PART IIGENERAL

Placing on the market of aquaculture animals and aquaculture products3

1

No person shall place on the market—

a

aquaculture animals unless they meet the requirements set out in paragraph (2) below;

b

aquaculture products for breeding purposes unless they originate from aquaculture animals which meet the requirements set out in paragraph (2) below; or

c

aquaculture products for human consumption unless they originate from aquaculture animals which meet the requirements set out in sub-paragraph (2)(a) below.

2

The requirements for aquaculture animals referred to in paragraph (1) above are—

a

where placing on the market involves the loading of aquaculture animals, they shall not show clinical signs of disease on the day of loading;

b

they shall not be intended for destruction or slaughter under a scheme for the eradication of a disease referred to in Annex A of Directive 91/67;

c

they shall not come from a farm which is subject to a prohibition which has been imposed for aquaculture animal health reasons; and

d

they shall not have been in contact with aquaculture animals from a farm which is subject to a prohibition which has been imposed for aquaculture animal health reasons.