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(1) These Regulations which implement Council Directive 93/54/EEC may be cited as the Fish Health (Amendment) Regulations 1994, and shall come into force on 1st July 1994.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Fish Health Regulations 1992.
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Regulation 2 (Interpretation) shall be amended as follows—
(a) for the definition of “Directive 91/67/EEC” there shall be substituted—“
 “Directive 91/67/EEC” means Council Directive of 28th January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products which has been amended by and must be read in accordance with the provisions set out in Schedule 7, Part I;”;
(b) after the definition of “Directive 91/67/EEC” there shall be inserted the following definition—“
 “Directive 93/53/EEC” means Council Directive of 24th June 1993 introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases;”.
3 
Regulation 3 (placing on the market of aquaculture animals and aquaculture products) shall be amended by adding after paragraph (2)—“
(3) The provisions of this regulation are without prejudice to the provisions of regulations 4, 5, 9 and 10 of the Diseases of Fish (Control) Regulations 1994.”.
4 
Regulation 7 (introduction of live fish, eggs and gametes) shall be amended by adding after paragraph (2)—“
(3) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to tropical fish kept permanently in aquaria.”.
5 
After regulation 9 (introduction of live molluscs, eggs and gametes) of the principal Regulations the following shall be added—“
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(1) No person shall introduce into an approved zone or an approved farm any wild fish, molluscs, crustaceans, their eggs or gametes, which have been caught in the deep sea and which are to be used for breeding purposes unless those fish, molluscs, crustaceans, eggs or gametes are first placed in quarantine in suitable facilities and in appropriate conditions to be determined by the Minister.
(2) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to tropical fish kept permanently in aquaria.”.
6 
In paragraph (1) of regulation 16 for the words “The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations 1992” there shall be substituted—“
 The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations 1993.”.
7 
For Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
8 
For Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
9 
For Schedule 3 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
10 
In Part I of Schedule 7 there shall be inserted the following new heading and provision after the entry relating to “Commission Decision 93/169/EEC”—“

Directive OJ Reference
Council Directive 93/54/EEC of June 1993 amending Directive 91/67/EEC concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products. OJ No. L 175, 19.7.93, p. 34.”
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
Gillian Shephard
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
26th May 1994.Hector Monro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
24th May 1994
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 7

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SCHEDULE 1
Regulations 11, 12 and 13
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Infectious Salmon Anaemia
2 
Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (referred to in these Regulations as “IHN”)
3 
Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (referred to in these Regulations as “VHS”)
4 
Bonamiosis
5 
Marteiliosis”.

SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 8
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SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 7


Item Zone Live fish, eggs and gametes Form of movement document Diseases
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 Great Britain Live farmed and wild fish of the species—Salmonid sp. Form A IHN and VHS
2 Great Britain Eggs and gametes of farmed fish of the species—Salmonid sp. Form A or Form B IHN and VHS
3 Great Britain Eggs and gametes of wild fish of the species—Salmonid sp. Form A IHN and VHS
4 Great Britain Live farmed fish of the species—Thymallus thymallusCoregonus sp.Esox luciusScophthalmus maximus Form AForm E VHSIHN
5 Great Britain Live wild fish of the species—Thymallus thymallusCoregonus sp.Esox luciusScophthalmus maximus Form AForm F VHSIHN
6 Great Britain Eggs and gametes of farmed fish of the species—Thymallus thymallusCoregonus sp.Esox luciusScophthalmus maximus
Form A or Form BForm E VHSIHN
7 Great Britain Eggs and gametes of wild fish of the species—Thymallus thymallusCoregonus sp.Esox luciusScophthalmus maximus
Form AForm F VHSIHN
8 Great Britain Live farmed fish of the species—Esox lucius (fry only) Form A or Form BForm E IHNVHS
9 Great Britain Live wild fish of the species—Esox lucius (fry only) Form AForm F IHNVHS
10 Great Britain Live farmed fish, their eggs and gametes of the following species—Cyprinus carpioCtenopharyngodon idellaHypophthalmichthys nobilisHypophthalmichthys molitrix Form EForm I IHN and VHSSpring viraemia of carp
11 Great Britain Live wild fish, their eggs and gametes of the following species—Cyprinus carpioCtenopharyngodon idellaHypophthalmichthys nobilisHypophthalmichthys molitrix Form FForm I IHN and VHSSpring viraemia of carp
12 Great Britain Live farmed fish, their eggs and gametes other than—
 fish of the following species—
 Salmonid sp.
 Thymallus thymallus
 Coregonus sp.
 Esox lucius (including fry)
 Scophthalmus maximus
 Cyprinus carpio
 Ctenopharyngodon idella
 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix their eggs and gametes
 ornamental tropical fish kept permanently in aquaria. Form E IHN and VHS
13 Great Britain Live wild fish, their eggs and gametes other than—
 fish of the following species—
 Salmonid sp.
 Thymallus thymallus
 Coregonus sp.
 Esox lucius (including fry)
 Scophthalmus maximus
 Cyprinus carpio
 Ctenopharyngodon idella
 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix their eggs and gametes
 ornamental tropical fish kept permanently in aquaria. Form F IHN and VHS

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SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 9

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SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 8


Item Zone Dead fish Conditions
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1 Great Britain Dead fish of the species—Salmonid sp.Thymallus thymallusCoregonus sp.Esox luciusScophthalmus maximus The fish was slaughtered and eviscerated prior to despatch.
2 Great Britain Dead uneviscerated fish of the species—Salmonid sp. The fish is from an approved zone or an approved farm free of IHN and VHS and was slaughtered prior to despatch.
3 Great Britain Dead uneviscerated fish of the species—Esox lucius (fry only) The fish is from an approved zone or an approved farm free of IHN and was slaughtered prior to despatch.
4 Great Britain Dead uneviscerated fish of the species—Thymallus thymallusCoregonus sp.Esox luciusScophthalmus maximus The fish is from an approved zone or an approved farm free of VHS and was slaughtered prior to despatch.

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