Commission Regulation (EC) No 506/2008

of 6 June 2008

amending Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 of 11 June 2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture [1], and in particular Article 24(1), (5) and (6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 establishes a framework governing aquaculture practices in relation to alien and locally absent species to assess and minimise the possible impact of these and any associated non-target species on aquatic habitats.

(2) Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 sets out the list of species to which certain provisions of that Regulation do not apply. Member States may request the Commission to add species to that Annex.

(3) Before the entry into force of that Regulation, certain Member States requested the addition of certain species to Annex IV. France has proposed, in respect of its outermost regions, the addition of certain species to be included in a separate part of that Annex.

(4) The Commission convened a group of experts on 7 November 2007 and on 30 and 31 January 2008, in order to assess the eligibility of those species to be included in Annex IV to that Regulation. A new list of species was therefore established to that end.

(5) Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 June 2008.

For the Commission

Joe Borg

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 168, 28.6.2007, p. 1.

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ANNEX

"ANNEX IV

List of species foreseen by Article 2(5)

PART A — General

Acipenser baeri [*], Siberian sturgeon

A. gueldenstaeti [*], Russian sturgeon

A. nudiventris [*], Fringebarbel sturgeon

A. ruthenus [*], Sterlet sturgeon

A. stellatus [*], Starry sturgeon

A. sturio [*], Atlantic sturgeon

Aristichthys nobilis, Big head carp

Carassius auratus, Goldfish

Clarias gariepinus, African catfish

Coregonus peled, Northern Whitefish

Crassostrea gigas, Pacific cupped oyster

Ctenopharyngodon idella, Grass carp

Cyprinus carpio, Common carp

Huso huso [*], Beluga sturgeon

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Silver carp

Ictalurus punctatus, Channel catfish

Micropterus salmoides, Large-mouth bass

Oncorhynchus mykiss, Rainbow trout

Ruditapes philippinarum, Japanese or Manila clam

Salvelinus alpinus, Arctic char

Salvelinus fontinalis, Brook trout

Salvelinus namaycush, Great lake trout

Sander lucioperca, Pikeperch

Silurus glanis, European catfish

PART B — French overseas departments

Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Giant river prawn

Oreochromis mossambicus, Mozambique tilapia

O. niloticus, Nile tilapia

Sciaenops ocellatus, Red drum

[*] Hybrids of sturgeon species.

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