Article 76 Disease-free status based on historical and surveillance data

United Kingdom

The criteria to recognise the disease-free status of a compartment keeping aquaculture animals based on historical and surveillance data are as follows:

(a)

the disease has never been reported in the compartment or it has been eradicated in the compartment and not reported for at least 25 years;

(b)

the disease has been reported in the past 25 years, it has been eradicated from the compartment and the disease specific requirements referred to in Article 78 are complied with.

A Member State wishing to obtain the approval of disease-free status for the compartment on the basis of the provisions set out in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall have implemented the following measures for an eligibility period of at least 10 years:

(a)

disease surveillance of kept animals of listed species;

(b)

prevention to control the introduction of the disease agent;

(c)

ban on vaccination against the disease unless it is compliant with the disease specific requirements referred to in Article 78;

(d)

disease surveillance substantiating the fact that the disease is not known to be established in wild animals from listed species within the compartment.

The criteria provided for in paragraph 1 shall only apply:

(a)

in a new Member State, during a maximum period of two years following its accession to the Union; or

(b)

for a maximum period of two years following the date of application of the implementing acts adopted in accordance with Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 that categorise for the first time the relevant disease as a category B or C disease.

By way of derogation from point (b) of paragraph 3, the granting of disease-free status based on historical and surveillance data shall not apply to the following diseases:

(a)

VHS;

(b)

IHN;

(c)

infection with HPR-deleted ISAV;

(d)

infection with Bonamia ostreae;

(e)

infection with Marteilia refringens.