Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (c. 88)

CHAPTER V NOTIFICATION AND MINIMUM MEASURES FOR CONTROL OF DISEASES OF AQUATIC ANIMALS

SECTION 1 Disease notification

Article 26 National notification

1. Member States shall ensure that:

(a) when there are any reasons to suspect the presence of a disease listed in Part II of Annex IV, or the presence of such disease is confirmed in aquatic animals, the suspicion and/or the confirmation is immediately notified to the competent authority;

and

(b) when increased mortality occurs in aquaculture animals, the mortality is immediately notified to the competent authority or a private veterinarian for further investigations.

2. Member States shall ensure that the obligations to notify the matters referred to in paragraph 1 are imposed on:

(a) the owner and any person attending aquatic animals;

(b) any person accompanying aquaculture animals during transport;

(c) veterinary practitioners and other professionals involved in aquatic animal health services;

(d) official veterinarians, senior staff of veterinary or other official or private laboratories;

and

(e) any other person with an occupational relationship to aquatic animals of susceptible species or to products of such animals.