Types of health surveillance

Passive surveillance shall include mandatory immediate notification of the occurrence or suspicion of specified diseases or of any increased mortalities. In such cases investigation in accordance with Section 2 of Chapter V shall be required. Active surveillance shall include: routine inspection by the competent authority or by other qualified health services on behalf of the competent authorities; examination of the aquaculture animal population on the farm or in the mollusc farming area for clinical disease; diagnostic samples to be collected on suspicion of a listed disease or observed increased mortality during inspection; mandatory immediate notification of occurrence or suspicion of specified diseases or of any increased mortalities. Targeted surveillance shall include: routine inspection by the competent authority or by other qualified health services on behalf of the competent authorities; prescribed samples of aquaculture animals to be taken and tested for specific pathogen(s) by specified methods; mandatory immediate notification of occurrence or suspicion of specified diseases or of any increased mortalities.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.