COMMISSION DECISION of 3 March 1997 amending Decision 95/124/EC establishing the list of approved fish farms in Germany (Text with EEA relevance) (97/228/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products (1), as last amended by Directive 95/22/EC (2), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Whereas the Member States may obtain, for fish farms situated in zones which are not approved with regard to infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS), the status of approved farm free of those diseases;
Whereas the list of approved farms in Germany was established by Commission Decision 95/124/EC (3), as amended by Decision 96/265/EC (4);
Whereas, by letter dated 17 September 1996, Germany submitted to the Commission justification for granting the status of approved farm situated in a non-approved zone in respect of IHN and VHS to additional fish farms as well as the national rules ensuring compliance with the rules on maintenance of approval;
Whereas the Commission and the Member States examined the information submitted by Germany for the farms in question;
Whereas the examination showed that some of the farms meet all the requirements of Article 6 of Directive 91/67/EEC; whereas some of the farms do not meet those requirements, particularly as regards the sampling programme and infrastructures;
Whereas the farms meeting the requirements of Directive 91/67/EC may, therefore, be granted the status of approved farm situated in a non-approved zone;
Whereas those farms should be added to the list of farms already approved;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Decision 95/124/EC is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 March 1997.