{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1554/annex-I/part-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1554/annex-I/part-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2015/1554",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1554 of 11 September 2015 laying down rules for the application of Directive 2006/88/EC as regards requirements for surveillance and diagnostic methods (notified under document C(2015) 6188) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1554",
  "path": "annex/I/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL METHODS FOR VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC SEPTICAEMIA (VHS) AND INFECTIOUS HEMATOPOIETIC NECROSIS (IHN)",
  "text": "Table 1.A\nSurveillance scheme for zones and compartments for the 2-year control period referred to in point I.2.1(a)(i) which precedes the achievement of disease-free status for VHS or IHN\nThe samples must be collected no sooner than 3 weeks after the transfer of the fish from fresh to saltwater.\nOvarian or seminal fluid of broodstock shall be collected at the time of maturation, in connection with stripping.\nSamples must be taken from the number of fish that will ensure the detection of VHSV or IHNV with a 95 % confidence if the design prevalence is 5 %.\nType of farm\nNumber of health inspections per year (2 years)\nNumber of samplings per year (2 years)\nNumber of fish in the sample\nNumber of growing fish\nNumber of broodstock fish\n(a)\nFarms with broodstock\n2\n2\n50 (first inspection)\n75 (second inspection)\n30 (first or second inspection)\n0 (first or second inspection)\n(b)\nFarms with broodstock only\n2\n1\n0\n75 (first or second inspection)\n(c)\nFarms without broodstock\n2\n2\n75 (first and second inspection)\n0\nMaximum number of fish per pool: 10\nTable 1.B\nSurveillance scheme with a reduced sample size for the 4-year control period referred to in point I.2.1(a)(ii) which precedes the achievement of disease-free status for VHS or IHN\nThe samples must be collected no sooner than 3 weeks after the transfer of the fish from fresh to saltwater.\nOvarian or seminal fluid of broodstock shall be collected at the time of maturation, in connection with stripping.\nSamples must be taken from the number of fish that will ensure detection of VHSV or IHNV with a 95 % confidence if the design prevalence is 10 %.\nType of farm\nNumber of health inspections per year\nNumber of samplings per year\nNumber of fish in the sample\nNumber of growing fish\nNumber of broodstock fish\nFirst 2 years of the surveillance period\n(a)\nFarms with broodstock\n2\n1\n0 (first inspection)\n30 (second inspection)\n0 (first inspection)\n0 (second inspection)\n(b)\nFarms with broodstock only\n2\n1\n0\n30 (first or second inspection)\n(c)\nFarms without broodstock\n2\n1\n30 (first or second inspection)\n0\nLast 2 years of the surveillance period\n(a)\nFarms with broodstock\n2\n2\n30 (first inspection)\n0(second inspection)\n0 (first inspection)\n30 (second inspection)\n(b)\nFarms with broodstock only\n2\n2\n30 (first and second inspection)\n(c)\nFarms without broodstock\n2\n2\n30 (first and second inspection)\nMaximum number of fish per pool: 10\nTable 1.C\nSurveillance schemes for zones or compartments to maintain disease-free status for VHS or IHN as referred to in point I.3\nThe samples must be collected no sooner than 3 weeks after the transfer of the fish from fresh to saltwater.\nSamples must be taken from the number of fish that will ensure the detection of VHSV or IHNV with a 95 % confidence if the design prevalence is 10 %.\nThere shall be minimum one sample for every health inspection.\nRisk level\nNumber of health inspections\nNumber of fish in the sample\nHigh\n2 every year\n30\nMedium\n1 every year\n30\nLow\n1 every 2 years\n30\nMaximum number of fish per pool: 10",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The samples must be collected no sooner than 3 weeks after the transfer of the fish from fresh to saltwater."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Ovarian or seminal fluid of broodstock shall be collected at the time of maturation, in connection with stripping."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Samples must be taken from the number of fish that will ensure the detection of VHSV or IHNV with a 95 % confidence if the design prevalence is 5 %."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "The samples must be collected no sooner than 3 weeks after the transfer of the fish from fresh to saltwater."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Ovarian or seminal fluid of broodstock shall be collected at the time of maturation, in connection with stripping."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Samples must be taken from the number of fish that will ensure detection of VHSV or IHNV with a 95 % confidence if the design prevalence is 10 %."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "There shall be minimum one sample for every health inspection."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "The samples must be collected no sooner than 3 weeks after the transfer of the fish from fresh to saltwater."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Samples must be taken from the number of fish that will ensure the detection of VHSV or IHNV with a 95 % confidence if the design prevalence is 10 %."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}