# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/691 of 30 January 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of Council as regards rules for aquaculture establishments and transporters of aquatic animals (Text with EEA relevance), Division 1: The requirements in relation to biosecurity measures of aquaculture establishments keeping aquaculture animals of listed species which are vectors in isolation until such time as they are no longer regarded as vectors, as referred to in point (a) of Article 16 shall be the following:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) operators shall implement the biosecurity plan in accordance Article 5, which must include at least the following elements:
(i) disinfection points must be installed at critical locations in the aquaculture establishment;
(ii) where different isolation units exist within the same aquaculture establishment, appropriate measures must be taken to ensure they remain epidemiologically separate from each other;
(iii) work clothing and footwear for personnel must be kept solely for use at the aquaculture establishment and cleaned and disinfected regularly;
(iv) equipment must not be shared between isolation units within the aquaculture establishment but where this is unavoidable, an appropriate protocol for cleaning and disinfection of the equipment must be put in place; equipment must not be shared with other establishments;
(v) only authorised persons must enter the aquaculture establishment;
(vi) persons entering the aquaculture establishment must wear the protective clothing and footwear provided and these must be safely disposed of or cleaned and disinfected after use;
(vii) dead animals must be removed from all production units in the establishment at a frequency that ensures infective pressure is kept to a minimum, and must be disposed of in compliance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009;
(viii) all equipment in the aquaculture establishment, or in the relevant isolation unit, if the aquaculture establishment consists of more than one such unit, must be cleaned and disinfected at the end of each isolation period;
(ix) the isolation period referred to in point 2 shall only start when the last animal in the cohort is introduced to the aquaculture establishment, or when there are a number of isolation units in the aquaculture establishment, the isolation period shall only start when the last animal in the cohort is introduced to the isolation unit;
(x) each isolation unit in the aquaculture establishment must be emptied of animals, and cleaned and disinfected at the end of the isolation period;
(xi) precautions must be taken to prevent cross-contamination between incoming and outgoing consignments of aquatic animals;
(xii) animals released from the aquaculture establishment in which the isolation period has been undergone shall meet the requirements for movements of aquatic animals between Member States.
(b) operators shall ensure that a named person is charged with implementing the biosecurity plan for the aquaculture establishment with other personnel reporting to that individual in relation to biosecurity matters, where necessary.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/691/annex/I/part/9/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-691/annex-I/part-9/division-1
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