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CHAPTER II U.K. GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES

Article 4 U.K. Measures for avoiding adverse effects

[F1 1.] Member States shall ensure that all appropriate measures are taken to avoid adverse effects to biodiversity, and especially to species, habitats and ecosystem functions which may be expected to arise from the introduction or translocation of aquatic organisms and non-target species in aquaculture and from the spreading of these species into the wild.

[F1 2. The competent authorities in the Member States shall monitor and supervise aquaculture activities so as to ensure that:

(a) closed aquaculture facilities comply with the requirements laid down in Article 3(3); and

(b) transport from or to closed aquaculture facilities takes place in conditions that are such as to prevent the escape of alien or non-target species.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Regulation (EU) No 304/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture.

Article 5 U.K. Decision making and advisory bodies

Member States shall designate the competent authority or authorities responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements of this Regulation (the competent authority(ies)). Each competent authority may appoint an advisory committee to assist it, which shall include appropriate scientific expertise (the advisory committee). If a Member State does not appoint an advisory committee then the competent authority or competent authorities shall assume the tasks assigned to the advisory committee in this Regulation.