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Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 of 11 June 2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture

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[F1Article 24 U.K. Amendments of Annexes and detailed rules

1. The Commission may, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 24a and subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 24b and 24c:

(a) amend Annexes I, II and III to this Regulation in order to adapt them to technical and scientific progress;

(b) adopt specifications for the conditions necessary for adding species to Annex IV, as provided for in paragraph 3; and

(c) add species to Annex IV where the conditions provided for in paragraph 3 and their further specifications are complied with.

2. When adopting delegated acts as referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall act in accordance with this Regulation.

3. In order for its species to be added to Annex IV, an aquatic organism must have been used in aquaculture in certain parts of the Union for a long time (with reference to its life cycle) with no adverse effect, and its introduction and translocation must be possible without the coincident movement of potentially harmful non-target species.

4. Member States may request the Commission to add species to Annex IV. Member States may provide scientific data to prove coherence with relevant criteria for adding species to Annex IV. The Commission shall decide on the suitability of a request within 5 months of its receipt, excluding the time for the Member State to provide additional information if the Commission so requests.

5. Member States concerned may, in respect of their outermost regions as referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, propose the addition of species to be included in a separate part of Annex IV.

6. The Commission may adopt detailed rules for the implementation of paragraphs 4 and 5, and in particular the formats, the contents and the particulars of Member States’ requests for the addition of species and the information to be provided in support of such requests, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.]

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