2001/186/EC: Commission Decision of 27 February 2001 approving the scheme submitted by the United Kingdom for the withdrawal of all fish in Scottish farms infected with infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 457)
Date: 2001-02-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Scotland, animal disease, fish, fish farming, marketing restriction, veterinary inspection

L 67/80

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

9.3.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 February 2001

approving the scheme submitted by the United Kingdom for the withdrawal of all fish in Scottish
farms infected with infectious salmon anaemia (ISA)

(notified under document number C(2001) 457)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/186/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June
introducing minimum Community measures for the
1993,
control of certain fish diseases (1), as last amended by Directive
2000/27/EC (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Directive 93/53/EEC, Article 6, point (a), first indent,
lays down that,
in order to control an outbreak of
infectious salmon anaemia (ISA), all fish in an infected
farm shall be withdrawn in accordance with a scheme
established by the official service and approved by the
Commission.

Experience gained has shown that under certain condi-
tions it is possible to extend the withdrawal over a
period of time without impairing the efforts to eradicate
the disease.

During 1998 and 1999, outbreaks of this disease have
occurred in Scotland, involving a number of sites being
infected or suspected of being infected.

The United Kingdom (UK) has submitted a withdrawal
scheme to be applied in case of the detection of ISA in
Scotland.

The Commission and the Member States have examined
the scheme submitted by the UK in the light of the
current state of scientific and technical evidence.

The withdrawal of fish shall be carried out in a way in
which the aim is to eradicate the disease from infected
farms and prevent further spread of the disease to other

(7)

(8)

(9)

farms and to the wild population susceptible to this
infection.

The withdrawal of fish must be based on a case-by-case
analysis of the risks for further spread of the disease,
including the seriousness of
the outbreak and other
circumstances influencing the risks, and must take into
account
experience and scientific
evidence.

current practical

This examination shows that
the scheme submitted
fulfils the requirements for such a scheme and therefore
it shall be approved.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The scheme submitted by the United Kingdom for the with-
drawal of all fish in Scottish farms infected with infectious
salmon anaemia (ISA) is hereby approved.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 27 February 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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

Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.

(2) OJ L 114, 13.5.2000, p. 28.