Division I.3 Specific requirements for the maintenance of disease-free health status (Category I) with regard to infection with Bonamia ostreae

When targeted surveillance is required to maintain Category I health status, as laid down in F1Article 2c of Commission Decision 2009/177/EC, all farms or mollusc farming areas keeping susceptible species F2...F3... within the constituent GB territory, zone or compartment concerned shall be subject to health inspections and sampled in accordance with Table 5.B set out in Section II of this Part, taking into account the risk level of the farm or mollusc farming area for the contraction of infection with Bonamia ostreae.

Disease-free status with regard to infection with Bonamia ostreae may only be maintained as long as all samples using the diagnostic methods set out in point II.2 have produced negative results for Bonamia ostreae and any suspicion of Bonamia ostreae has been ruled out in accordance with the diagnostic methods set out in point II.3.