Decree No. 819 of 2008 on the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and aquaculture products and prevention, limitation and eradication of disease in aquatic organisms.

The Decree aims at the safeguarding of health of aquaculture animals. It prescribes animal health measures relative to placing on the market, importation and transit of aquaculture animals and products of aquaculture animals. The Decree shall apply to the territory of Norway, its continental shelf and the economic zone. Article 3 partly defines aquaculture animals .
The Decree makes provision, among other things, in relation with: categorization of diseases affecting aquaculture animals; animal health requirements for the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products within the European Economic Area; import and transit of aquaculture animals and products from third countries; disease control measures; and health certificates and documents relative to the origin of aquaculture animals and products