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Article 14 Information to be contained in self-declaration documents for different species and categories of aquaculture animals

United Kingdom

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1.

Operators shall ensure that self-declaration documents for movements of aquaculture animals from their place of origin in one Member State to their place of destination in another Member State, issued in accordance with Article 218 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, contain the following information:

(a)

the specific information referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, as relevant for the category of aquaculture animal in question;

(b)

the general information specified in paragraph 1 of Part B of Annex II;

(c)

details of the purpose for which the aquaculture animals are to be used in accordance with paragraph 2 of Part B of Annex II.

2.

In addition to the requirements of paragraph 1, operators shall ensure that self-declaration documents for aquaculture animals of listed species include the following specific information:

(a)

a declaration that the aquaculture animals being moved show no disease symptoms and they originate from either:

  1. (i)

    an aquaculture establishment where there are no increased mortalities with an undetermined cause; or

  2. (ii)

    a part of the aquaculture establishment which is independent of the epidemiological unit where increased mortalities or other disease symptoms have occurred, where the Member State of destination and the Member State(s) of transit, if there are any such Member States, have given consent for such a movement to occur;

(b)

where the aquaculture animals are intended for an aquaculture establishment which is participating in a surveillance programme for a specified category C disease, a declaration that the aquaculture animals originate from an aquaculture establishment:

  1. (i)

    which is participating in a surveillance programme for that specified category C disease; and

  2. (ii)

    where there has been no suspicion or confirmation of the presence of that specified category C disease and this is supported by the sampling and laboratory data referred to in paragraph 1(f) of Part B of Annex II.

3.

In addition to the requirements of paragraph 1 of this Article, operators shall ensure that the self-declaration documents for aquaculture animals of non-listed species and for aquaculture animals of species listed in column 4 of the table in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 which are not regarded as vectors of the relevant category C disease, contain information indicating that the aquaculture animals being moved show no disease symptoms; and they originate from either:

(a)

an aquaculture establishment or a habitat where there are no increased mortalities with an undetermined cause; or

(b)

a part of the aquaculture establishment which is independent of the epidemiological unit where increased mortalities or other disease symptoms have occurred where the Member State of destination and the Member State(s) of transit, if there are any such Member States, have given consent for such a movement.