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Article 75 Disease-free status based on the disease agent’s incapacity to survive

United Kingdom

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1.

The criteria to recognise the disease-free status of a compartment keeping aquaculture animals because of the disease agent’s incapacity to survive are as follows:

(a)

the general criteria laid down in points (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of Article 73(1) have been fulfilled for an eligibility period of at least 5 years and the disease was not detected;

(b)

the disease has never been reported or if reported, it has been demonstrated that the disease agent did not survive;

(c)

the value of at least one critical environmental parameter that is not compatible with the survival of the disease agent is reached;

(d)

the disease agent is exposed to that critical parameter during a sufficient period of time to destroy it.

2.

The Member State shall provide the following evidence to substantiate the fulfilment of the criteria in paragraph 1:

(a)

with respect to the fulfilment of the criteria set out in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, documentary evidence;

(b)

with respect to the fulfilment of the criteria set out in points (c) and (d) of paragraph 1, scientific evidence.