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ProposalforaCouncilDirectiveamendingDirective91/67/EECconcerningtheanimalhealth
conditionsgoverningtheplacingonthemarketofaquacultureanimalsandproducts
(92/C324/13)
COM(92)458final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon17November1992)
1.inArticle3,paragraph 1(c)isreplacedbythe
following:
'(c)theymustnotcomefromafarmwhichis
subjecttoaprohibitionforanimalhealth
reasonsandmustnothavebeenincontactwith
animalsfromsuchafarm,andinparticular
fromafarmwhichissubjecttocontrol
measuresinthecontextofCouncilDirective ...
introducingCommunitymeasuresforthe
controlofcertainfishdiseases(x).Theplacing
onthemarketofaquacultureanimalsand
productsintheeventofasuspectedor
confirmedoutbreakofadiseasereferredtoin
AnnexA,column1,listI,issubjecttothe
conditionslaiddowninthesaidDirective .THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee,
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle28ofCouncil
Directive91/67/EEC(*)concerningtheanimalhealth
conditionsgoverningtheplacingonthemarketofaqua­
cultureanimalsandproducts,itisnecessarytoreview
thelistofdiseasessetoutinAnnexAtothesaid
Directive;whereasthisreviewmusttakeintoaccountthe
opinionoftheScientificVeterinaryCommittee;
Whereasthelistofdiseases,followingtheopinionofthe
ScientificVeterinaryCommittee,mustbeamendedin
ordertotakeaccountofnewepidemiological findings
andoftheexperiencegained;
Whereasthereisevidencethatthesituationconcerning
diseaseswhichareexotictotheCommunitymustbe
reviewed,andthatepidemiological dataavailableat
presentindicatethatcertaindiseaseswhichareendemic
totheCommunitymustbereconsideredasregardsthe
susceptibilityofcertainspeciestothesediseases,andas
regardstheirclassificationinlistIIorIIIofAnnexAto
Directive91/67/EEC;
Whereasitisnecessarytoclarifycertainrequirements
laiddowninDirective91/67/EEC,inparticularthose
concerningtheprocedurefortheapprovalofzonesand
concerningtheconditionsgoverningtheplacingonthe
marketofaquacultureanimalsnotbelongingtothe
susceptiblespecies,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
Article1
Directive91/67/EECisherebyamendedasfollows:oOJNoL...';
2.inArticle5,paragraph 1,theintroductorysentence
isreplacedbythefollowing :
'1.Inordertoobtain,foroneormoreofthe
diseasesreferredtoinAnnexA,column1,listII,the
statusofapprovedzone,MemberStatesshallsubmit
totheCommission:';
3.inArticle5,paragraph2isreplacedbythe
following:
'2.TheCommission shallscrutinizetheinfor­
mationreferredtoinparagraph1.TheCommission,
inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article26,shallapprovezones,havingregardtothat
information .
If,inaccordancewithAnnexB,underI.D.5,II.Dor
III.D.5,theapprovalofazoneiswithdrawnbythe
officialservice,theCommissionshallrevokethe
decisionconcerningitsapproval.
There-approvalofthezoneconcernedshalloccur
inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article26.';
4.inArticle6,paragraph 1,theintroductorysentence
isreplacedbythefollowing:
'1.Inordertoobtain,foroneormoreofthe
diseasesreferredtoinAnnexA,column1,listII,the
statusofapprovedfarmsituatedinanon-approved
zone,MemberStatesshallsubmittothe
Commission:';
5.inArticle7,paragraph 1,theintroductorysentence
isreplacedbythefollowing: (')OJNoL46,19.2.1991,p.1.

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'1.Theplacingonthemarketoflivefish
belongingtothesusceptiblespeciesreferredtoin
AnnexA,column2,listII,theireggsorgametes,
shallbesubjecttothefollowingadditional
guarantees:';
6.inArticle8,paragraph 1,theintroductorysentence
isreplacedbythefollowing:
'1.Theplacingonthemarketoflivemolluscs
referredtoinAnnexA,column2,listII,shallbe
subjecttothefollowingadditionalguarantees:';
7.inArticle9(1),thefirstsentenceisreplacedbythe
following:
'1.Fishsusceptibletothediseasesreferredtoin
AnnexA,column1,listII,mustbeslaughtered
andevisceratedpriortodispatch.';
8.inArticle9(2),thefirstsentenceisreplacedbythe
following:
'2.Livemolluscssusceptibletothediseasesreferred
toinAnnexA,column1,listIImustbedelivered
eitherfordirecthumanconsumptionortothe
preservingindustryandshallnotberelaid
unless:';
9.Article14isreplacedbythefollowingArticle:
!Article14
1.Withoutprejudicetotherequirementsfor
diseasesreferredtoinAnnexA,column1,listIII,
establishedinaccordancewithArticles12and13,
theplacingonthemarketoflivefarmedfishnot
belongingtothesusceptiblespeciesreferredtoin
AnnexA,column2,listIIaswellastheireggsand
gametesshallbesubjecttothefollowingadditional
requirements :
(a)wheretheyaretobeintroducedintoan
approvedzone,theymustbeaccompaniedin
accordancewithArticle11byamovement
documentcorresponding tothemodeltobe
drawnupinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle26,certifyingthattheycome
fromazoneofthesamehealthstatus,froman
approvedfarminanon-approvedzoneorfrom
afarmwhichmaybesituatedinanon-approved
zoneonconditionthatsuchafarmcontainsno
fishbelongingtothesusceptiblespeciesreferred
toinAnnexA,column2,listIIandisnot
connectedwithawatercourseorwithcoastalor
estuarialwaters.
