Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2110 of 16 December 2020 amending Part C of Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC as regards the disease-free status of the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland for certain aquatic animal diseases (notified under document C(2020) 9303) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2020-12-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, United Kingdom, aquaculture, disease prevention, fish disease, health risk, infectious disease, veterinary inspection, withdrawal from the EU, zoonosis




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17.12.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 427/10








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/2110
of 16 December 2020
         
amending Part C of Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC as regards the disease-free status of the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland for certain aquatic animal diseases


(notified under document C(2020) 9303)


(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (1), and in particular Articles 49(1), 50(2)(a), 50(3), 51(2) and 61(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Decision 2009/177/EC (2) implements Directive 2006/88/EC as regards surveillance and eradication programmes and disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments. The second and fourth column of the table in Part C of Annex I to that Decision lists those Member States which have been declared disease-free in accordance with Article 49(1) of Directive 2006/88/EC, and those zones and compartments which have been declared disease-free in accordance with Article 50(3) of that Directive. The disease to which this disease-free status applies is set out in the first column of the same table.












(2)


In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, Directive 2006/88/EC, as well as the Commission acts based on it, applies to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland after the end of the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement. For that reason, references to the United Kingdom in Part C of Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC should be replaced by references to the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.












(3)


Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.












(4)


As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Decision should apply from 1 January 2021.












(5)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC, Part C is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2021.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 16 December 2020.


For the Commission

Stella KYRIAKIDES
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14.

(2)  Commission Decision 2009/177/EC of 31 October 2008 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards surveillance and eradication programmes and disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments (OJ L 63, 7.3.2009, p. 15).




ANNEX


                     ‘PART C

Member States
                      (*1)
zones and compartments declared disease-free









Disease


Member State


ISO Code


Geographical demarcation of the disease-free area (Member State, zones or compartments)




Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS)


Denmark


DK


Whole continental territory




Ireland


IE


Whole territory




Cyprus


CY


All continental areas within its territory




Finland


FI


All continental and coastal areas within its territory, except the Province of Åland




Sweden


SE


Whole territory




United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)


UK(NI)


Northern Ireland




Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN)


Denmark


DK


Whole territory




Ireland


IE


Whole territory




Cyprus


CY


All continental areas within its territory




Finland


FI


Whole territory, except the coastal compartment in Ii, Kuivaniemi, and the following water catchment areas: 14.72 Virmasvesi, 14.73 Nilakka, 4.74 Saarijärvi area and 4.41 Pielinen area




Sweden


SE


Whole territory




United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)


UK(NI)


Northern Ireland




Koi herpes virus (KHV) disease


Ireland


IE


Whole territory




United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)


UK(NI)


Northern Ireland




Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA)


Belgium


BE


Whole territory




Bulgaria


BG


Whole territory




Czech Republic


CZ


Whole territory




Denmark


DK


Whole territory




Germany


DE


Whole territory




Estonia


EE


Whole territory




Ireland


IE


Whole territory




Greece


EL


Whole territory




Spain


ES


Whole territory




France


FR


Whole territory




Italy


IT


Whole territory




Cyprus


CY


Whole territory




Latvia


LV


Whole territory




Lithuania


LT


Whole territory




Luxembourg


LU


Whole territory




Hungary


HU


Whole territory




Malta


MT


Whole territory




Netherlands


NL


Whole territory




Austria


AT


Whole territory




Poland


PL


Whole territory




Portugal


PT


Whole territory




Romania


RO


Whole territory




Slovenia


SI


Whole territory




Slovakia


SK


Whole territory




Finland


FI


Whole territory




Sweden


SE


Whole territory




United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)


UK/NI


Northern Ireland




Infection with Marteilia refringens



Ireland


IE


Whole territory




United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)


UK/NI


Whole coastline of Northern Ireland except Belfast Lough and Dundrum Bay




Infection with Bonamia ostreae



Ireland


IE


The whole coastline of Ireland, except:






1.


Cork Harbour










2.


Galway Bay










3.


Ballinakill Harbour










4.


Clew Bay










5.


Achill Sound










6.


Loughmore, Blacksod Bay










7.


Lough Foyle










8.


Lough Swilly










9.


Kilkieran Bay








United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)


UK(NI)


Whole coastline of Northern Ireland except Lough Foyle and Strangford Lough




White spot disease’


 


 


 







(*1)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/ Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to Member States include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.