Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/990Dangos y teitl llawn

Article 13 U.K. Rules on the contents of animal health certificates for the various species and categories of aquatic animals of listed species

1. Operators shall ensure that the animal health certificates referred to in Article 208(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 for aquaculture animals and in Article 209 thereof for aquatic animals other than aquaculture animals, contain the following:

(a) the general information specified in paragraph 1 or 2 of Part A of Annex II, as relevant for aquaculture animals or wild aquatic animals;

(b) the specific animal health guarantees in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article as relevant for the species and category of aquatic animals in question;

(c) details of the purpose for which the aquatic animals are to be used in accordance with paragraph 3 of Part A of Annex II.

2. The specific animal health guarantees for aquatic animals of relevant species referred to in paragraph 1(b) shall be the following:

(a) the aquatic animals being moved show no disease symptoms; and they originate from either:

(i)

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

(ii)

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

(iii)

an aquaculture establishment which is subject to the movement restrictions or emergency measures set out in Article 191(2)(b)(i) and (ii) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and a derogation from those movement restrictions or emergency measures is authorised by the competent authority and the movement takes place in accordance with the conditions of that authorisation;

(b) the aquatic animals being moved originate from a Member State, zone or compartment which complies with one of the following:

(i)

it has disease-free status for the category B or category C diseases for which the Member State, zone or compartment of destination has obtained disease-free status or for which it is subject to an eradication programme; or

(ii)

it is subject to an eradication programme for a category B disease or category C disease, when the aquatic animals are destined for an aquaculture establishment which is also subject to an eradication programme for the same category B disease or category C disease;

(c) where the Member States of destination have taken national measures, the aquatic animals of the relevant species comply with the health guarantees which are necessary to comply with those national measures;

(d) where the aquaculture animals are moved from aquaculture establishments other than those referred to in paragraph 2(a)(iii), a documentary check of the mortality, movements, health and production records of the aquaculture establishment has been completed and it indicates that there is no suspicion of a listed disease or emerging disease in the aquaculture establishment.