Council Directive 2006/88/ECShow full title

Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals

Article 32U.K.General measures

Member States shall ensure that:

(a)

the farm or mollusc farming area is officially declared infected;

(b)

a containment area appropriate to the disease in question is established, including a protection zone and surveillance zone, around the farm or mollusc farming area declared infected;

(c)

no restocking takes place and no aquaculture animals are moved into, within, and out of the containment area unless authorised by the competent authority;

and

(d)

any additional measures necessary to prevent the further spread of the disease are implemented.