Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   in Article 1, point (b)(ii) is replaced by the following:

   1. ‘(ii)
      aquaculture animals intended for farming, relaying areas, put and take fisheries, open ornamental facilities and restocking, and for dispatch centres, purification centres and similar businesses before human consumption in Member States and parts thereof with national measures approved by Commission Decision 2010/221/EU6;’;

2. (2)

   in Article 8a(1)(a), the following point (iii) is added:

   1. ‘(iii)

      Annex III to Decision 2010/221/EU as subject to a surveillance programme for one or more of the diseases listed in the first column of that table;’;

3. (3)

   the following Article 8b is inserted:

   ‘Article 8bLive molluscs intended for dispatch centres, purification centres or similar businesses before human consumption in Member States and parts thereof with national measures approved by Decision 2010/221/EU

   1.

   Consignments of live molluscs intended for dispatch centres, purification centres or similar businesses before human consumption shall be accompanied by an animal health certificate completed in accordance with the model set out in Part B of Annex II and the explanatory notes set out in Annex V, where the animals:

   (a)

   are introduced into Member States or parts thereof listed in the second and fourth column of the table set out in Annex III to Decision 2010/221/EU as subject to a surveillance programme for one or more of the diseases listed in the first column of that table;

   (b)

   are of species which are listed in Part C of Annex II as species susceptible to the disease(s), for which a surveillance programme applies in accordance with Decision 2010/221/EU, as referred to in point (a).

   2.

   Consignments of live molluscs referred to in paragraph 1 shall comply with the animal health requirements set out in the model animal health certificate and explanatory notes as referred to in that paragraph.

   3.

   This Article shall not apply to consignments intended for dispatch centres, purification centres or similar businesses which are equipped with an effluent treatment system validated by the competent authority that:

   (a)

   inactivates enveloped viruses; or

   (b)

   reduces the risk of transmitting diseases to the natural waters to an acceptable level.’;

4. (4)

   Annex II is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.