{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-535/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-535/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/535",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 535/2008 of 13 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-535",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of Article 24(3) of Regulation (EC) No 708/2007:\n(a)‘long time (with reference to its life cycle)’ shall mean a minimum period of 10 years following the completion of two production cycles;\n(b)‘adverse effect’ shall mean a case where scientific evidence shows that an aquatic species, after its introduction in Great Britain, cause inter alia, significant:\n(i)habitat degradation;\n(ii)competition with native species for spawning habitat;\n(iii)hybridisation with native species threatening species integrity;\n(iv)predation on native species' population resulting in their decline;\n(v)depletion of native food resources;\n(vi)spread of disease and novel pathogens in wild aquatic organisms and ecosystems.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/451), regs. 1, 10(2)(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1463, regs. 1(2)(a), 2(3)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/451), regs. 1, 10(2)(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1463, regs. 1(2)(a), 2(3)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/535/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:14.429873+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}