# 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 39: Containment measures

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

In the case of confirmation of a non-exotic disease listed in Part II of Annex IV in a Member State, zone or compartment not declared free of that disease, the Member State concerned shall take measures to contain the disease.
Those measures shall at least consist of:
(a) declaring the farm or mollusc farming area to be infected;
(b) establishing a containment area appropriate to the disease in question, including a protection zone and surveillance zone around the farm or mollusc farming area declared infected;
(c) restricting the movement of aquaculture animals from the containment area to the effect that such animals may only be:
(i) introduced into farms or mollusc farming areas in accordance with Article 12(2);
or
(ii) harvested and slaughtered for human consumption in accordance with Article 33(1);
(d) the removal and disposal of dead fish and crustaceans, under the supervision of the competent authority in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, in an appropriate timeframe taking into account the type of production and the risk such dead animals pose for further spread of the disease.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/88/article/39 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-88/article-39
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