Article 52 Derogation for the movement of bumble bees from environmentally isolated production establishments for bumble bees to other Member States

By way of derogation from Article 51(b), operators may move bumble bees from environmentally isolated production establishments for bumble bees to other Member States when in compliance with Article 51(a) and provided the following requirements are fulfilled:

1. (a)

   they have been bred isolated in separate epidemiological units with each colony in a closed container which was new or cleaned and disinfected before use;

2. (b)

   regular surveys on the epidemiological unit carried out in accordance with written standard operating procedures has not detected the infestation with Aethina tumida (Small hive beetle) within the epidemiological unit.