# 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 in aquatic animals, Division: Risk levels

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

A high-risk farm or mollusc farming area is a farm or mollusc farming area which:
(a) has a high risk of spreading diseases to or contracting diseases from other farms or wild stocks;
(b) operates under farming conditions which could increase the risk of disease outbreaks (high biomass, low water quality), taking into account the species present;
(c) sells live aquatic animals for further farming or restocking.
A medium-risk farm or mollusc farming area is a farm or mollusc farming area which:
(a) has medium risk of spreading diseases to or contracting diseases from other farms or wild stocks;
(b) operates under farming conditions which would not necessarily increase the risk of disease outbreaks (medium biomass and water quality), taking into account the species present;
(c) sells live aquatic animals mainly for human consumption.
A low-risk farm of mollusc farming area is a farm or mollusc farming area which:
(a) has a low risk of spreading diseases to or contracting diseases from other farms or wild stocks;
(b) operates under farming conditions which would not increase the risk of disease outbreaks (low biomass, good water quality), taking into account the species present;
(c) sells live aquatic animals for human consumption only.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/88/annex/III/part/B/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-88/annex-III/part-B/division-2
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