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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008Show full title
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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Article 8U.K.Aquaculture animals and products thereof leaving [F1a constituent GB territory, zone or compartment] subject to disease control measures, including eradication programmes
1.[F2Where consent has been granted by the competent authority in accordance with regulation 24(3) or 28(2) of the Aquatic Animal Health Regulations, consignments] of aquaculture animals and products thereof leaving [F3a constituent GB territory, a zone or a compartment] subject to the disease control measures provided for in [F4Part 4 of those Regulations], shall be accompanied by an animal health certificate completed in accordance with the [F5relevant model.]
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2.Consignments of aquaculture animals intended for farming, relaying areas, put and take fisheries, open ornamental facilities or restocking shall be accompanied by an animal health certificate completed in accordance with the [F7relevant model], where they:
(a)are leaving a [F8constituent GB territory], zone or compartment with an eradication programme F9...;
(b)are of species susceptible to one or more of the diseases, or vector species for one or more of the diseases, for which the eradication programme applies, as referred to in point (a).
3.Consignments of aquaculture animals and products thereof intended for further processing, purification centres, dispatch centres or similar businesses before human consumption shall be accompanied by an animal health certificate completed in accordance with the [F10relevant model], where they:
(a)are leaving a [F11constituent GB territory], zone or compartment with an eradication programme F12...;
(b)are of species susceptible to one or more of the diseases for which the eradication programme applies, as referred to in point (a).
4.This Article shall not apply to:
(a)fish which have been slaughtered and eviscerated before dispatch;
(b)molluscs or crustaceans which are intended for human consumption and packed and labelled for that purpose in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, and which are:
(i)
non-viable, which means no longer able to survive as living animals if returned to the environment from which they were obtained; or
(ii)
intended for further processing without temporary storage at the place of processing;
(c)aquaculture animals or products thereof placed on the market for human consumption without further processing, provided that they are packed in retail-sale packages which comply with the provisions for such packages in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
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F1Words in Art. 8 heading 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(8)(a)
F2Words in Art. 8(1) 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(8)(b)(i)(aa)
F3Words in Art. 8(1) 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(8)(b)(i)(bb)
F4Words in Art. 8(1) 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(8)(b)(i)(cc)
F5Words in Art. 8(1) 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(8)(b)(i)(dd)
F6Art. 8(1)(a)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of 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(8)(b)(ii)
F7Words in Art. 8(2) 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(8)(c)(i)
F8Words in Art. 8(2)(a) 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(8)(c)(ii)(aa)
F9Words in Art. 8(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of 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(8)(c)(ii)(bb)
F10Words in Art. 8(3) 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(8)(c)(i)
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