# 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, Article 26: National notification

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

1. Member States shall ensure that:
(a) when there are any reasons to suspect the presence of a disease listed in Part II of Annex IV, or the presence of such disease is confirmed in aquatic animals, the suspicion and/or the confirmation is immediately notified to the competent authority;
and
(b) when increased mortality occurs in aquaculture animals, the mortality is immediately notified to the competent authority or a private veterinarian for further investigations.
2. Member States shall ensure that the obligations to notify the matters referred to in paragraph 1 are imposed on:
(a) the owner and any person attending aquatic animals;
(b) any person accompanying aquaculture animals during transport;
(c) veterinary practitioners and other professionals involved in aquatic animal health services;
(d) official veterinarians, senior staff of veterinary or other official or private laboratories;
and
(e) any other person with an occupational relationship to aquatic animals of susceptible species or to products of such animals.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/88/article/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-88/article-26
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