PART IV

REGISTRATION, APPROVAL, TRACEABILITY AND MOVEMENTS
TITLE II

AQUATIC ANIMALS AND PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS
CHAPTER 1

Registration, approval, record-keeping and registers
Section 2

Approval of certain types of aquaculture establishments

Obligation of operators to provide information with a view to obtaining approval
Article 180
1
Operators shall, for the purposes of their application for approval of their establishment as provided for in Article 176(1), Article 177, point (a) of Article 178 and Article 179, provide the competent authority with the following information:
a
the name and address of the operator concerned;
b
the location of the establishment concerned and a description of its facilities;
c
the species, categories and quantities (numbers, volume or weight) of aquaculture animals relevant for the approval which are kept on the establishment;
d
the type of aquaculture establishment;
e
in cases of approval of a group of aquaculture establishments, details showing that the group in question complies with the conditions laid down in Article 177;
f
other aspects of the mode of operation of the aquaculture establishment in question which are relevant for determining the risk, posed by it;
g
the water supply to, and discharge of water from, the establishment;
h
the establishment's biosecurity measures.
2
Operators of establishments as referred to in paragraph 1 shall inform the competent authority in advance of:
a
any changes in the establishments concerning the matters referred to in paragraph 1;
b
any cessation of activity by the operator or establishment concerned.
3
The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, lay down rules concerning the information to be provided by operators in their application for approval of their establishment, in accordance with paragraph 1, including the time-limits by which such information is to be provided.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 266(2).