Essential prerequisites to enable a Member Country to provide information for the evaluation of its animal health status are:
that the particular Member Country complies with the provisions of Chapter 3.1. on the quality of the Aquatic Animal Health Services;
that, where possible, surveillance data be complemented by other sources of information (e.g. scientific publications, research data, documented field observations and other non-survey data);
that transparency in the planning and execution of surveillance activities and the analysis and availability of data and information, be maintained at all times, in accordance with Chapter 1.1.