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.

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 OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14. , and in particular Articles 49(1), 50(2)(a), 50(3), 51(2) and 61(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Decision 2009/177/EC Commission Decision 2009/177/EC of 31 October 2008 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards surveillance and eradication programmes and disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments (OJ L 63, 7.3.2009, p. 15). 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

ANNEX PART C Member States 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, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/ Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to Member States include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. zones and compartments declared disease-free DiseaseMember StateISO CodeGeographical demarcation of the disease-free area (Member State, zones or compartments)Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS)DenmarkDKWhole continental territoryIrelandIEWhole territoryCyprusCYAll continental areas within its territoryFinlandFIAll continental and coastal areas within its territory, except the Province of ÅlandSwedenSEWhole territoryUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland)UK(NI)Northern IrelandInfectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN)DenmarkDKWhole territoryIrelandIEWhole territoryCyprusCYAll continental areas within its territoryFinlandFIWhole 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 areaSwedenSEWhole territoryUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland)UK(NI)Northern IrelandKoi herpes virus (KHV) diseaseIrelandIEWhole territoryUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland)UK(NI)Northern IrelandInfectious salmon anaemia (ISA)BelgiumBEWhole territoryBulgariaBGWhole territoryCzech RepublicCZWhole territoryDenmarkDKWhole territoryGermanyDEWhole territoryEstoniaEEWhole territoryIrelandIEWhole territoryGreeceELWhole territorySpainESWhole territoryFranceFRWhole territoryItalyITWhole territoryCyprusCYWhole territoryLatviaLVWhole territory LithuaniaLTWhole territoryLuxembourgLUWhole territoryHungaryHUWhole territoryMaltaMTWhole territoryNetherlandsNLWhole territoryAustriaATWhole territoryPolandPLWhole territoryPortugalPTWhole territoryRomaniaROWhole territorySloveniaSIWhole territorySlovakiaSKWhole territoryFinlandFIWhole territorySwedenSEWhole territoryUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland)UK/NINorthern IrelandInfection with Marteilia refringensIrelandIEWhole territoryUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland)UK/NIWhole coastline of Northern Ireland except Belfast Lough and Dundrum BayInfection with Bonamia ostreaeIrelandIE 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 LoughWhite spot disease