CHAPTER VNOTIFICATION AND MINIMUM MEASURES FOR CONTROL OF DISEASES OF AQUATIC ANIMALS
SECTION 1Disease notification
Article 26National 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.