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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2110

of 16 December 2020

amending Part C of Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC as regards the disease-free status of the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland for certain aquatic animal diseases

(notified under document C(2020) 9303)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to 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(1), and in particular Articles 49(1), 50(2)(a), 50(3), 51(2) and 61(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2009/177/EC(2) implements Directive 2006/88/EC as regards surveillance and eradication programmes and disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments. The second and fourth column of the table in Part C of Annex I to that Decision lists those Member States which have been declared disease-free in accordance with Article 49(1) of Directive 2006/88/EC, and those zones and compartments which have been declared disease-free in accordance with Article 50(3) of that Directive. The disease to which this disease-free status applies is set out in the first column of the same table.

(2) In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, Directive 2006/88/EC, as well as the Commission acts based on it, applies to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland after the end of the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement. For that reason, references to the United Kingdom in Part C of Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC should be replaced by references to the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.

(3) Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Decision should apply from 1 January 2021.

(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 U.K.

In Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC, Part C is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2 U.K.

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2021.

Article 3 U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2020.

For the Commission

Stella Kyriakides

Member of the Commission

ANNEX U.K.

‘PART C U.K. Member States (3) zones and compartments declared disease-free

Disease	Member State	ISO Code	Geographical demarcation of the disease-free area (Member State, zones or compartments)
Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS)	Denmark	DK	Whole continental territory
	Ireland	IE	Whole territory
	Cyprus	CY	All continental areas within its territory
	Finland	FI	All continental and coastal areas within its territory, except the Province of Åland
	Sweden	SE	Whole territory
	United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	UK(NI)	Northern Ireland
Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN)	Denmark	DK	Whole territory
	Ireland	IE	Whole territory
	Cyprus	CY	All continental areas within its territory
	Finland	FI	Whole territory, except the coastal compartment in Ii, Kuivaniemi, and the following water catchment areas: 14.72 Virmasvesi, 14.73 Nilakka, 4.74 Saarijärvi area and 4.41 Pielinen area
	Sweden	SE	Whole territory
	United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	UK(NI)	Northern Ireland
Koi herpes virus (KHV) disease	Ireland	IE	Whole territory
	United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	UK(NI)	Northern Ireland
Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA)	Belgium	BE	Whole territory
	Bulgaria	BG	Whole territory
	Czech Republic	CZ	Whole territory
	Denmark	DK	Whole territory
	Germany	DE	Whole territory
	Estonia	EE	Whole territory
	Ireland	IE	Whole territory
	Greece	EL	Whole territory
	Spain	ES	Whole territory
	France	FR	Whole territory
	Italy	IT	Whole territory
	Cyprus	CY	Whole territory
	Latvia	LV	Whole territory
	Lithuania	LT	Whole territory
	Luxembourg	LU	Whole territory
	Hungary	HU	Whole territory
	Malta	MT	Whole territory
	Netherlands	NL	Whole territory
	Austria	AT	Whole territory
	Poland	PL	Whole territory
	Portugal	PT	Whole territory
	Romania	RO	Whole territory
	Slovenia	SI	Whole territory
	Slovakia	SK	Whole territory
	Finland	FI	Whole territory
	Sweden	SE	Whole territory
	United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	UK/NI	Northern Ireland
Infection with Marteilia refringens	Ireland	IE	Whole territory
	United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	UK/NI	Whole coastline of Northern Ireland except Belfast Lough and Dundrum Bay
Infection with Bonamia ostreae	Ireland	IE	The whole coastline of Ireland, except: 1. Cork Harbour 2. Galway Bay 3. Ballinakill Harbour 4. Clew Bay 5. Achill Sound 6. Loughmore, Blacksod Bay 7. Lough Foyle 8. Lough Swilly 9. Kilkieran Bay
	United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	UK(NI)	Whole coastline of Northern Ireland except Lough Foyle and Strangford Lough
White spot disease’

(1)

OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14.

(2)

Commission Decision 2009/177/EC of 31 October 2008 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards surveillance and eradication programmes and disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments (OJ L 63, 7.3.2009, p. 15).

(3)

In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/ Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to Member States include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.