2004/328/EC: Commission Decision of 5 April 2004 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/634/EC approving programmes for the purpose of obtaining the status of approved zones and of approved farms in non-approved zones with regard to viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) in fish (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 1257)

Commission Decision
of 5 April 2004
amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/634/EC approving programmes for the purpose of obtaining the status of approved zones and of approved farms in non-approved zones with regard to viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) in fish
(notified under document number C(2004) 1257)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/328/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), and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2003/634/EC(2) approves and lists programmes submitted by various Member States. The programmes are designed to enable the Member State subsequently to initiate the procedures for a zone, or a farm situated in a non-approved zone, to obtain the status of approved zone or of approved farm situated in a non-approved zone, as regards one or more of the fish diseases viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN).
(2) By letter dated 23 December 2003, Italy applied for approval of the programme to be applied in the zone Valle del torrente Venina. The application submitted has been found to comply with Article 10 of Directive 91/67/EEC and should therefore be approved. At the date of application the first sampling was in May 2003. The programme should therefore run at least until June 2005.
(3) By letter dated 21 December 2003, Italy applied for approval of the programme to be applied in the farm Bassan Antonio. The application submitted has been found to comply with Article 10 of Directive 91/67/EEC and should therefore be approved. The zone had not been under surveillance in 2002. The programme should therefore run at until the end of 2004 with minimum two sampling each year.
(4) The programme applicable to the Autonomous Community of La Rioja, have been finalised and the area been included in Commission Decision 2002/308/EC(3).
(5) Decision 2003/634/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,