1.Aquaculture animals from establishments keeping listed species in the protection zone may be:
(a)slaughtered within the establishment in compliance with biosecurity measures provided for by the competent authority; or
(b)moved for immediate slaughter for human consumption in a disease control aquatic food establishment; or
(c)in the case of molluscs, removed from water and moved to a disease control aquatic food establishment for purification if necessary and further processing.
2.The competent authority may, after carrying out a risk assessment based on relevant epidemiological data, limit the application of the measures provided for in paragraph 1 to establishments keeping solely aquaculture animals of species listed in the third column of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1882.
3.When authorising the movements of aquaculture animals referred to in paragraph 1(b), the competent authority responsible for the disease control aquatic food establishment shall:
(a)be informed of the intention to send aquaculture animals of listed species to the disease control aquatic food establishment;
(b)agree to receive the aquaculture animals in question;
(c)supervise and confirm the slaughter of the animals to the competent authority of dispatch;
(d)ensure that the aquaculture animals of listed species originating from the protection zone are kept separately from aquaculture animals of listed species originating from outside the protection zone, and slaughtered or processed separately from those animals;
(e)monitor the slaughtering or processing;
(f)ensure that the cleaning and disinfection of the premises is completed before aquaculture animals from establishments outside the protection zone are slaughtered or processed;
(g)ensure that products of animal origin obtained from the aquaculture animals comply with the specific conditions for placing on the market provided for in Article 92; and
(h)ensure that animal by-products from slaughter or other processes referred to in paragraph 1, are processed or disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.