CHAPTER IIQUARANTINE OF AQUACULTURE ANIMALS IN THIRD COUNTRIES

Article 6Suspension and withdrawal of authorisation of quarantine facilities in third countries

1

Where the competent authority has received notification that the presence of listed disease(s) is suspected in a quarantine facility, it must:

a

immediately suspend the authorisation of that facility;

b

ensure that the measures necessary to confirm or rule out the suspicion are taken in accordance with point 3 of Annex II.

2

A suspension pursuant to paragraph 1 must not be removed until:

a

the suspicion of the relevant listed disease(s) has been officially ruled out; or

b

the eradication of the relevant listed disease(s) in the quarantine facility is successfully completed and the relevant quarantine units are cleansed and disinfected.

3

The authorisation of a quarantine facility must be immediately withdrawn by the competent authority where the facility no longer complies with the conditions set out in Article 5(1).

The F1appropriate authority to which the competent authority communicated the list referred to in Article 5(3) must be immediately informed thereof.