Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 of 12 December 2008 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards conditions and certification requirements for the placing on the market and the import into the Community of aquaculture animals and products thereof and laying down a list of vector species (Text with EEA relevance)
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There are currently no known outstanding effects by UK legislation for Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008, ANNEX III.
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1012/2012 of 5 November 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 and Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 as regards the list of vector species, the health requirements and the certification requirements concerning epizootic ulcerative syndrome and as regards the entry for Thailand in the list of third countries from which imports of certain fish and fishery products into the Union are permitted (Text with EEA relevance).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Annex 3: power to amend conferred (31.12.2020) by The Aquatic Animal Health and Plant Health (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/817), regs. 1, 7 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1463, regs. 1(2)(a), 5(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
a Apply to all fish species. | ||||||
b Apply only to Cyprinidae . | ||||||
c Apply not to fish species susceptible to or vector species for viral haemorrhagic septicaemia according to [F2Annex 1A] | ||||||
d Apply only to fish species susceptible to or vector species for viral haemorrhagic septicaemia according to Part II of Annex IV to Directive 2006/88/EC. | ||||||
e Provisional code that does not prejudice in any way the definitive denomination for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place on this subject at the United Nations. | ||||||
f Apply only to imports of ornamental fish which are not of susceptible species to any of the diseases listed in [F2Annex 1A], and ornamental molluscs and ornamental crustaceans, intended for closed ornamental facilities. | ||||||
g For the purposes of this Regulation United States includes Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands.] | ||||||
| Country/territory | Aquaculture Species | Zone/Compartment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO-code | Name | Fish | Molluscs | Crustaceans | Code | Description |
| AU | Australia | X a | ||||
| BR | Brazil | X b | ||||
| [F3CA | Canada | X | CA 0 ( C ) | Whole territory | ||
| CA 1 ( D ) | British Columbia | |||||
| CA 2 ( D ) | Alberta | |||||
| CA 3 ( D ) | Saskatchewan | |||||
| CA 4 ( D ) | Manitoba | |||||
| CA 5 ( D ) | New Brunswick | |||||
| CA 6 ( D ) | Nova Scotia | |||||
| CA 7 ( D ) | Prince Edward Island | |||||
| CA 8 ( D ) | Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||
| CA 9 ( D ) | Yukon | |||||
| CA 10 ( D ) | Northwest Territories | |||||
| CA 11 ( D ) | Nunavut | |||||
| CA 12 ( D ) | Quebec] | |||||
| CL | Chile | X a | Whole country | |||
| CN | China | X b | Whole country | |||
| CO | Colombia | X b | Whole country | |||
| CG | Congo | X b | Whole country | |||
| CK | Cook Islands | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| F4 | ||||||
| HK | Hong Kong | X b | Whole country | |||
| ID | Indonesia | X a | Whole country | |||
| IL | Israel | X a | Whole country | |||
| JM | Jamaica | X b | Whole country | |||
| JP | Japan | X b | Whole country | |||
| KI | Kiribati | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| LK | Sri Lanka | X b | Whole country | |||
| MH | Marshall Islands | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| MK e | the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | X b | Whole country | |||
| MY | Malaysia | X b | Peninsular, Western Malaysia | |||
| NR | Nauru | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| NU | Niue | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| NZ | New Zealand | X a | Whole country | |||
| PF | French Polynesia | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| PG | Papua New Guinea | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| PN | Pitcairn Islands | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| PW | Palau | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| RU | Russia | X a | Whole country | |||
| SB | Solomon Islands | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| SG | Singapore | X b | Whole country | |||
| ZA | South Africa | X a | Whole country | |||
| TW | Taiwan | X b | Whole country | |||
| TH | Thailand | X a | Whole country | |||
| TR | Turkey | X a | Whole country | |||
| TK | Tokelau | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| TO | Tonga | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| TV | Tuvalu | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| US | United States g | X | X | US 0 c | Whole country | |
| X | US 1 d | Whole country, except the following states: New York, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pennsylvania | ||||
| X | US 2 | Humboldt Bay (California) | ||||
| US 3 | Netarts Bay (Oregon) | |||||
| US 4 | Wilapa Bay, Totten Inlet, Oakland Bay, Quilcence Bay and Dabob Bay (Washington) | |||||
| US 5 | NELHA (Hawaii) | |||||
| WF | Wallis and Futuna | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| WS | Samoa | X f | X f | X f | Whole country | |
| [F5CH | Switzerland | X | Whole country | |||
| LI | Liechtenstein | X | Whole country | |||
| FO | Faroe Islands | X | X | X | Whole country | |
| EU, NO, IS | EU member States, Norway and Iceland | X | X | X | Whole country of each state] | |
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Annex 3 table Notes substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 5(25)(b)
F3Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 25/2014 of 13 January 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 as regards the entry for Canada in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain aquatic animals may be imported into the Union (Text with EEA relevance).
F4Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, right of establishment and freedom to provide services, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, fisheries, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, social policy and employment, environment, customs union, external relations, and foreign, security and defence policy, by reason of the accession of Croatia.
[F1According to Article 11 ornamental fish which are not of species susceptible to any of the diseases listed in Part II of Annex IV to Directive 2006/88/EC, and ornamental molluscs and ornamental crustaceans, intended for closed ornamental facilities, may also be imported into the Union from third countries or territories that are members of the World Organisation for Animal health (OIE).]
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1012/2012 of 5 November 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 and Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 as regards the list of vector species, the health requirements and the certification requirements concerning epizootic ulcerative syndrome and as regards the entry for Thailand in the list of third countries from which imports of certain fish and fishery products into the Union are permitted (Text with EEA relevance).
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