Article 5Placing on the market requirements for Crassostrea gigas oysters originating from a compartment previously subjected to control measures due to increased mortalities in Crassostrea gigas oysters in connection with OsHV-1 μvar
1.
Crassostrea gigas oysters that are placed on the market and originating from a compartment which has been subject to containment measures either in 2009 or 2010 due to increased mortalities in Crassostrea gigas oysters in connection with OsHV-1 μvar shall:
(a)
be accompanied by an animal health certificate completed in accordance with the model set out in Annex II to this Regulation and the explanatory notes set out in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008, if the animals:
- (i)
are intended for Member States or compartments which have established a programme for the early detection of OsHV-1 μvar, and in which OsHV-1 μvar is not detected; and
- (ii)
are intended for farming or relaying areas;
(b)
originate from a compartment where the absence of OsHV-1 μVar is demonstrated by sampling and testing carried out in accordance with Part A of Annex I; and
(c)
comply with the animal health requirements set out in the model certificate, referred to in point (a).
2.
A programme for the early detection of OsHV-1 μvar referred to in paragraph 1(a)(i) shall comply with the following requirements:
(a)
the programme must be declared to the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health;
(b)
such declaration must be in conformity with point 1, points 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, and 5.9, and points 6 and 7 of the model form set out in Annex II to Decision 2009/177/EC;
(c)
the programme must include:
- (i)
sampling in accordance with Part A of Annex I;
- (ii)
testing for the presence of OsHV-1 μvar in accordance with the diagnostic methods set out in Part B of Annex I.
3.
Paragraph 1 shall apply one week from the date of the meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health at which the programme referred to in paragraph 1(a)(i) was declared.