2001/100/EC: Commission Decision of 22 January 2001 amending for the third time Decision 95/125/EC on the status of France as regards infectious hematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 123)

Commission Decision
of 22 January 2001
amending for the third time Decision 95/125/EC on the status of France as regards infectious hematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia
(notified under document number C(2001) 123)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/100/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), as last amended by Directive 98/45/EC(2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Member States may obtain for one or more regions the status of approved zones free of infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS).
(2) The list of approved zones in France was established by Commission Decision 95/125/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 1999/550/EC(4).
(3) Only zones meeting the requirements of Article 5 of Directive 91/67/EEC can be approved.
(4) France has notified an outbreak of IHN in the approved zone "the part of the Loire basin comprising the upstream part of the Huisne catchment area from the source of the water courses to the Ferté-Bernard dams".
(5) Therefore this zone does not, with regard to IHN, meet the requirements of Article 5 of Directive 91/67/EEC any more.
(6) This zone shall, with regard to IHN, be deleted from the list of approved zones as established in point 2, "LOIRE-BRETAGNE", catchment areas, in the Annex to Decision 95/125/EC.
(7) This zone shall still be approved with regard to VHS.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,