
Article 1 

1. Member States shall prohibit imports of live fish belonging to the family Salmonidae originating in the Faroe Islands.
2. Member States shall prohibit imports of live eggs of fish belonging to the family Salmonidae originating in the Faroe Islands, unless they have been disinfected twice, both at the green egg stage and the eyed egg stage, and subject to the consignments being accompanied by a certificate in accordance with the model laid down in Annex I of this Decision.
3. Member States shall authorise the import of live gametes of fish belonging to the family Salmonidae originating in the Faeroe Islands subject to the consignments being accompanied by a certificate in accordance with the model laid down in Annex I.
Article 2 
Member States shall authorise import of slaughtered Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), sea trout (Salmo trutta) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) originating in the Faroe Islands provided that they are eviscerated, or when they are non-eviscerated, provided that the consignments are accompanied by a certificate in accordance with the model laid down in Annex II of this Decision.
Article 3 
By way of derogation, Member States may allow the importation into their territory of samples of the animals and products covered by the present Decision for scientific purposes.
Article 4 
Decision 2000/574/EC is repealed.
Article 5 
The Member States shall amend the measures they apply in trade in order to bring them into conformity with this Decision. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
Article 6 
This Decision shall apply from 3 February 2003 until 31 July 2008.
Article 7 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX I

ANNEX II
