Document ID: 32003D0458

Commission Decision
of 12 June 2003
amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2002/308/EC establishing lists of approved zones and approved farms with regard to one or more of the fish diseases viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN)
(notified under document number C(2003) 1813)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/458/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 Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Articles 5 and 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to obtain, for the fish diseases viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), the status of approved zone and of approved fish farm situated in a non-approved zone, Member States shall submit the appropriate justifications and the national rules ensuring compliance with the conditions laid down in Directive 91/67/EEC.
(2) Commission Decision 2002/308/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2003/114/EC(4), establishes the lists of approved zones and approved fish farms situated in non-approved zones with regard to certain fish diseases.
(3) France, Germany, Italy, and Spain have submitted the justifications for obtaining the status of approved zone in their territories with regard to VHS and IHN. The documentation provided shows that those zones meet the requirements of Article 5 of Directive 91/67/EEC. They therefore qualify for the status of approved zone and should be added to the list of approved zones.
(4) Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, and Italy have submitted the justifications for obtaining the status of approved farm in non-approved zone for farms in their territories with regard to VHS and IHN. The documentation provided shows that those farms meet the requirements of Article 6 of Directive 91/67/EEC. They therefore qualify for the status of approved farm in a non-approved zone and should be added to the list of approved farms.
(5) Germany has informed the Commission of a positive identification of VHS in one farm with approved status as regards VHS and IHN. This farm should therefore be deleted from the list of farms approved with regards to VHS.
(6) Decision 2002/308/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2002/308/EC is amended as follows:
1. Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Decision.
2. Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 June 2003.

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