Division I.2.1 Surveillance programmes

a F1constituent GB territory, zone or compartment that has Category III health status with regard to WSD in accordance with part B of Annex III to Directive 2006/88/EC may achieve Category I health status with regard to that listed disease when all farms keeping susceptible species F2... within the constituent GB territory, zone or compartment, meet the relevant requirements set out in Annex V to that Directive and all those farms and, when required by the second paragraph of point 2 of Part I of Annex V to Directive 2006/88/EC, the sampling points in wild populations selected in accordance with that point, have been subject to the following 2-year surveillance programme comprising health inspections and collection of samples for testing.

The farms or sampling points have been subject to health inspections and sampled for a minimum period of two consecutive years as laid down in Table 6.A set out in Section II.

During that 2-year period, the testing of all samples using the diagnostic methods set out in point II.2 have produced negative results for infection with WSD and any suspicion of WSD has been ruled out in accordance with the diagnostic methods set out in point II.3.

when during the implementation of the surveillance programme referred to in (a), infection with WSSV is confirmed in a farm included in that surveillance programme, and therefore its Category II health status has been withdrawn, that farm may immediately regain the Category II health status and continue the implementation of the surveillance programme to obtain disease-free status without implementing an eradication programme as set out in point I.2.2. provided that:

1. (i)

   it is a continental farm whose health status regarding WSD is independent of the health status regarding that listed disease of the surrounding natural waters in accordance with point 3 of Part II of Annex V to Directive 2006/88/EC;

2. (ii)

   it has been emptied, cleansed, disinfected and fallowed; the duration of the fallowing period must be at least 6 weeks;

3. (iii)

   it has been restocked with crustaceans F3from—

   1. (aa)

      a constituent GB territory, zone or compartment with a Category 1 health status with regard to WSD;

   2. (bb)

      any part of Northern Ireland which has Category 1 health status, within the meaning of Part A of Annex 3 to the EU Directive, in respect of WSD;

   3. (cc)

      the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or a third country, where the appropriate authority has consented to the restocking.

F4For the purposes of point (b)(iii)(cc), consent may only be given if the appropriate authority is satisfied that the disease risk posed by crustaceans from that source is no greater than if they were from a source which would satisfy point (b)(iii)(aa).