Article 6 Requirement for approved aquaculture establishments and groups thereof to participate in a risk-based surveillance scheme

The competent authority shall only approve aquaculture establishments referred to in Articles 7, 17 and 18 of this Regulation if the operators comply with risk-based surveillance conducted by the competent authority in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, in the form of a risk-based surveillance scheme as set out in Part 1 and in point 1 of Part 2 of Annex II to this Regulation.

The competent authority shall only approve groups of aquaculture establishments referred to in Article 8 of this Regulation when operators comply with risk based surveillance conducted by the competent authority in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, in the form of a risk- based surveillance scheme as set out in Part 1 and in point 2 of Part 2 of Annex II to this Regulation.

When granting approval of aquaculture establishments or groups thereof as provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authority shall take account of the following elements, and include them in the risk-based surveillance scheme: