(a) poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks and specified pathogen-free eggs; (b) meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, including ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements (Text with EEA relevance)
Modified by
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008of 18 December 2008concerning the approval of control programmes for salmonella in certain third countries in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and listing of avian influenza surveillance programmes in certain third countries and amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008(Text with EEA relevance), 32008R1291, December 19, 2008
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2009of 18 May 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements(Text with EEA relevance), 32009R0411, May 20, 2009
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 215/2010of 5 March 2010amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements(Text with EEA relevance)Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) No 215/2010 of 5 March 2010 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements(Official Journal of the European Union L 76 of 23 March 2010), 32010R021532010R0215R(01), March 23, 2010
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 241/2010of 8 March 2010amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the inclusion of Belarus in the list of third countries set out in that Regulation in order to permit transit from Belarus through the Union of eggs and egg products for human consumption and modifying certification for day-old chicks of poultry other than ratites(Text with EEA relevance), 32010R0241, March 24, 2010
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 254/2010of 10 March 2010approving a control programme for Salmonella in poultry in certain third countries in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the Salmonella control status of certain third countries(Text with EEA relevance), 32010R0254, March 26, 2010
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 332/2010of 22 April 2010amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Israel in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments(Text with EEA relevance), 32010R0332, April 23, 2010
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 925/2010of 15 October 2010amending Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards transit through the Union of poultry meat and poultry meat products from Russia(Text with EEA relevance)Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2011of 13 April 2011amending Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008 as regards a control programme for Salmonella in certain poultry and eggs in Croatia in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and correcting Commission Regulations (EU) No 925/2010 and (EU) No 955/2010(Text with EEA relevance), 32010R092532011R0364, October 16, 2010
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2011of 13 April 2011amending Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008 as regards a control programme for Salmonella in certain poultry and eggs in Croatia in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and correcting Commission Regulations (EU) No 925/2010 and (EU) No 955/2010(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0364, April 14, 2011
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 955/2010of 22 October 2010amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the use of vaccines against Newcastle disease(Text with EEA relevance)Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2011of 13 April 2011amending Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008 as regards a control programme for Salmonella in certain poultry and eggs in Croatia in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and correcting Commission Regulations (EU) No 925/2010 and (EU) No 955/2010(Text with EEA relevance), 32010R095532011R0364, October 23, 2010
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2011of 13 April 2011amending Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008 as regards a control programme for Salmonella in certain poultry and eggs in Croatia in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and correcting Commission Regulations (EU) No 925/2010 and (EU) No 955/2010(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0364, April 14, 2011
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2011of 13 April 2011amending Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2008 as regards a control programme for Salmonella in certain poultry and eggs in Croatia in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and correcting Commission Regulations (EU) No 925/2010 and (EU) No 955/2010(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0364, April 14, 2011
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 427/2011of 2 May 2011amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Israel in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0427, May 3, 2011
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 536/2011of 1 June 2011amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for South Africa in the lists of third countries or parts thereof(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0536, June 2, 2011
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 991/2011of 5 October 2011amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for South Africa in the lists of third countries or parts thereof with respect to highly pathogenic avian influenza(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0991, October 6, 2011
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1132/2011of 8 November 2011amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards transit of consignments of eggs and egg products from Belarus through Lithuania to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R1132, November 9, 2011
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1380/2011of 21 December 2011amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the specific conditions for breeding and productive ratites(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R1380, December 23, 2011
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 110/2012of 9 February 2012amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for South Africa in the lists of third countries or parts thereof(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R0110, February 10, 2012
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 393/2012of 7 May 2012amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Thailand in the lists of third countries or parts thereof from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R0393, May 9, 2012
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 532/2012of 21 June 2012amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards entries for Israel in the lists of third countries or parts thereof with respect to highly pathogenic avian influenza(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R0532, June 22, 2012
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1162/2012of 7 December 2012amending Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Russia in the lists of third countries from which certain meat, meat products and eggs may be introduced into the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R1162, December 8, 2012
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 88/2013of 31 January 2013amending Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine in the lists of third countries from which certain meat, meat products, eggs and egg products may be introduced into the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0088, February 1, 2013
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 191/2013of 5 March 2013amending Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 119/2009 and (EU) No 206/2010 and Decision 2000/572/EC as regards animal welfare attestation in the models of veterinary certificates(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0191, March 6, 2013
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 437/2013of 8 May 2013amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Mexico in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0437, May 14, 2013
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013of 21 February 2013adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, right of establishment and freedom to provide services, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, fisheries, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, social policy and employment, environment, customs union, external relations, and foreign, security and defence policy, by reason of the accession of Croatia, 32013R0519, June 10, 2013
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 556/2013of 14 June 2013amending Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010 and (EU) No 28/2012 as regards the transit of certain products of animal origin from Bosnia and Herzegovina(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0556, June 18, 2013
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 866/2013of 9 September 2013amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards transit of consignments of poultry meat from Belarus through Lithuania to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0866, September 10, 2013
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1204/2013of 25 November 2013amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the Republic of Moldova in the lists of third countries from which certain meat, meat products, eggs and egg products may be introduced into the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R1204, November 27, 2013
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 166/2014of 17 February 2014amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards certification requirements for imports into the Union of meat of farmed ratites for human consumption and the entries for Israel and South Africa in the list of third countries or territories(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0166, February 22, 2014
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2014of 4 September 2014amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Malaysia in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments with respect to highly pathogenic avian influenza and as regards the model veterinary certificates for the import of poultry, day-old chicks, hatching eggs, meat of poultry and farmed ratites and eggs(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0952, September 13, 2014
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/198of 6 February 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Canada in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0198, February 10, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/243of 13 February 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0243, February 17, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/342of 2 March 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza following outbreaks in the States of Idaho and California(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0342, March 4, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/526of 27 March 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to further outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in that country(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0526, March 28, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/608of 14 April 2015amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine and Israel in the list of third countries, the approval of the control programme of Ukraine for Salmonella in laying hens, the veterinary certification requirements concerning Newcastle disease and processing requirements for egg products(Text with EEA relevance)Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/608 of 14 April 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine and Israel in the list of third countries, the approval of the control programme of Ukraine for Salmonella in laying hens, the veterinary certification requirements concerning Newcastle disease and processing requirements for egg products(Official Journal of the European Union L 101 of 18 April 2015)Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/608 of 14 April 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine and Israel in the list of third countries, the approval of the control programme of Ukraine for Salmonella in laying hens, the veterinary certification requirements concerning Newcastle disease and processing requirements for egg products(Official Journal of the European Union L 101 of 18 April 2015), 32015R060832015R0608R(01)32015R0608R(02), April 18, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/796of 21 May 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza following further outbreaks in that country(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0796, May 22, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/908of 11 June 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Canada in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0908, June 13, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1153of 14 July 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza following further outbreaks in that country(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R1153, July 15, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1220of 24 July 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza following recent outbreaks in the States of Indiana and Nebraska(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R1220, July 25, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1349of 3 August 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for South Africa in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R1349, August 5, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1363of 6 August 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which certain poultry commodities may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in that country(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R1363, August 7, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1884of 20 October 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Canada and the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in these countries(Text with EEA relevance)Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1884 of 20 October 2015 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Canada and the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in these countries(Official Journal of the European Union L 276 of 21 October 2015), 32015R188432015R1884R(01), October 21, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2258of 4 December 2015amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards imports and transit of single consignments of less than 20 units of poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R2258, December 5, 2015
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/15of 7 January 2016approving the control programme of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for Salmonella in laying hens and amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the list of third countries from which table eggs may be introduced into the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R0015, January 8, 2016
Corrected by
- Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) No 215/2010 of 5 March 2010 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements, 32010R0215R(01), May 20, 2010
- Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/608 of 14 April 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine and Israel in the list of third countries, the approval of the control programme of Ukraine for Salmonella in laying hens, the veterinary certification requirements concerning Newcastle disease and processing requirements for egg products, 32015R0608R(01), June 12, 2015
- Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/608 of 14 April 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine and Israel in the list of third countries, the approval of the control programme of Ukraine for Salmonella in laying hens, the veterinary certification requirements concerning Newcastle disease and processing requirements for egg products, 32015R0608R(02), December 11, 2015
- Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1884 of 20 October 2015 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Canada and the United States in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in these countries, 32015R1884R(01), December 11, 2015
(1) "poultry" means fowl, s, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, quails, pigeons, pheasants, partridges and ratites ( ratitae ), reared or kept in captivity for breeding, the production of meat or eggs for consumption, or for restocking supplies of game;(2) "hatching eggs" means eggs for incubation, laid by poultry; (3) "day-old chicks" means all poultry less than 72 hours old, not yet fed and muscovy ducks ( Cairina moschata ) or their crosses, less than 72 hours old whether or not fed;(4) "breeding poultry" means poultry 72 hours old or more, intended for the production of hatching eggs; (5) "productive poultry" means poultry 72 hours old or more, reared for: (a) the production of meat and/or eggs for consumption; or (b) the restocking of supplies of game;
(6) "specified pathogen-free eggs" means hatching eggs which are derived from "chicken flocks free from specified pathogens", as described in the European Pharmacopoeia , and which are intended solely for diagnostic, research or pharmaceutical use;http://www.edqm.eu (latest edition). (7) "meat" means edible parts of the following animals: (a) poultry, which, when relating to meat, means farmed birds, including birds that are farmed as domestic animals without being considered as such, with the exception of ratites; (b) wild game-birds that are hunted for human consumption; (c) ratites;
(8) "mechanically separated meat" means the product obtained by removing meat from flesh-bearing bones after boning or from poultry carcases, using mechanical means resulting in the loss or modification of the muscle fibre structure; (9) "minced meat" means de-boned meat that has been minced into fragments and contains less than 1 % salt; (10) "zone" means a clearly defined part of a third country containing an animal subpopulation with a distinct health status with respect to a specific disease for which the required surveillance, control and biosecurity measures have been applied for the purpose of imports under this Regulation; (11) "compartment" means one or more poultry establishments in a third country under a common biosecurity management system containing a poultry subpopulation with a distinct health status with respect to a specific disease or diseases for which the required surveillance, control and biosecurity measures have been applied for the purpose of imports under this Regulation; (12) "establishment" means a facility or part of a facility which occupies a single site and is devoted to one or more of the following activities: (a) pedigree breeding establishment: an establishment which produces hatching eggs for the production of breeding poultry; (b) breeding establishment: an establishment which produces hatching eggs for the production of productive poultry; (c) rearing establishment either: (i) a breeding poultry-rearing establishment which rears breeding poultry prior to the reproductive stage; or (ii) a productive poultry-rearing establishment which rears egg-laying productive poultry prior to the laying stage;
(d) keeping of other productive poultry;
(13) "hatchery" means an establishment which incubates and hatches eggs and supplies day-old chicks; (14) "flock" means all poultry of the same health status kept on the same facilities or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit; as regards housed poultry, this definition includes all birds sharing the same airspace; (15) "avian influenza" means an infection of poultry caused by any influenza A virus: (a) of the subtypes H5 or H7; (b) with an intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI) in six-week old chickens greater than 1,2; or (c) causing at least 75 % mortality in four- to 8-week-old chickens infected intravenously;
(16) "highly pathogenic avian influenza" (HPAI) means an infection of poultry caused by: (a) avian influenza viruses of the subtypes H5 or H7 with genome sequences codifying for multiple basic amino acids at the cleavage site of the haemagglutinin molecule similar to that observed for other HPAI viruses, indicating that the haemagglutinin molecule can be cleaved by a host ubiquitous protease; (b) avian influenza as defined in point 15(b) and (c);
(17) "low pathogenic avian influenza" (LPAI) means an infection of poultry caused by avian influenza viruses of subtypes H5 or H7 other than HPAI; (18) "Newcastle disease" means an infection of poultry: (a) caused by any avian strain of the paramyxovirus 1 with an intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) in day-old chicks greater than 0,7; or (b) multiple basic amino acids have been demonstrated in the virus (either directly or by deduction) at the C-terminus of the F2 protein and phenylalanine at residue 117, which is the N-terminus of the F1 protein; the term "multiple basic amino acids" refers to at least three arginine or lysine residues between residues 113 and 116; failure to demonstrate the characteristic pattern of amino acid residues as described in this point requires characterisation of the isolated virus by an ICPI test; in this definition, amino acid residues are numbered from the N-terminus of the amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the F0 gene, 113-116 corresponds to residues -4 to -1 from the cleavage site;
(19) "official veterinarian" means the veterinarian designated by the competent authority; (20) "differentiating infected from vaccinated animal (DIVA) strategy" means a vaccination strategy which enables a differentiation to be made between vaccinated/infected and vaccinated/non-infected animals through the application of a diagnostic test designed to detect antibodies against the field virus and the use of non-vaccinated sentinel birds.
(a) a veterinary certificate as referred to in paragraph 1 which shall bear the words "for transit through the EC", and (b) a certificate required by the third country of destination.
(a) the conditions laid down in Articles 6 and 7 and in Chapter III; (b) the additional guarantees, as specified in column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I; (c) the specific conditions set out in column 6, and where appropriate, the closing dates set out in column 6A and the opening dates set out in column 6B, of the table in Part 1 of Annex I; (d) the conditions in relation to the approval of a salmonella control programme and related restrictions which shall only apply when indicated in the appropriate column of the table in Part 1 of Annex I; (e) the animal health additional guarantees, where required by the Member State of destination and referred to in the certificate.
(a) point (b); (b) point (d) when destined for primary production of poultry for private domestic use or leading to the direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of primary products as referred to in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003.
(a) informs the Commission of the disease situation within 24 hours of confirmation of any initial outbreaks of LPAI, HPAI or Newcastle disease; (b) submits virus isolates from initial outbreaks of HPAI and Newcastle disease, without undue delay to the Community reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease ; such virus isolates shall not be required for imports of eggs, egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs from third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which the import of such commodities into the Community is authorised;Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Weybridge, Surrey KT 153NB, United Kingdom .(c) submits to the Commission regular updates on the disease situation.
(a) avian influenza has not been present in the third country, territory, zone or compartment for a period of at least 12 months preceding the certification by the official veterinarian; (b) an avian influenza surveillance programme, in accordance with Article 10 has been carried out during a period of at least six months preceding the certification referred to in point (a) of this paragraph where required in the certificate.
(a) in the case of HPAI, a stamping out policy has been implemented to control the disease; (b) in the case of LPAI, either a stamping out policy has been implemented or the poultry have been slaughtered to control the disease; (c) adequate cleansing and disinfection has been carried out on all previously infected establishments; (d) avian influenza surveillance has been carried out in accordance with Part II of Annex IV during a three-month period following completion of the cleansing and disinfection referred to in point (c) of this paragraph with negative results.
(a) a stamping out policy has been implemented to control the disease, including adequate cleansing and disinfection carried out on all previously infected establishments; (b) avian influenza surveillance has been carried out in accordance with Part II of Annex IV during a three-month period following completion of the stamping out policy and cleansing and disinfection referred to in point (a).
(a) the third country, territory, zone or compartment has had in place for a period of at least six months an avian influenza surveillance programme, which is indicated in column 7 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I, and that programme meets the requirements: (i) set out in Part I of Annex IV; or (ii) of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the OIE ;http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_sommaire.htm
(b) the third country informs the Commission of any changes to its avian influenza surveillance programme.
(a) the third country carries out vaccination against avian influenza in accordance with a vaccination plan indicated in column 8 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I, and that plan meets the requirements set out in Annex V; (b) the third country informs the Commission of any changes to its avian influenza vaccination plan.
(a) no outbreaks of Newcastle disease have occurred in poultry in the third country, territory, zone or compartment for a period of at least 12 months preceding the certification by the official veterinarian; (b) no vaccination against Newcastle disease using vaccines that do not comply with the criteria for recognised Newcastle disease vaccines set out in Annex VI has been carried out for at least the period referred to in point (a) of this paragraph.
(a) a stamping out policy has been implemented to control the disease; (b) adequate cleansing and disinfection has been carried out on all previously infected establishments; (c) during a period of at least three months following the completion of the stamping out policy and cleansing and disinfection referred to in points (a) and (b): (i) the competent authority of a the third country can demonstrate the absence of that disease in the third country, territory, zone or compartment by intensified investigations including laboratory testing in relation to the outbreak; (ii) no vaccination against Newcastle disease using vaccines that do not comply with the criteria for recognised Newcastle disease vaccines set out in Annex VI has been carried out.
(a) the third country, territory, zone or compartment allows the use of vaccines which comply with the general criteria set out in Part I of Annex VI, but not with the specific criteria set out in Part II of that Annex; (b) the additional health requirements set out in Part I of Annex VII are complied with.
(a) breeding and productive poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof, the requirements set out in Annex VIII; (b) ratites for breeding and production, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof, the requirements set out in Annex IX.
(a) they shall be marked with a stamp bearing the ISO code of the third country of origin and the approval number of the establishment of origin; (b) each package of specified pathogen-free eggs must only contain eggs from the same third country of origin, establishment and consignor, and must bear at least the following particulars: (i) the information shown on the eggs as provided for in point (a); (ii) a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment contains specified pathogen-free eggs; (iii) the consignor’s name or business name and address.
(c) specified pathogen-free eggs imported into the Community must be transported directly to their final destination after import controls have been completed satisfactorily.
(a) loaded onto a means of transport carrying other poultry and day-old chicks of a lower health status; (b) in the course of transport to the Community, shall not be moved through nor unloaded in a third country, territory, zone or compartment from which imports of such poultry and day-old chicks into the Community are not authorised.
(a) the consignment is sealed with a serially numbered seal by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry in Latvia, Lithuania or Poland; (b) the documents accompanying the consignment, as provided for in Article 7 of Directive 97/78/EC, are stamped with the words "ONLY FOR TRANSIT TO RUSSIA VIA THE EU" on each page by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry in Latvia, Lithuania or Poland; (c) the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of Directive 97/78/EC are complied with; (d) the consignment is certified as acceptable for transit on the common veterinary entry document issued by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry in Latvia, Lithuania or Poland.
(a) the consignment is sealed with a serially numbered seal by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry in Lithuania; (b) the documents accompanying the consignment, as provided for in Article 7 of Directive 97/78/EC, are stamped with the words "ONLY FOR TRANSIT TO RUSSIA VIA LITHUANIA" on each page by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry in Lithuania; (c) the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of Directive 97/78/EC are complied with; (d) the consignment is certified as acceptable for transit on the common veterinary entry document issued by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry in Lithuania.
