Part 1 Risk-based surveillance in aquaculture establishments and groups thereof referred to in Articles 7, 8, 17 and 18

Risk-based surveillance shall be implemented as follows in the aquaculture establishments, and groups thereof, which are referred to in Articles 7, 8, 17 and 18:

1. (a)

   aquaculture establishments keeping listed species of aquaculture animals other than the species referred to in point (b)(ii) of this Part, shall implement risk-based surveillance according to their ranking as ‘high’, ‘medium’ or ‘low’ risk as a result of a risk assessment carried out in accordance with Part I of Annex VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689;

2. (b)

   aquaculture establishments keeping the species of aquaculture animals referred to in points (i) and (ii) shall implement risk-based surveillance if they have been ranked as ‘high’ risk as a result of a risk assessment carried out in accordance with Part I of Annex VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689:

   1. (i)

      non-listed species;

   2. (ii)

      listed species referred to in the fourth column of the table set out in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882; but those listed species must be in contact with the listed species referred to in the third column of that table in order to be classified as vectors species, and that contact has not occurred.