Division 1 The status free from infection with WSSV may only be granted to a Member State, a zone or a compartment with an unknown health status with regard to infection with WSSV if all establishments or groups of establishments keeping listed species within the Member State, zone or compartment and where required, sampling points in wild populations, have been subject to the following 2-year scheme:

the establishments or groups of establishments have been subject to health visits and sampled for a minimum period of 2 consecutive years as laid down in Table 6.A;

during that 2-year period, the testing of all samples using the diagnostic methods set out in point 2 of Section 5 have produced negative results for infection with WSSV and any suspicion of infection with WSSV has been ruled out in accordance with the diagnostic methods set out in point 3 of Section 5;