Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 of 12 December 2008 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards conditions and certification requirements for the placing on the market and the import into the Community of aquaculture animals and products thereof and laying down a list of vector species (Text with EEA relevance)

This Regulation lays down:

1. a list of vector species;

2. animal health conditions for the placing on the market of:

   1. ornamental aquatic animals either originating from or intended for closed ornamental facilities; and

   2. aquaculture animals intended for farming, relaying areas, put and take fisheries, open ornamental facilities and restocking, and for dispatch centres, purification centres and similar businesses before human consumption in Member States and parts thereof with national measures approved by Commission Decision 2010/221/EU⁽¹⁾;

3. animal health certification requirements for the placing on the market of:

   1. aquaculture animals intended for farming, including relaying areas, put and take fisheries and open ornamental facilities, and restocking; and

   2. aquaculture animals and products thereof intended for human consumption;

4. animal health conditions and certification requirements for imports into the Community, and transit therein, including storage during transit, of:

   1. aquaculture animals intended for farming, including relaying areas, put and take fisheries and open ornamental facilities;

   2. aquaculture animals and products thereof intended for human consumption;

   3. ornamental aquatic animals intended for closed ornamental facilities.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1. ‘closed ornamental facilities’ means pet shops, garden centres, garden ponds, commercial aquaria or wholesalers keeping ornamental aquatic animals:

   1. without any direct contact with natural waters in the Community; or

   2. which are equipped with an effluent treatment system reducing the risk of transmitting diseases to the natural waters to an acceptable level;

2. ‘open ornamental facility’ means ornamental facilities other than closed ornamental facilities;

3. ‘restocking’ means the release of aquaculture animals into the wild.

Aquaculture animals of species listed in Column 2 of the table in Annex I to this Regulation shall only be regarded as vectors for the purposes of Article 17 of Directive 2006/88/EC where those animals fulfil the conditions set out in Columns 3 and 4 of that table.