2005/104/EC: Commission Decision of 3 February 2005 amending Decision 2002/300/EC establishing the list of approved zones with regard to Bonamia ostreae and/or Marteilia refringens(notified under document number C(2005) 217) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Channel Islands, Denmark, Ireland, Isle of Man, United Kingdom, animal disease, mollusc, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 February 2005

amending Decision 2002/300/EC establishing the list of approved zones with regard to Bonamia
ostreae and/or Marteilia refringens

(notified under document number C(2005) 217)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/104/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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),
and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

2002/300/EC, in order that the geographical description
of one of the areas affected by that disease is made more
precise. Accordingly, the description ‘Logmore, Belmullet’
should be substituted for ‘Loughmore, Blacksod Bay’.

(4)

Decision 2002/300/EC should be amended accordingly.

(5)

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 2002/300/EC of 18 April 2002
establishing the list of approved zones with regard to
Bonamia ostreae and/or Marteilia refringens (2),
lays down
the areas in the Community considered to be free of the
mollusc
and/or Marteilia
refringens.

diseases Bonamia

ostreae

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2002/300/EC is replaced by the Annex
to this Decision.

Denmark has submitted justifications for obtaining the
status of an approved zone with regard to Bonamia
ostreae and Marteilia refringens, for the zone of Limfjorden.
The documentation provided shows that that zone meets
the requirements of Directive 91/67/EEC.
therefore
qualifies for the status of approved zone and should be
added to the list of approved zones set out in Decision
2002/300/EC.

It

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 February 2005.

(3)

Ireland has submitted a request

for an
In addition,
amendment to be made to the list of zones in Ireland
approved with regard to Bonamia ostreae in Decision

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 103, 19.4.2002, p. 24. Decision as last amended by Decision

2003/729/EC (OJ L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 37).

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ANNEX
‘ANNEX

ZONES APPROVED FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE MOLLUSC DISEASES BONAMIA OSTREAE AND
MARTEILIA REFRINGENS

1.A. Zones in Ireland approved with regard to B. Ostreae

— The whole coastline of Ireland except the following six areas:

— Cork Harbour,

— Galway Bay,

— Ballinakill Harbour,

— Clew Bay,

— Achill Sound,

— Logmore, Belmullet.

1.B. Zones in Ireland approved with regard to M. Refringens

— The whole coastline of Ireland.

2.A. Zones in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man approved with regard to B. Ostreae

— The whole coastline of Great Britain, excluding 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. Zones in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man approved with regard to

M. Refringens

— The whole coastline of Great Britain.

— The whole coastline of Northern Ireland.

— The whole coastline of Guernsey and Herm.

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— 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.

3. Zones in Denmark approved with regard to B. Ostreae and M. Refringens

— Limfjorden from Thyborøn in the west to Hals in the east.’