
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, and in particular Articles 49(1), 50(2)(a), 50(3), 51(2) and 61(3) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2009/177/EC 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
ANNEX

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PART C Member Stateszones 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   
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