2006/272/EC: Commission Decision of  5 April 2006  amending Decision 2004/453/EC as regards Sweden and the United Kingdom  (notified under document number C(2006) 1259)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-04-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, Sweden, United Kingdom, animal disease, aquaculture, disease prevention, health control, health legislation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 April 2006

amending Decision 2004/453/EC as regards Sweden and the United Kingdom

(notified under document number C(2006) 1259)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/272/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 12(3), and Article 13(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in
particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Additional guarantees for certain fish diseases were laid
down by Commission Decision 2004/453/EC of 29
April 2004 implementing Council Directive 91/67/EEC
as regards measures against certain diseases in aqua-
culture animals (3).

The whole territory of Sweden was declared free from
(IPN), based on the
infectious pancreatic necrosis
requirements
to Decision
2004/453/EC.

laid down in Annex I

Since the adoption of Decision 2004/453/EC, Sweden
has notified outbreaks of
IPN in coastal areas. One
outbreak has been reported in wild fish. Another
outbreak has been reported in farmed fish where,
according to the epidemiological report, the most likely
source of infection is wild fish. Consequently, the coastal
areas of Sweden no longer meet the requirements for

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

806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003 p. 1).

(2) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive
2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).

(3) OJ L 156, 30.4.2004, p. 5; corrected version in OJ L 202, 7.6.2004,

p. 4.

disease-free status for IPN, laid down in Annex I to that
Decision. The continental parts of the territory, however,
remain disease-free.

Those two outbreaks should not prevent Sweden from
maintaining its IPN programme in its coastal areas and
introducing eradication measures if IPN is diagnosed in
farmed or wild fish, in accordance with the programme
submitted to the Commission before the adoption of
Decision 2004/453/EC.

Decision 2004/453/EC requires targeted surveillance to
be maintained in the areas declared free from disease
in Member States where only parts of the territory are
declared disease-free. When adopted, this requirement did
not anticipate the special situation where Ireland and
Northern Ireland were declared free from the same
disease or diseases, while parts of the United Kingdom
were not declared free from those diseases.

It
is appropriate to allow the United Kingdom to
discontinue targeted surveillance for certain diseases for
which Northern Ireland is declared free, provided Ireland
is also declared free from the same diseases.

Decision 2004/453/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes I, II and V to Decision 2004/453/EC are amended as
follows:

1. In Annex I, Chapter II is replaced by the text in Annex I to

this Decision.

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2. In Annex II, Chapter II is replaced by the text in Annex II to

this Decision.

Ireland is declared free from the
whole territory of
same diseases in accordance with Annex I, Chapter II.’

3. In Annex V, Point A.5 is replaced by the following:

Article 2

‘5.

In Member States where only parts of the territory are
declared free according to Annex I, Chapter II (rather
than the whole territory), targeted surveillance must be
maintained in accordance with the provisions of Annex
II, Chapter I.4 in the areas declared free.

However, the United Kingdom may discontinue targeted
surveillance in Northern Ireland for those diseases for
which Northern Ireland is declared free, provided the

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 April 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘CHAPTER II

Territories with approved freedom of certain diseases referred to in Column 1, List III of Annex A to Council
Directive 91/67/EEC

Disease

Member State

Territory or parts of territory

Spring viraemia of carp (SVC)

Denmark

Whole territory

Finland

Ireland

Sweden

Whole territory; the water catchment
area
be
considered as a buffer zone

the Vuoksi

should

of

Whole territory

Whole territory

United Kingdom

The territories of Northern Ireland, the
Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey

Bacterial kidney disease (BKD)

Ireland

Whole territory

United Kingdom

Infectious pancreatic necrosis
(IPN)

virus

Finland

The territories of Northern Ireland, the
Isle of Man and Jersey

The continental parts of the territory;
the
the water
Vuoksi and the Kemijoki should be
considered as buffer zones

catchment areas of

Sweden

The continental parts of the territory

United Kingdom

The territory of the Isle of Man

Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris

Finland

Ireland

United Kingdom

The water catchment areas of
the
and Näätämönjoki;
Tenojoki
the
the
of
water
Paatsjoki, Luttojoki, and Uutuanjoki
are considered as buffer zones

catchment

areas

The whole territory

territories

The
Northern Ireland,
Jersey and Guernsey’

of Great
Britain,
the Isle of Man,

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ANNEX II

‘CHAPTER II

Territories with approved control and eradication programmes of certain diseases referred to in Column 1,
List III of Annex A to Council Directive 91/67/EEC

Disease

Member State

Territory or parts of territory

Spring viraemia of carp

United Kingdom

The territories of Great Britain

Bacterial kidney disease

Finland

Sweden

The continental parts of the territory

The continental parts of the territory

Infectious pancreatic necrosis

Sweden

The coastal parts of the territory’

United Kingdom

The territories of Great Britain