(a) the consignment is sealed with a serially numbered seal by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry; (b) the documents accompanying the consignment, as provided for in Article 7 of Directive 97/78/EC, are stamped with the words "ONLY FOR TRANSIT TO THIRD COUNTRIES VIA THE EU" on each page by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry; (c) the procedural requirements provided for in Article 11 of Directive 97/78/EC are complied with; (d) the consignment is certified as acceptable for transit on the Common Veterinary Entry Document referred to in Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 by the official veterinarian at the border inspection post of entry.OJ L 21, 28.1.2004, p. 11 .
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Model(s) | Additional guarantees | Closing date | Opening date | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6A | 6B | 7 | 8 | 9 |
AL — Albania | AL-0 | Whole country | EP, E | S4 | ||||||
AR — Argentina | AR-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
POU, RAT, EP, E | A | S4 | ||||||||
WGM | VIII | |||||||||
AU — Australia | AU-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E | S4 | |||||||||
BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP, LT20 | S0, ST0 | |||||||||
BPR | I | |||||||||
DOR | II | |||||||||
HER | III | |||||||||
POU | VI | |||||||||
RAT | VII | |||||||||
BR — Brazil | BR-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
BR-1 | RAT, BPR, DOR, HER, SRA | N | A | |||||||
BR-2 | BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP, LT20 | N | S5, ST0 | |||||||
BR-3 | WGM | VIII | ||||||||
EP, E, POU | N | S4 | ||||||||
BW — Botswana | BW-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E | S4 | |||||||||
BPR | I | |||||||||
DOR | II | |||||||||
HER | III | |||||||||
RAT | VII | |||||||||
BY — Belarus | BY — 0 | Whole country | EP and E (both "for transit only through Lithuania") | IX | ||||||
CA — Canada | CA-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E | S4 | |||||||||
CA-1 | The whole country of Canada excluding area CA-2 | WGM | VIII | |||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | N | A | S1, ST1 | |||||||
POU, RAT | N | |||||||||
CA-2 | Territory of Canada corresponding to: | |||||||||
CA-2.1 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | N, P2 | |||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S1, ST1 | ||||||||
CA-2.2 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | N, P2 | |||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S1, ST1 | ||||||||
CA-2.3 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S1, ST1 | ||||||||
CH — Switzerland | CH-0 | Whole country | A | |||||||
CL — Chile | CL-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E | S4 | |||||||||
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | N | A | S0, ST0 | |||||||
WGM | VIII | |||||||||
POU, RAT | N | |||||||||
CN — China | CN-0 | Whole country | EP | |||||||
CN-1 | Province of Shandong | POU, E | VI | P2 | — | S4 | ||||
GL — Greenland | GL-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, WGM | ||||||||||
HK — Hong Kong | HK-0 | The whole territory of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | EP | |||||||
IL — Israel | IL-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, LT20 | X | N | A | S5, ST1 | ||||||
SRP | P3 | |||||||||
POU, RAT | X | N | ||||||||
WGM | VIII | P3 | ||||||||
E | X | S4 | ||||||||
EP | ||||||||||
IN — India | IN-0 | Whole country | EP | |||||||
IS — Iceland | IS-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E | S4 | |||||||||
KR — Republic of Korea | KR-0 | Whole country | EP, E | S4 | ||||||
MD — Moldova | MD-0 | Whole country | EP | |||||||
ME — Montenegro | ME-0 | Whole country | EP | |||||||
MG — Madagascar | MG-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E, WGM | S4 | |||||||||
MY — Malaysia | MY-0 | — | — | |||||||
MY-1 | Western Peninsular | EP | ||||||||
E | S4 | |||||||||
MK — the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | MK-0 | Whole country | E, EP | |||||||
MX — Mexico | MX-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP | P2 | |||||||||
NA — Namibia | NA-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
BPR | I | |||||||||
DOR | II | |||||||||
HER | III | |||||||||
RAT, EP, E | VII | S4 | ||||||||
NC — New Caledonia | NC-0 | Whole country | EP | |||||||
NZ — New Zealand | NZ-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20, | S0, ST0 | |||||||||
WGM | VIII | |||||||||
EP, E, POU, RAT | S4 | |||||||||
PM — Saint Pierre and Miquelon | PM-0 | Whole territory | SPF | |||||||
RS — Serbia | RS-0 | Whole country | EP | |||||||
RU — Russia | RU-0 | Whole country | EP, E, POU | S4 | ||||||
SG — Singapore | SG-0 | Whole country | EP | |||||||
TH — Thailand | TH-0 | Whole country | SPF, EP | |||||||
WGM | VIII | |||||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
E | S4 | |||||||||
TN — Tunisia | TN-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
BPP, LT20, BPR, DOR, HER | S0, ST0 | |||||||||
WGM | VIII | |||||||||
EP, E, POU, RAT | S4 | |||||||||
TR — Turkey | TR-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E | S4 | |||||||||
UA — Ukraine | UA-0 | Whole country | EP, E, POU, RAT, WGM | |||||||
US — United States | US-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E | S4 | |||||||||
US-1 | Area of the United States, excluding the territory US-2 | WGM | VIII | |||||||
POU, RAT | N | |||||||||
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2 | Area of the United States corresponding to: | |||||||||
US-2.1 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.2 | WGM | VIII | P2 | |||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.3 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.4 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.5 | WGM | VIII | P2 | |||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.6 | WGM | VIII | P2 | |||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.7 | WGM | VIII | P2 | |||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
