Commission Decision
of 3 December 2004
amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2002/308/EC establishing lists of approved zones and approved farms with regard to one or more of the fish diseases viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN)
(notified under document number C(2004) 4553)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/850/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain have submitted the justifications for obtaining the status of approved farms in non-approved zones,with regard to VHS and IHN, for certain farms in their territory. The documentation provided shows that those farms meet the requirements of Article 6 of Directive 91/67/EEC. They therefore qualify for the status of approved farm in a non-approved zone and should be added to the list of approved farms.
Italy has notified positive finding of VHS in a part of a continental zone previously considered free of the disease. The zone does therefore no longer meet the requirements of Article 5 of Directive 91/67/EEC. The approved status for the continental zone as regards VHS should consequently be repealed.
Decision 2002/308/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: