In accordance with Directive 2006/88/EC, it is necessary to establish specific diagnostic methods and procedures to be used by the laboratories designated for that purpose by the competent authority of the Member States. The laboratory examinations to be carried out in the event of the suspicion or confirmation of the presence of the listed diseases, should be the same at Union level and should follow the same scientific standards and protocols. For that reason, it is necessary to lay down at Union level specific requirements for eradication and surveillance schemes, and the sampling and diagnostic methods to be used by the Member States to obtain disease-free status for the whole of a Member State or a zone or compartment thereof. The eradication of the listed diseases and the achievement of disease-free status for a Member State, zone or compartment should be based on the same principles and follow the same scientific approach throughout the Union.
It also lays down the requirements for the achievement of disease-free status for Member States or for zones or compartments thereof. 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(3), 50(4), 57(b) and 61(3) thereof,ĭirective 2006/88/EC lays down minimum preventive measures for the surveillance and early detection in aquatic animals of the listed diseases set out in Annex IV to that Directive (‘the listed diseases’) and the control measures to be applied in the event of the suspicion of or an outbreak of the listed diseases. Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Laying down rules for the application of Directive 2006/88/EC as regards requirements for surveillance and diagnostic methods COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/1554