| WGM | VIII | P2 | |||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.8 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.9 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.10 | State of Minnesota | WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.11.1 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.11.2 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.11.3 | WGM | VIII | P2 | |||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.13 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.14 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.15 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.16 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.17 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | S3, ST1 | |||||||||
US-2.18 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.19.1 | WGM | VIII | P2 | |||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.19.2 | WGM | VIII | P2 | |||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.19.3 | WGM | VIII | P2 | |||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.19.4 | WGM | VIII | P2 | |||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.20.1 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.20.2 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.21 | WGM | VIII | P2 | |||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
US-2.22 |
| WGM | VIII | P2 | ||||||
POU, RAT | ||||||||||
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 | A | S3, ST1 | ||||||||
UY — Uruguay | UY-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E, RAT | S4 | |||||||||
ZA — South Africa | ZA-0 | Whole country | SPF | |||||||
EP, E | S4 | |||||||||
BPR | I | P2 | A | |||||||
DOR | II | |||||||||
HER | III | |||||||||
RAT | VII | H | ||||||||
ZW — Zimbabwe | ZW-0 | Whole country | RAT | VII | ||||||
EP, E | S4 |
1. Avian influenza Diagnostic manual for avian influenza as laid down in Commission Decision 2006/437/EC ; orOJ L 237, 31.8.2006, p. 1 .Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE) .http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mmanual/A_summry.htm
2. Newcastle disease Annex III to Council Directive 92/66/EEC ; orOJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1 . Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352 ).Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE); Where Article 12 of Directive 2009/158/EC applies, the sampling and testing methods must comply with the methods described in Annexes to Commission Decision 92/340/EEC .OJ L 188, 8.7.1992, p. 34 .
3. Salmonella pullorum and Salmonella gallinarum Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 2009/158/EC; or Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE).
4. Salmonella arizonae Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 2009/158/EC; or Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE).
5. Mycoplasma gallisepticum Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 2009/158/EC; or Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE).
6. Mycoplasma meleagridis Chapter III of Annex II to Directive 2009/158/EC. 7. Salmonella of public health significance Sampling shall be carried out in accordance with the sampling protocol laid down in point 2.2 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 200/2010. The detection method recommended by the EU reference laboratory (EURL) for salmonella in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, or an equivalent method shall be used. That method is described in the current version of Annex D of ISO 6579 (2002): "Detection of Salmonella spp. in animal faeces and in samples of the primary production stage". For that detection method, a semi-solid medium (modified semi-solid Rappaport-Vassiladis medium, MSRV) is used as the single selective enrichment medium.Serotyping shall be carried out following the Kauffmann-White scheme or an equivalent method. 8. Additional guarantees (X) in relation to certain third countries not free from Newcastle disease 8.1. In establishments referred to in point 8.2, the official veterinarian must: (a) check the production and health records of the establishment; (b) carry out a clinical inspection in each production unit, including an evaluation of its clinical history and clinical examinations of poultry — in particular of those that appear sick — in each production unit from which dispatch referred to in point 8.2 is intended; (c) sample at least 60 tracheal or oropharyngeal and 60 cloacal swabs for laboratory investigations to be performed for checking the presence of Newcastle disease virus from poultry and ratites from each production unit from which dispatch referred to in point 8.2 is intended; if the number of birds present in that epidemiological unit is smaller than 60, swabs must be taken from all birds. In case of products referred to in point 8.2(c) this sampling may also take place at the slaughterhouse.
8.2. Point 8.1 applies in establishments from which it is intended to dispatch to the Union: (a) breeding or productive poultry and breeding or productive ratites (BPP, BPR); (b) day-old chicks of poultry, day-old chicks of ratites, hatching eggs of poultry or ratites and eggs for consumption (DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, E); (c) meat obtained from poultry and ratites kept on such holdings (POU, RAT).
8.3. The procedures provided for in point 8.1 must be carried out: (a) for the commodities referred to in points (a) and (c) of point 8.2, within not more than 72 hours prior to dispatch to the Union or prior to the slaughter of the poultry and ratites; (b) for the commodities referred to in point (b) of point 8.2, at intervals of 15 days or in case of infrequent dispatch to the Union, not more than seven days before collection of the hatching eggs.
