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Commission Decision of 31 October 2008 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards surveillance and eradication programmes and disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments (notified under document number C(2008) 6264) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/177/EC)

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Article 1Conditions for submission of surveillance programmes for approval

1.Surveillance programmes shall only be submitted for approval, as provided in the first subparagraph of Article 44(1) of Directive 2006/88/EC, if they cover:

(a)the whole territory of a Member State;

(b)compartments or groups thereof, comprising more than 75 % of the coastal area of the Member State concerned as regards diseases which only affect salt water species;

(c)zones and compartments, or groups thereof, comprising more than 75 % of the continental area of the Member State concerned as regards diseases which only affect fresh water species;

(d)zones and compartments, or groups thereof, comprising more than 75 % of the continental area and coastal area of the Member State concerned as regards diseases which affect both fresh water and salt water species; or

(e)zones and compartments, which consist of water catchment areas shared with another Member State or third country.

2.For the purpose of this Decision, a compartment or group of compartments of a coastal area shall be considered to cover more than 75 % of the coastal area of a Member State when it covers more than 75 % of the coastline, measured along the baseline of the coast.

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