Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 93/53/EEC introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases
Date: 1999-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Scotland, animal disease, application of EU law, fishery resources, vaccination

C 342 E/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30.11.1999

Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 93/53/EEC introducing minimum Community
measures for the control of certain fish diseases

(1999/C 342 E/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(1999) 437 final (cid:151) 1999/0191(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 9 September 1999)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Whereas:

(1) Council Directive 93/53/EEC (1) lays down that, in order to
control an outbreak of inter alia infectious salmon anaemia
(ISA), all fish in an infected farm are to be immediately
withdrawn.

(2) In May 1998, an outbreak of

this disease occurred in
Scotland, involving a number of sites that are infected or
are suspected of being infected.

(3) Experience gained has shown that it is possible to spread
the withdrawal over a period of time, without impairing
the efforts to eradicate the disease.

(4) A vaccination policy may offer a new tool for controlling
and containing ISA after an outbreak; at present no such
option is provided for under Community legislation;

(5) Directive

93/53/EEC should

therefore

be

amended

accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

(cid:145)(cid:151) all

fish shall be withdrawn in accordance with a

scheme to be approved by the official service.(cid:146)

2. Paragraph 1 of Article 14 is replaced by the following text:

(cid:145)1. Vaccination against list II diseases in approved zones, in
approved farms situated in non-approved zones or in
zones or farms which have already begun the approval
procedures laid down by Directive 91/67/EEC shall be
forbidden. The procedures for vaccination in case of an
outbreak of
I diseases shall be specified in the
contingency plans referred to in Article 15(1).(cid:146)

list

Article 2

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions to comply with this Directive by 31
December 1999. They shall forthwith inform the Commission
thereof.

They shall apply those provisions from 1 January 2000.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a
reference on the occasion of
their official publication.
Member States shall determine how such reference is to be
made.

Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text
of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field
covered by this Directive. The Commission shall
inform the
other Member States thereof.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Directive 93/53/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1. The first indent of point (a) of Article 6 is replaced by the

Article 4

following text:

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

(1) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 23; Directive as amended by the Act of

Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.