However,pendingtheoutcomeofthereview
providedforinArticle28,MemberStatesmay,
undertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle26,
requestaderogationfromthepreceding
subparagraph ,inparticularsoastoprohibitthe
introductionintoanapprovedzoneoffish,
referredtointhisparagraph,originatingfromanapprovedfarminanon-approvedzoneorfrom
afarmwhichmaybesituatedinanon-approved
zoneonconditionthatsuchafarmcontainsno
fishbelongingtothesusceptiblespeciesreferred
toinAnnexA,column2,listIIandisnot
connectedwithawatercourseorwithcoastalor
estuarialwaters.Inordertoensureuniform
compliancewiththatprovision,appropriate
conditionsandmeasuresshallbefixedunderthe
sameprocedure .Pendingthosedecisions,
nationalrulesshallcontinuetoapplysubjectto
compliancewiththegeneralprovisionsofthe
Treaty;
(b)wheretheyaretobeintroducedintoafarm
which,althoughsituatedinanon-approved
zone,fulfilstheconditionsofAnnexC,they
mustbeaccompaniedinaccordancewithArticle
11byamovementdocumentcorresponding to
themodeltobedrawnupinaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle26,certifying
thattheycomefromanapprovedzone,froma
farmofthesamehealthstatusorfromafarm
whichmaybesituatedinanon-approvedzone,
onconditionthatsuchafarmcontainsnofish
belongingtothesusceptiblespeciesreferredtoin
AnnexA,column2,listIIandisnotconnected
withawatercourseorwithcoastalorestuarial
waters.
2.Therequirementslaiddowninparagraph 1
shallapplytotheplacingonthemarketofmolluscs
notbelongingtothesusceptiblespeciesreferredtoin
AnnexA,column2,listII.
3.Withoutprejudicetotherequirementsfor
diseasesreferredtoinAnnexA,column1,listIII
establishedinaccordancewithArticles12and13,
theplacingonthemarketofwildfish,molluscsor
crustaceans,theireggsorgametes,shallbesubjectto
thefollowingadditionalrequirements :
(a)wheretheyaretobeintroducedintoan
approvedzone,theymustbeaccompaniedin
accordancewithArticle11byamovement
documentcorresponding tothemodeltobe
drawnupinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle26,certifyingthattheycome
fromazoneofthesamehealthstatus;
(b)wheretheyaretobeintroducedintoafarm
which,althoughsituatedinanon-approved
zone,fulfilstheconditionsofAnnexC,they
mustbeaccompaniedinaccordancewithArticle
11byamovementdocumentcorresponding to
themodeltobedrawnupinaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle26,certifying
thattheycomefromanapprovedzone.
4.Therequirementslaiddowninparagraphs 1,2
and3shallnotapplywherepracticalexperience
and/orscientificevidencehasshownthatpassive

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transfersofdiseasedonotoccurbythemovementof
aquacultureanimalstheireggsandgametes,not
belongingtothesusceptiblespeciesreferredtoin
AnnexA,column2,listIIfromanon-approved
zonetowardsanapprovedzone.
TheCommission ,inaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle26,establishesthelistofaqua­
cultureanimalstowhichthederogationreferredto
aboveshallapply,andlaysdownthespecial
conditionsfortheirplacingonthemarket.';10.inthelastsubparagraphofArticle26(2)(b),'save
wheretheCouncilhasdecidedagainstthesaid
measuresbyasimplemajority'isdeleted;
11.inthelastsubparagraphofArticle27(2)(b),'save
wheretheCouncilhasdecidedagainstthesaid
measuresbyasimplemajority'isdeleted;
12.AnnexAisreplacedbythefollowingAnnex:
ANNEXA
LISTEDDISEASES/PATHOGENS OFFISH,MOLLUSCSANDCRUSTACEA
1 2
Disease/pathogen Susceptiblespecies
LISTI
Fish
Infectioussalmonanaemia(ISA) Atlanticsalmon(Salmosalar)
LISTII
Fish
Viralhaemorrhagic septicaemia(VHS)virus Salmonidspecies,includinggrayling(Thymallus
thymallus)andwhitefish(Coregonusspp.)
Pike(Esoxlucius)
Seabass(Dicentrarchuslabrax)
Turbot(ScophthalmusMaximus)
Infectioushaematopoietic necrosis(IHN)virusSalmonidspecies
Pikefry(EsoxPucius)
Molluscanshellfish
Bonamiaostreae Flatoyster(Ostreaedulis)
Marteiliarefringens Flatoyster(Ostreaedulis)
LISTIII
Fish
Infectiouspancreaticnecrosis(IPN)
Springviraemiaofcarp(SVC)virus
Bacterialkidneydisease(BKD)(Renibacterium
salmoninarum )
Furunculosis(Aeromonassalmonicida)
Entericredmouthdisease(ERM)(Yersiniaruckeri)
GyrodactylussalarisTobespecifiedintheprogrammereferredtoin
Articles12and13
Crustaceans
Crayfishplague(Aphanomycesastaciƒ
paniedbysuchreferenceontheoccasionoftheirofficial
publication .Themethodsofmakingsuchareference
shallbelaiddownbytheMemberStates.Article2
TheMemberStatesshallbringintoforcethelaws,regu­
lationsandadministrativeprovisionsnecessarytocomply
withthisDirectivebefore1January1994.Theyshall
notifytheCommissionthereof.
WhenMemberStatesadoptthesemeasures,theyshall
containareferencetothisDirectiveorshallbeaccomArticle3
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.