SECTION 1SUBMISSION OF SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMMES AND DISEASE-FREE STATUS DECLARATIONS FOR APPROVAL

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.