8.4. The procedures referred to in point 8.1 must have a favorable outcome and the laboratory investigations referred to above must be performed in an official laboratory, give negative results and be available before dispatch to the Union of any of the commodities listed in points 8.2.
Between the seventh and the fifteenth day following the date of commencement of the isolation period, cloacal swabs must be taken from all birds where the consignment contains less than 60 birds, and from at least 60 birds where consignments contain more than 60 birds; Testing of samples must be carried out in official laboratories designated by the competent authority, using diagnostic procedures for: (i) avian influenza as laid down in the diagnostic manual in Commission Decision 2006/437/EC; (ii) Newcastle disease as laid down in Annex III to Council Directive 92/66/EEC.
Samples may be pooled, subject to a maximum of five samples from individual birds in each pool. Virus isolates must be sent without delay to the national reference laboratory.
1. Description of objectives 2. Third country, territory, zone or compartment (keep as appropriate): 3. Type of surveillance: Serological surveillance Virological surveillance Targeted avian influenza subtypes
4. Sampling criteria: Targeted species (for example, s, chicken, partridges) Targeted categories (for example, breeders, layers) Targeted husbandry systems (for example, commercial establishments, backyard flocks)
5. Statistical basis for number of establishments sampled: Number of establishments in area Number of establishments per category Number of establishments to be sampled per poultry category
6. Frequency of sampling 7. Number of samples taken per establishment/shed 8. Time period for sampling 9. Type of samples taken (tissue, faeces, cloacal/oropharyngeal/tracheal swabs) 10. Laboratory tests used (for example, AGID, PCR, HI, Virus isolation.) 11. Indication of laboratories carrying out testing at central, regional or local level (keep as appropriate) Indication of reference laboratory carrying out confirmatory testing (avian influenza national reference laboratory, OIE or Community reference laboratory for avian influenza) 12. Reporting system/protocol used for avian influenza surveillance results (include results where available) 13. Follow-up investigations of positive results for subtypes H5 and H7.
1. Type of surveillance: Serological surveillance Virological surveillance Targeted avian influenza subtypes
2. Sampling criteria 3. Targeting of wild bird species (indicate species names in Latin) 4. Targeting of selected areas 5. Information referred to in point 6 and points 8 to 12 of Part I.A.
1. Country, territory, zone or compartment (keep as appropriate) 2. Disease history (previous outbreaks in poultry or cases in wild birds of HPAI/LPAI) 3. Description of the reasons for the decision on the introduction of vaccination 4. Risk assessment based on: Avian influenza outbreak within that third country, territory, zone or compartment (keep as appropriate) Avian influenza outbreak in a nearby country Other risk factors such as certain areas, type of poultry husbandry or categories of poultry or other captive birds
5. Geographical area where vaccination is carried out 6. Number of establishments in vaccination area 7. Number of establishments where vaccination is carried out, if different from number in point 6 8. Species and categories of poultry or other captive birds in vaccination territory, zone or compartment 9. Approximate number of poultry or other captive birds in the establishments referred to in point 7 10. Summary of the vaccine characteristics 11. Authorisation, handling, manufacture, storage, supply, distribution and sale of avian influenza vaccines on national territory 12. Implementation of a DIVA strategy 13. Envisaged duration of vaccination campaign 14. Provisions and restrictions on the movements of vaccinated poultry and poultry products derived from vaccinated poultry or vaccinated other captive birds 15. Clinical and laboratory tests carried out in the establishments vaccinated and/or located in the vaccination area (e.g. efficacy and pre-movement testing etc.) 16. Means of record keeping (e.g. for the detailed information referred to point 15) and registration of holdings where vaccination is carried out.
1. Number of vaccinated establishments in area per category 2. Number of vaccinated establishments to be sampled per poultry category 3. Use of sentinel birds (indicate species and number of sentinel birds used per shed) 4. Number of samples taken per establishment and/or shed 5. Data on vaccine efficacy.
(a) less than 0,4, if not less than 10 7 EID50 are administered to each bird in the ICPI test; or(b) less than 0,5, if not less than 10 8 EID50 are administered to each bird in the ICPI test.
1. Where the third country, territory, zone or compartment does not prohibit the use of Newcastle disease vaccines that do not meet the specific criteria set out in Annex VI the following additional health requirements shall apply to: (a) poultry, including day-old chicks must not have been vaccinated with such vaccines for at least 12 months preceding the date of import to the Community; (b) the flock or flocks must have undergone a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease not earlier than two weeks before the date of import into the Community or, in the case of hatching eggs, not earlier than two weeks before the date of collection of the eggs: (i) carried out in an official laboratory; (ii) on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock; (iii) in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index of more than 0,4 have been found.
