PART IISURVEILLANCE, ERADICATION PROGRAMMES, DISEASE-FREE STATUS
CHAPTER 3 Eradication programmes for category B and C diseases of aquatic animals
Article 51Animal population to be included in eradication programmes for category B and C diseases
1.
The competent authority shall apply the eradication programme to listed species kept in establishments within the territory of the Member State, the zone or compartment.
2.
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authority may decide to exclude from the eradication programme, based on a risk assessment, establishments keeping only vector species referred to in the table set out in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882.
3.
Where technically feasible, the competent authority shall include in the eradication programme additional animal populations when such animals:
(a)
pose a significant risk to the health status of animals referred to in paragraph 1;
(b)
are included due to the small number of aquaculture establishments in the eradication programme and when their inclusion is necessary to obtain a satisfactory epidemiological coverage of the Member State, zone or compartment.