# Commission Decision of 20 November 2008 on guidelines for the purpose of the risk-based animal health surveillance schemes provided for in Council Directive 2006/88/EC (notified under document number C(2008) 6787) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/896/EC), Division 5: The health status of the farms and mollusc farming areas

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Part B of Annex III to Directive 2006/88/EC differentiates between ... health status categories:
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Where appropriate, inspections carried out in the framework of a risk-based animal health surveillance scheme may be combined with:
(a)inspections carried out in the framework of surveillance or eradication programmes ... (for zones or compartments falling within categories II or IV);
(b)any surveillance carried out to maintain the disease-free status (for zones or compartments falling within category I – declared disease-free having satisfied Article 2a(2)(a) or (b) or Article 2b(2)(a) or (b) of Commission Decision 2009/177/EC implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards surveillance and eradication programmes and disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments;
(c)any surveillance carried out as part of control measures pursuant to Part 4 of the Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (for zones or compartments falling within category V).
When drawing up risk-based animal health surveillance schemes, the appropriate authority should take account of the following:
(a)for farms or mollusc farming areas situated in areas which have a health status falling within categories II and IV, the inspection frequency required by surveillance or eradication programmes ... is higher than the frequency recommended by Part B of Annex III to Directive 2006/88/EC; it is therefore not necessary for the appropriate authority to lay down specific requirements concerning the inspection frequency for farms and mollusc farming areas situated in areas covered by such programmes;
(b)the need for the appropriate authority to lay down specific requirements on the frequency of inspections under a risk-based animal health surveillance scheme exists mainly for farms or mollusc farming areas situated in areas which have a health status falling within categories I, III and V, depending on the particular circumstances and national measures;
(c)consideration should be given to the fact that a farm or mollusc farming area may have a different health status in relation to different diseases; this may be the case for farms and mollusc farming areas keeping species which are susceptible to more than one of the listed non-exotic diseases.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/896/annex/division/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-896/annex/division-5
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