PART IIMOVEMENTS OF AQUATIC ANIMALS

CHAPTER 2 Supplementary animal health requirements for movements of aquatic animals

Section 1 Movements of aquatic animals intended for aquaculture establishments or release into the wild

Article 7Obligations on operators as regards disease prevention and risk mitigating measures for movements of wild aquatic animals to aquaculture establishments

By way of derogation from Article 197(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 in conjunction with Article 200(1) thereof, operators including transporters, may move wild aquatic animals of listed species which are relevant for the category B or category C diseases, for which the Member State, zone or compartment of destination has obtained disease-free status or for which it is subject to an eradication programme, from Member States, zones or compartments which are not free of those listed diseases, provided that those wild aquatic animals are destined for an aquaculture establishment and the following circumstances apply:

  1. (a)

    they are regarded as being free of the category B or category C diseases in question, as they have completed quarantine in a quarantine establishment approved in accordance with Article 15 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/691 under the requirements set out in point (2) of Part 8 of Annex I to that Delegated Regulation; or

  2. (b)

    in the case of wild aquatic animals of species listed in column 4 of the table in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882 and which are vectors, they have been kept in an aquaculture establishment approved in accordance with Article 16 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/691 under the requirements set out in point (2) of Part 9 of Annex I to that Delegated Regulation, and are no longer regarded as vectors.