# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/990 of 28 April 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards animal health and certification requirements for movements within the Union of aquatic animals and products of animal origin from aquatic animals (Text with EEA relevance), Article 9: Animal health requirements for movements of aquaculture animals to confined establishments

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

1. Operators shall only move aquaculture animals of listed species from a confined establishment to a confined establishment in another Member State if those animals do not pose a significant risk of the spread of diseases for which they are listed, based on the results of the surveillance plan referred to in Article 9(c) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/691.
2. Operators shall only move aquaculture animals of listed species, which are relevant for category D diseases, from aquaculture establishments other than a confined establishment into a confined establishment if those aquaculture animals comply with one or more of the following requirements:
(a) they originate from a disease-free Member State, zone or compartment;
(b) they are quarantined under appropriate conditions in one of the following:
(i) a quarantine establishment approved in accordance with Article 15 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/691; or
(ii) a quarantine facility in another confined establishment; or
(iii) the quarantine facility of the confined establishment of final destination;
(c) they are aquaculture animals of one of the species listed in column 4 of the table in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 and they are vectors, but they have been kept in an aquaculture establishment approved in accordance with Article 16 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/691 under the requirements set out in point (2) of Part 9 of Annex I to that Delegated Regulation, and are no longer regarded as vectors.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, operators may move aquaculture animals that do not comply with the requirements laid down in that paragraph into a confined establishment for scientific purposes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/990/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-990/article-9
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