 19.4.2002, p. 24)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 2003/378/EC of 23 May 2003 L 130 27 27.5.2003
►M2Commission Decision 2003/729/EC of 6 October 2003 L 262 37 14.10.2003
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of18April2002
establishing the list of approved zones with regard to Bonamia
ostreaeand/or Marteilia refringens
(notified under document number C(2002) 1426)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2002/300/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 Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)In order to obtain, for one or more of the mollusc diseases bona-
miosis and marteiliosis — if caused by the agents Bonamia
ostreae (B. ostreae) andMarteilia refringens (M. Refrigens) —
the status of approved zone, Member States shall submit theappropriate justifications and the national rules ensuring compli-ance with the conditions laid down in Directive 91/67/EEC.
(2)Commission Decision 93/55/EEC (3), as amended by Decision
93/169/EEC (4), amends the guarantees for the introduction of
molluscs into zones for which a programme for B. ostreae and
M. refringens has been approved.
(3)The programme concerning bonamiosis and marteiliosis in
Ireland was approved by Commission Decision 93/56/EEC (5).
(4)Council Regulation (EEC) No 706/73 of 12 March 1973concerning the Community arrangements applicable to the
Channel Islands and the Isle of Man for trade in agricultural
products (
6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1174/86(7),
lays down that the veterinary legislation shall apply to theseislands under the same conditions as in the United Kingdom forthe products imported to the islands or exported from the islandsto the Community.
(5)The programmes concerning bonamiosis and marteiliosissubmitted by the United Kingdom were approved by Commis-sion Decisions 92/528/EEC (
8) (Great Britain and Northern
Ireland), 93/57/EEC (9) (Jersey), 93/58/EEC (10) (Guernsey) and
93/59/EEC (11) (the Isle of Man) respectively.
(6)Ireland has submitted the appropriate justifications required to
obtain the status of approved zone, with regard to B. ostreae
andM. refringens , for certain areas of Ireland, as well as the
national rules ensuring compliance with the requirements for
maintenance of the approved status.
(7)The United Kingdom has submitted the appropriate justificationsrequired to obtain the status of approved zones, with regard to B.
ostreaeandM. refringens , for certain areas, as well as the2002D0300 — EN — 14.10.2003 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 189, 3.7.1998, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 14, 22.1.1993, p. 24.
(4) OJ L 71, 24.3.1993, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 14, 22.1.1993, p. 25.
(6) OJ L 68, 15.3.1973, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 107, 24.4.1986, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 332, 18.11.1992, p. 25.
(9) OJ L 14, 22.1.1993, p. 26.
(10) OJ L 14, 22.1.1993, p. 27.
(11) OJ L 14, 22.1.1993, p. 28.
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respective national rules ensuring compliance with the require-
ments for maintenance of the approved status.
(8)The documentation provided by Ireland and the United Kingdomfor the zones concerned shows that these zones meet the require-ments of Article 5 of Council Directive 91/67/EEC. Theytherefore qualify for the status of approved zones.
(9)For the sake of clarity and simplification, it is appropriate todraw up a single list of all approved zones with regard to bona-miosis and marteiliosis and to repeal decisions approvingprogrammes earlier applied to the zones that subsequently have
achieved approved status.
(10)Decisions 92/528/EEC, 93/56/EEC, 93/57/EEC, 93/58/EEC and
93/59/EEC should therefore be repealed and replaced by thisDecision.
(11)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordancewith the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chainand Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The zones recognised as approved zones with regard to B. ostreae and
M. refringens are listed in the Annex.
Article 2
Decisions 92/528/EEC, 93/56/EEC, 93/57/EEC, 93/58/EEC and 93/59/
EEC are hereby repealed.
References to the repealed Decisions shall be construed as references to
this Decision.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.2002D0300 — EN — 14.10.2003 — 002.001 — 3
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ANNEX
ZONES APPROVEDFOR ONE OR MORE OF THE MOLLUSC
DISEASES BONAMIA OSTREA AND MARTEILIA REFRINGENS
1.A.ZonesinIrelandapprovedwithregardto B. Ostreae
— The whole coastline of Ireland except the following six areas:
— Cork Harbour
— Galway Bay— Ballinakill Harbour— Clew Bay— Achill Sound— Loughmore, Blacksod Bay
1.B.ZonesinIrelandapprovedwithregardto M. Refringens
— The whole coastline of Ireland
2.A.ZonesintheUnitedKingdom,theChannelIslandsandtheIsleofMan
approvedwithregardto B. Ostreae
— The whole coastline of Great Britain, except the following areas:
— the south coast of Cornwall from the Lizard to Start Point
— the area around the Solent estuary from Portland Bill to Selsey Bill
— the area along the coast in Essex from Shoeburyness to Landguard
point.
— The whole coastline of Northern Ireland— The whole coastline of Guernsey and Herm— The zone of the States of Jersey: the zone consists of the intertidal and
immediate coastal area between the mean high-water mark on the
Island of Jersey and an imaginary line drawn three nautical miles
from the mean low-water mark of the Island of Jersey. The zone is
situated in the Normano-Breton Gulf, on the south side of the English
Channel
— The whole coastline of the Isle of Man
2.B.ZonesintheUnitedKingdom,theChannelIslandsandtheIsleofMan
approvedwithregardto M. Refringens
— The whole coastline of Great Britain
— The whole coastline of Northern Ireland— The whole coastline of Guernsey and Herm— The zone of the States of Jersey: the zone consists of the intertidal and
immediate coastal area between the mean high-water mark on the
Island of Jersey and an imaginary line drawn three nautical miles
from the mean low-water mark of the Island of Jersey. The zone is
situated in the Normano-Breton Gulf, on the south side of the English
Channel
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