Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2111 of 16 December 2020 amending Annex I to Decision 2010/221/EU as regards the reference to the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland for the approval of national measures for limiting the impact of certain diseases in aquaculture animals and wild aquatic animals in accordance with Article 43 of Council Directive 2006/88/EC (notified under document C(2020) 9302) (Text with EEA relevance)
EU Decision 2020/2111 · Adopted 16 December 2020 · Extends to United Kingdom
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2111
of 16 December 2020
amending Annex I to Decision 2010/221/EU as regards the reference to the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland for the approval of national measures for limiting the impact of certain diseases in aquaculture animals and wild aquatic animals in accordance with Article 43 of Council Directive 2006/88/EC
(notified under document C(2020) 9302)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases of aquatic animalsf1, and in particular to Article 43(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Decision 2010/221EUf2 approves national measures for limiting the impact of certain diseases in aquaculture animals and wild aquatic animals in accordance with Article 43 of Directive 2006/88/EC.
(2)
The territory of the United Kingdom is listed in the second column of the table set out in Annex I to Decision 2010/221/EU, as being free from several of the diseases listed in first column of that table.
(3)
In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, Directive 2006/88/EC, as well as the Commission acts based on it, applies to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland after the end of the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement. For that reason, references to the United Kingdom in Annex I to Decision 2010/221/EU should be replaced by references to the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.
(4)
Annex I to Decision 2010/221/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Decision should apply from 1 January 2021.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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Footnotes
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Commission Decision 2010/221/EU of 15 April 2010 approving national measures for limiting the impact of certain diseases in aquaculture animals and wild aquatic animals in accordance with Article 43 of Council Directive 2006/88/EC (OJ L 98, 20.4.2010, p. 7).
Contents
1
Annex I to Decision 2010/221/EU is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
2
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2021.
3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Signature
Done at Brussels, 16 December 2020.
For the Commission
Stella Kyriakides
Member of the Commission
‘ANNEX I
Member Statesf1 and areas regarded as being free of diseases listed in the table and approved to take national measures to prevent the introduction of those diseases in accordance with Article 43(2) of Directive 2006/88/EC
Disease Member State Code Geographical demarcation of the disease-free area (Member State, zone, compartment) Spring viraemia of carp (SVC) Denmark DK Whole territory Ireland IE Whole territory Hungary HU Whole territory Finland FI Whole territory Sweden SE Whole territory United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) UK(NI) Northern Ireland Bacterial kidney disease (BKD) Ireland IE Whole territory United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) UK(NI) Northern Ireland Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPN) Finland FI The continental parts of the territory Sweden SE The continental parts of the territory Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris (GS) Ireland IE The whole territory Finland FI The water catchment areas of the Tenojoki and Näätämönjoki; the water catchment areas of the Paatsjoki, Tuulomajoki, and Uutuanjoki are considered as buffer zones United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) UK(NI) Northern Ireland Ostreid herpesvirus 1 μvar (OsHV-1 μVar) Ireland IE Compartment 1: Sheephaven Bay
Compartment 3: Killala, Broadhaven and Blacksod Bays
Compartment 4: Streamstown Bay
Compartment 5: Bertraghboy and Galway Bays
Compartment A: Tralee Bay Hatchery
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) UK(NI) The territory of Northern Ireland except Dundrum Bay, Killough Bay, Lough Foyle, Carlingford Lough, Larne Lough and Strangford Lough Infection with Salmonid alphavirus (SAV) Finland FI The continental parts of the territory ’