Consultation on Aquatic Animal Health – KHV Disease status for England and Wales

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Aquatic Animal Health Unit
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR

Telephone: 020 7238 5109
Fax: 020 7238 3087
Email: stefanniq.pietrzyk@defra.gsi.gov.uk

22 May 2009

Dear Consultee,

Consultation on Aquatic Animal Health – KHV Disease status for England and Wales

1. I am writing to invite your views on which health status would be most appropriate for England and Wales in respect of Koi Herpesvirus (KHV), under Annex III of Council Directive 2006/88/EC on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals.

2. The following documents may be found on Defra’s website at:
www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/khv/index.htm :

  • This letter
  • Consultation document (plus annexes)
  • List of consultees
  • Partial Impact assessment (plus annex)

3. The process for controlling KHV under Council Directive 2006/88/EC includes the requirement to declare a health status, and we would welcome your views on which of the five possible options available under the Directive, you think is most appropriate. In addition, I would be grateful for any information that you believe could be usefully included in the Impact Assessment. If you wish to obtain a paper copy of this consultation, please contact Hanna Sierzputowska at fishhealth@defra.gsi.gov.uk.

Responses

4. Please send responses to either:

Hanna Sierzputowska
Defra
Aquatic Animal Health unit
Area 5D Nobel House
London,
SW1P 3JR

Or email: fishhealth@defra.gsi.gov.uk

5. Responses should be received by 17 August 2009.

Consultation Criteria

6. This consultation is in line with the Code of practice on Consultations. This can be found at:  www.berr.gov.uk/bre/

7. When this consultation ends, we intend to put a copy of the responses in the Defra library at Ergon House, London. This is so that the public can see them.  Also, members of the public may ask for a copy of responses under the freedom of information legislation.

8. If you do not want your response - including your name, contact details and any other personal information – to be publicly available, please say so clearly in writing when you send your response to the consultation.  Please note, if your computer automatically includes a confidentiality disclaimer, that won’t count as a confidentiality request.

9. Please explain why you need to keep details confidential.  We will take your reasons into account if someone asks for this information under the freedom of information legislation. But, because of the law, we cannot promise that we will always be able to keep those details confidential. 

10. We will summarise all responses and place this summary on our website at www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/khv/. This summary will include a list of names of organisations that responded but not people’s personal names, addresses or other contact details.

11. To see consultation responses and summaries, please contact the library at:

Defra
Information Resource Centre
Lower Ground Floor
Ergon House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
Telephone: 020 7238 6575
Email: defra.library@defra.gsi.gov.uk

12. Please give the library 24 hours’ notice. There is a charge for photocopying and postage.

13. If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, please address them to Marjorie Addo, Defra’s Consultation Co-ordinator, Area 7C Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, or e-mail consultation.coordinator@defra.gsi.gov.uk

14. Thank you for your help in this matter. If you have any queries please contact us as above.

Yours faithfully,

Stefan (Niq) Pietrzyk
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Page published: 22 May 2009