2001/139/EC: Commission Decision of 12 February 2001 amending for the fourth time Decision 93/74/EEC concerning the status of Denmark with regard to infectious haematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 349)
Date: 2001-02-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, fish farming, health control, sea fish

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Official Journal of the European Communities

21.2.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 February 2001

amending for the fourth time Decision 93/74/EEC concerning the status of Denmark with regard to
infectious haematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia

(notified under document number C(2001) 349)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/139/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(2) thereof,

Whereas:

Member States may obtain for one or more regions the
status of approved zones free of infectious hematopoi-
etic necrosis (IHN) and/or viral haemorrhagic septi-
caemia (VHS).

Denmark, by Commission Decision 93/74/EEC (3), as
last amended by Decision 1999/489/EC (4), is recognised
as an approved continental and coastal zone for fish
with regad to IHN and partly as an approved continental
and coastal zone with regard to VHS.

(7) When Decision 93/74/EEC was amended for the first
and second time, the catchment areas Bygholm Å and
Grejs Å (Decision 94/450/EC (5), as well as Ørum Å
(Decision 96/218/EC (6)) were approved with regards to
VHS.

(8) When amending for the third time Decision 93/74/EEC
these three zones were not

(Decision 1999/489/EC)
included in the list of approved zones.

(9)

The already approved zones Bygholm Å, Grejs Å and
Ørum Å shall be included in the list of approved zones
in Denmark, also with regard to VHS.

(10)

The provisions of this Decision are in compliance with
the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Only zones meeting the requirements of Article 5 of
Directive 91/67/EEC can be approved.

The Annex to Decision 93/74/EEC is replaced by the Annex
hereto.

Denmark has notified an outbreak of VHS in the
approved water catchment area Fiskebæck Å. The
Danish Veterinary and Food Administration has, on a
national level, immediately repealed the approval of this
catchment area.

the
This zone does not, with regard to VHS, meet
requirements of Article 5 of Directive 91/67/EEC
anymore.

Fiskebæk Å shall, with regard to VHS, be deleted from
the list of approved zones as established in the Annex to
Decision 93/74/EEC.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 February 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(1) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 189, 3.7.1998, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 27, 4.2.1993, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 190, 23.7.1999, p. 41.

(5) OJ L 187, 22.7.1994, p. 8.
(6) OJ L 72, 21.3.1996, p. 39.

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ANNEX

LIST OF APPROVED ZONES IN DENMARK WITH REGARD TO VHS

1. Hansted Å

2. Slette Å

3. Hovmølle Å

4. Bredkær Bæk

5. Grenå

6. Vandløb til Kilen

7. Treå

8. Resenkær Å

9. Alling Å

10. Klostermølle Å

11. Kastbjerg

12. Hvidbjerg Å

13. Villestrup Å

14. Knidals Å

15. Karup Å

16. Spang Å

17. Sæby Å

18. Simested Å

19. Elling Å

20. Skals Å

21. Uggerby Å

22. Jordbro Å

23. Lindenborg Å

24. Fåremølle Å

25. Øster Å

26. Flynder Å

27. Hasseris Å

28. Damhus Å

29. Binderup Å

30. Karup Å

31. Vidkær Å

32. Gudenåen

33. Dybvad Å

34. Halkær Å

35. Bjørnsholm Å

36. Storåen

37. Trend Å

38. Århus Å

39. Lerkenfeld Å

40. Bygholm Å

41. Vester Å

42. Grejs Å

43. Lønnerup med tilløb

44. Ørum Å