Council Directive 2006/88/ECShow full title

SECTION 1 Disease notification

Article 26 National notification

1. Member States shall ensure that:

(a) when there are any reasons to suspect the presence of a disease listed in Part II of Annex IV, or the presence of such disease is confirmed in aquatic animals, the suspicion and/or the confirmation is immediately notified to the competent authority;

and

(b) when increased mortality occurs in aquaculture animals, the mortality is immediately notified to the competent authority or a private veterinarian for further investigations.

2. Member States shall ensure that the obligations to notify the matters referred to in paragraph 1 are imposed on:

(a) the owner and any person attending aquatic animals;

(b) any person accompanying aquaculture animals during transport;

(c) veterinary practitioners and other professionals involved in aquatic animal health services;

(d) official veterinarians, senior staff of veterinary or other official or private laboratories;

and

(e) any other person with an occupational relationship to aquatic animals of susceptible species or to products of such animals.

Article 27 Notification of the other Member States, the Commission and EFTA Member States

Member States shall notify the other Member States, the Commission and EFTA Member States within 24 hours in case of confirmation of:

(a)

an exotic disease listed in Part II of Annex IV;

(b)

a non-exotic disease listed in Part II of Annex IV where the Member State concerned, zone, or compartment has been declared free of that disease.