L 114/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 13.5.2000 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2000/27/EC of 2 May 2000 amending Directive 93/53/EEC introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (9 Given the urgency of the matter it is imperative to grant Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas: (1)  Council Directive 93/53/EEC (*) lays down that, in order to control an outbreak of, inter alia, infectious salmon anaemia (ISA), all fish in an infected farm are to be immediately withdrawn. ) In May 1998, an outbreak of this disease occurred in Scotland, involving a number of sites that are infected or are suspected of being infected. (3)  Experience gained has shown that it is possible to spread the withdrawal over a period of time, without impairing the efforts to eradicate the disease. (4)  Under certain conditions, the application of provisions on vaccination may offer a new tool for controlling and containing ISA after an outbreak; at present no such option is provided for under Community legislation. (5) It is desirable to investigate fully the source of ISA, possible spread of the disease and the interchange between farmed and wild salmon. (6) No Community compensation has been payable to salmon farmers for the compulsory withdrawal of entire salmon farms under Directive 93/53/EEC. (7)  The measures necessary for the implementation of Directive 93/53/EEC are to be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of imple- menting powers conferred on the Commission (°). (8)  Given the current state of scientific and technical evidence, Directive 95/53/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly. () O] C 342, 30.11.1999, p. 42. (¥ Opinion delivered on 2 March 2000 (not yet published in the Offi- cial Journal). () O] C 51, 23.2.2000, p. 30. (*) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 23. Directive as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. () O] L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. an exception to the six-week period mentioned in part I point (3) of the Protocol on the role of national parlia- ments of the European Union annexed to the Treaty of Amsterdam, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 93/53/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. The first indent of point (a) of Article 6 shall be replaced by the following text: ‘ — all fish shall be withdrawn in accordance with a scheme established by the official service and approved by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19(2). 2. Paragraph 1 of Article 14 shall be replaced by the following text: ‘1. Vaccination against list IT diseases in approved zones, in approved farms situated in non-approved zones or in zones or farms which have already begun the approval procedures laid down by Directive 91/67/EEC and against list I diseases shall be forbidden. However, by way of derogation, vaccination may be author- ised in the case of an outbreak of list I diseases provided the procedures for vaccination are specified in the approved contingency plans in accordance with Article 15 and account is taken of the criteria set out in Annex E’ 3. A new Article shall be added: ‘Article 18a The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive concerning the measures referred to in the Articles listed hereinafter are to be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedures referred to in Article 19(2): — Article 5(2), — Article 6, — Article 10(1) and (2), — Article 12, — Article 15, — Article 16 — Article 18, second subparagraph.’