17.12.2020   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 427/10

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/2110

of 16 December 2020

amending Part C of Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC as regards the disease-free status of the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland for certain aquatic animal diseases

(notified under document C(2020) 9303)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (1), and in particular Articles 49(1), 50(2)(a), 50(3), 51(2) and 61(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 2009/177/EC (2) implements Directive 2006/88/EC as regards surveillance and eradication programmes and disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments. The second and fourth column of the table in Part C of Annex I to that Decision lists those Member States which have been declared disease-free in accordance with Article 49(1) of Directive 2006/88/EC, and those zones and compartments which have been declared disease-free in accordance with Article 50(3) of that Directive. The disease to which this disease-free status applies is set out in the first column of the same table.

(2)

In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, Directive 2006/88/EC, as well as the Commission acts based on it, applies to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland after the end of the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement. For that reason, references to the United Kingdom in Part C of Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC should be replaced by references to the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.

(3)

Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4)

As the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020, this Decision should apply from 1 January 2021.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC, Part C is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2021.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2020.

For the Commission

Stella KYRIAKIDES

Member of the Commission

(1)   OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14.

(2)  Commission Decision 2009/177/EC of 31 October 2008 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards surveillance and eradication programmes and disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments (OJ L 63, 7.3.2009, p. 15).

ANNEX

‘PART C

Member States  (*1) zones and compartments declared disease-free

Disease

Member State

ISO Code

Geographical demarcation of the disease-free area (Member State, zones or compartments)

Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS)

Denmark

DK

Whole continental territory

Ireland

IE

Whole territory

Cyprus

CY

All continental areas within its territory

Finland

FI

All continental and coastal areas within its territory, except the Province of Åland

Sweden

SE

Whole territory

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

UK(NI)

Northern Ireland

Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN)

Denmark

DK

Whole territory

Ireland

IE

Whole territory

Cyprus

CY

All continental areas within its territory

Finland

FI

Whole territory, except the coastal compartment in Ii, Kuivaniemi, and the following water catchment areas: 14.72 Virmasvesi, 14.73 Nilakka, 4.74 Saarijärvi area and 4.41 Pielinen area

Sweden

SE

Whole territory

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

UK(NI)

Northern Ireland

Koi herpes virus (KHV) disease

Ireland

IE

Whole territory

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

UK(NI)

Northern Ireland

Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA)

Belgium

BE

Whole territory

Bulgaria

BG

Whole territory

Czech Republic

CZ

Whole territory

Denmark

DK

Whole territory

Germany

DE

Whole territory

Estonia

EE

Whole territory

Ireland

IE

Whole territory

Greece

EL

Whole territory

Spain

ES

Whole territory

France

FR

Whole territory

Italy

IT

Whole territory

Cyprus

CY

Whole territory

Latvia

LV

Whole territory

Lithuania

LT

Whole territory

Luxembourg

LU

Whole territory

Hungary

HU

Whole territory

Malta

MT

Whole territory

Netherlands

NL

Whole territory

Austria

AT

Whole territory

Poland

PL

Whole territory

Portugal

PT

Whole territory

Romania

RO

Whole territory

Slovenia

SI

Whole territory

Slovakia

SK

Whole territory

Finland

FI

Whole territory

Sweden

SE

Whole territory

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

UK/NI

Northern Ireland

Infection with Marteilia refringens

Ireland

IE

Whole territory

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

UK/NI

Whole coastline of Northern Ireland except Belfast Lough and Dundrum Bay

Infection with Bonamia ostreae

Ireland

IE

The whole coastline of Ireland, except:

1.

Cork Harbour

2.

Galway Bay

3.

Ballinakill Harbour

4.

Clew Bay

5.

Achill Sound

6.

Loughmore, Blacksod Bay

7.

Lough Foyle

8.

Lough Swilly

9.

Kilkieran Bay

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

UK(NI)

Whole coastline of Northern Ireland except Lough Foyle and Strangford Lough

White spot disease’

 

 

 

(*1)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/ Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to Member States include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.