draft commission regulation on certain animal health requirements for placing on the market and import of aquaculture animals and products thereof document sanco 10576 2006 rev.7 available in english 37 pages members.wto.org crnattachments 2008 sps eec 08061500e.pdf the draft commission regulation chapter iii and annexes ii and iii lays down the animal health conditions for imports into the community of aquaculture animals fish mollusc and crustaceans including those for ornamental purposes and products thereof. the requirements include . listing the third countries zones or compartments aquaculture animals and products thereof may be imported into the community. these countries are listed in annex ii to the proposal. in the case of imports of ornamental fish which are not susceptible to any of the diseases listed in directive 2006 88 ec ornamental mollusc or ornamental crustaceans destined for closed ornamental facilities all countries being members of the oie shall be authorised to export to the community. . specific conditions for the import of aquaculture animals intended for farming relaying put and take fisheries and open and closed ornamental facilities. . specific conditions for the imports of aquaculture animals and products thereof for human consumption. it should be highlighted that the animal health certificates applicable to fishery products and live bivalve mollusc intended for human consumption are laid down in a different legal text draft commission regulation amending commission regulation no ec 2074 2005 as regards the animal health certification requirements for import of fish molluscs and crustaceans intended for human consumption doc sanco 10091 2007 rev.4 which is subjected to a different notification. . annex ii lays down the list of countries territories or compartments from which import of aquaculture animals intended for farming put and take fisheries and open ornamental facilities and ornamental fish susceptible to one or more of the diseases listed in annex iv to council directive 2006 88 ec destined for closed ornamental facilities is permitted. . annex iii part a lays down the model animal health certificate for the import into the european community of aquaculture animals for farming relaying put and take fisheries and open and closed ornamental facilities. the certificate notified hereby repeals those under commission decision 2003 804 ec oj l 302 of 20 november 2003 page 22 commission decision 2003 858 ec oj l 324 of 11 december 2003 page 37 commission decision 2006 656 ec oj l 271 of 30 september 2006 page 71 notified in g sps n eec 279 add.2 14 november 2006 . the draft commission regulation puts together in a single act the certificates laid down in accordance with the above-mentioned legal acts. those animal health certificates were applicable to . the imports of live mollusc eggs and gametes for further growth fattening or relaying decision 2003 804 ec . the imports of live fish their eggs or gametes intended for farming decision 2003 858 ec and . the imports of fish for ornamental purpose decision 2006 656 ec . in addition to the commodities described above the certificate laid down in the draft commission regulation establishes for the first time harmonised animal requirements for . the imports of live crustaceans intended for further farming and . the imports of ornamental molluscs and ornamental crustaceans. the draft commission regulation aligns the imports requirements with those laid down in the new regulatory eu framework on aquatic animal health council directive 2006 88 ec on animal requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals oj l 328 of 24 november 2006 page 14 . the most relevant innovations of such directive related to the imports are . a new list of diseases to be controlled and . new and more flexible rules for the introduction of aquaculture animals in officially free disease areas with regard to the listed diseases. the proposal complies with the oie standards related to international trade.