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Article 6 Aquaculture animals and products thereof intended for further processing before human consumption

United Kingdom

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1.

Consignments of aquaculture animals and products thereof intended for further processing before human consumption, shall be accompanied by an animal health certificate completed in accordance with the F1relevant model, where they:

(a)

are introduced into F2a constituent GB territory, a zone or a compartment where the constituent GB territory, zone or compartment concerned is:

  1. (i)

    declared free of one or more of the non-exotic diseases in F3Annex 1A; or

  2. (ii)

    subject to a surveillance or eradication programme F4...;

(b)

are of species susceptible to one or more of the diseases for which the F5constituent GB territory, zone or compartment concerned is declared disease-free, or for which a surveillance or eradication programme applies, as referred to in point (a).

2.

Paragraph 1 shall not apply to:

(a)

fish which have been slaughtered and eviscerated before dispatch;

(b)

molluscs or crustaceans which are intended for human consumption and packed and labelled for that purpose in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, and which are:

  1. (i)

    non-viable, which means no longer able to survive as living animals if returned to the environment from which they were obtained; or

  2. (ii)

    intended for further processing without temporary storage at the place of processing;

(c)

aquaculture animals or products thereof placed on the market for human consumption without further processing, provided that they are packed in retail-sale packages which comply with the provisions for such packages in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.

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Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(7)(a)

F2

Words in Art. 6(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(7)(b)(i)

F3

Words in Art. 6(1)(a)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(7)(b)(ii)

F4

Words in Art. 6(1)(a)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(7)(b)(iii)

F5

Words in Art. 6(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(7)(c)