Division CHAPTER IX Specific requirements for apiculture by-products

Apiculture by-products intended exclusively for use in apiculture must:

1. 1..

   not come from an area which is subject of a prohibition order associated with an occurrence of:

   1. (a)

      American foulbrood (Paenibacillus larvae larvae), except where the competent authority has assessed the risk to be negligible, issued a specific authorisation for use only in that F1constituent nation, and taken all other necessary measures to ensure no spread of that disease;

   2. (b)

      acariosis (Acarapis woodi (Rennie)), except where the area of destination has F2been assessed by the appropriate authority on a basis equivalent to the assessment in point (a);

   3. (c)

      small hive beetle (Aethina tumida); or

   4. (d)

      Tropilaelaps mite (Tropilaelaps spp.); and

2. 2..

   meet the requirements provided for in F3the first two subparagraphs of Article 8(a) of Directive 92/65/EEC.