Article 5 Requirement for approved aquaculture establishments and groups thereof to have a biosecurity plan

The competent authority shall only approve aquaculture establishments referred to in Article 7 and Articles 9 to 19, or groups of aquaculture establishments referred to in Article 8, if their operators have developed and documented a biosecurity plan, which complies with the following requirements:

1. (a)

   it identifies the routes whereby a disease agent can enter the aquaculture establishment or group of aquaculture establishments, spread within it and transfer from it to the environment or to other aquaculture establishments;

2. (b)

   it takes account of the specificities of the individual aquaculture establishment or group of aquaculture establishments and identifies risk-mitigation measures for each biosecurity risk which has been identified;

3. (c)

   it considers or takes into account, where appropriate, the elements set out in point 1(a) of Parts 1 to 7 and Parts 9 to 12, and in point 1(b) of Part 8 of Annex I, when this plan for the aquaculture establishment or group of aquaculture establishments is being developed.