# Commission decision of 29 April 2004 implementing Council Directive 91/67/EEC as regards measures against certain diseases in aquaculture animals (notified under document number C(2004) 1679) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/453/EC) (repealed) EU Decision 2004/453 ยท adopted 29 April 2004 Commission decision of 29 April 2004 implementing Council Directive 91/67/EEC as regards measures against certain diseases in aquaculture animals (notified under document number C(2004) 1679) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/453/EC) (repealed) ## Introductory text Commission decision of 29 April 2004 implementing Council Directive 91/67/EEC as regards measures against certain diseases in aquaculture animals (notified under document number C(2004) 1679) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/453/EC) (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Requirements for territory being considered disease-free disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Territories considered disease-free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Criteria for control and eradication programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Approval of control and eradication programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Additional guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: Disease-free status ### Chapter I: Requirements for disease-free status ## A Disease-free country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Disease-free zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II Territories with approved freedom of certain diseases referred to in Column 1, List III of Annex A to Council Directive 91/67/EEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: Control and eradication programmes ### Chapter I: Minimum criteria to be applied in a programme aimed at control and eradication of certain diseases referred to in Column 1, List III of Annex A to Directive 91/67/EEC ### Division A: The minimum criteria to be applied by the Member State under an approved control and eradication programme are ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division B: In the case of suspicion of a disease the official service in the Member States shall ensure that: ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division C: In case of confirmation of the disease, the Member States shall ensure that ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 Immediate withdrawal of all stock by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 Progressive measures to clear infection by careful management of infected farms or sites by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV Explanatory notes for the movement document and labelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: Minimum criteria to be applied to maintain additional guarantees for certain diseases referred to in Column 1, List III of Annex A to Directive 91/67/EEC, according to Articles 12 and 13 of that Directive ### Division A: In order to maintain additional guarantees granted, the Member States must as a minimum comply with the following criteria: ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 An early detection system ensuring the rapid recognition of signs suspicious of the disease in question, in aquatic animals in an aquaculture establishment or in the wild, and the rapid communication of the event to the competent authority, with the aim to activate diagnostic investigation with minimal delay must be in place enabling the competent authority to undertake effective disease investigation and reporting, including access to laboratories capable of diagnosing and differentiating relevant diseases, and training of veterinarians or fish health specialists in detecting and reporting unusual disease occurrence. Such an early detection system must at least include the following: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Before 1 May each year submit a report to the Commission giving information on the number of suspicions, the number confirmations, the number of farms and sites under restrictions, the number of restrictions lifted and the result of any active surveillance performed the previous calendar year according to the following table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division B: In the case of suspicion of a disease the official service in the Member States shall ensure that: ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 If the epizootic investigation shows that the disease has been introduced into one or more farms or unenclosed waters the provisions of point 1 shall apply in these areas and; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division C: In case of confirmation of the disease, the Member States shall ensure that ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 The restrictions shall be maintained until eradication has been achieved either through the requirements in 2.1 or 2.2 below: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/453 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-453 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.