(c) poultry must have been kept in isolation under official surveillance on the establishment of origin during the two-week period referred to in (b); (d) poultry must not have been in contact with poultry not meeting the requirements set out in (a) and (b) during a period of 60 days before the date of import into the Community or, in the case of hatching eggs, during a period of 60 days before the date of collection of the eggs.
2. Where day-old chicks are imported from a third country, territory, zone or compartment as referred to in point 1, the day-old chicks and the hatching eggs from which the day-old chicks are derived must not have been in contact in the hatchery or during transport with poultry or hatching eggs not meeting the requirements set out in point 1(a) to (d).
(a) has not been vaccinated with live attenuated vaccines prepared from a Newcastle disease virus master seed showing a higher pathogenicity than lentogenic strains of the virus within the period of 30 days preceding slaughter; (b) underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory at the time of slaughter on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock concerned and in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 were found; (c) has not been in contact in 30 days preceding the date of slaughter with poultry that does not fulfil the conditions set out in (a) and (b).
1. Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites for import into the Community shall only come from establishments which have been approved by the competent authority of the third country concerned in accordance with conditions that are at least as strict as those laid down in Annex II to Directive 2009/158/EC and where such approval has not been suspended or withdrawn. 2. Where breeding and productive poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites and/or their flocks of origin are to undergo testing to meet the requirements of the relevant veterinary certificates laid down in this Regulation, sampling for testing and the testing itself must be carried out in accordance with Annex III. 3. Hatching eggs for import into the Community shall bear the name of the third country of origin and the word "hatching" that is more than 3mm high in one of the official languages of the Community. 4. Each package of hatching eggs as referred to in point 3 shall contain only eggs of a single species, category and type of poultry from the same third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin and consignor, and shall bear at least the following particulars: (a) the information shown on the eggs as provided for in point 3; (b) the species of poultry from which the eggs come; (c) the consignor's name or business name and address.
5. Each box of imported day-old chicks shall contain only a single species, category and type of poultry from the same third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, hatchery and consignor and shall bear at least the following particulars: (a) the name of the third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin; (b) the species of poultry to which the day-old chicks belong; (c) the distinguishing number of the hatchery; (d) the consignor's name or business name and address.
1. Imported breeding and productive poultry other than ratites and day-old chicks other than of ratites shall be kept on the establishment(s) of destination from their date of arrival: (a) for a period of at least six weeks; or (b) where the birds are slaughtered before the expiry of the period referred to in (a), until the day of slaughter.
However, the period provided for in (a) may be reduced to three weeks, provided that sampling and testing in accordance with Annex III have been carried out with favourable results. 2. Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites which have been hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept for at least three weeks from the date of hatching in the hatchery or for at least three weeks on the establishment(s) to which the poultry has been sent after hatching. Where day-old chicks are not reared in the Member State which imported the hatching eggs, they shall be transported directly to the final destination (as specified in points 1.10 and 1.11 of the health certificate, Model 2 in Annex IV to Directive 2009/158/EC) and kept there for at least three weeks from the date of hatching. 3. During the relevant periods, as referred to in points 1 and 2, imported breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks and breeding and productive poultry other than ratites which have hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept in isolation in poultry houses where no other flocks are present. However, they may be introduced into poultry houses where breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks are already present. In that case, the relevant periods referred to in points 1 and 2 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last imported bird and no poultry present shall be moved from the poultry houses before the end of those periods. 4. Imported hatching eggs shall be hatched in separate incubators and hatchers. However, imported hatching eggs may be introduced into incubators and hatchers where other hatching eggs are already present. In that case, the periods referred to in points 1 and 2 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last imported hatching egg. 5. No later than the date of expiry of the relevant periods as provided for in point 1 or 2, imported breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks shall undergo a clinical examination carried out by the official veterinarian and, where necessary, samples shall be taken to monitor their state of health.
1. Imported ratites for breeding and production (ratites) shall be identified by neck-tags and/or microchips bearing the ISO code of the third country of origin. Such microchips must comply with ISO standards. 2. Imported hatching eggs of ratites shall be marked with a stamp indicating the ISO code of the third country of origin and the approval number of the establishment of origin. 3. Each package of hatching eggs as referred to in point 2 shall contain only eggs of ratites from the same third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin and consignor, and shall bear at least the following particulars: (a) the information shown on the eggs as provided for in point 2; (b) a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment contains hatching eggs of ratites; (c) the consignor’s name or business name and address.
4. Each box of imported day-old chicks of ratites for breeding and production shall contain only ratites from the same third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, establishment and consignor, and shall bear at least the following particulars: (a) the ISO code of the third country of origin and the approval number of the establishment of origin; (b) a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment contains day-old chicks of ratites; (c) the consignor’s name or business name and address.
1. After the import controls have been carried out in accordance with Directive 91/496/EEC, consignments of ratites and hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof shall be transported directly to the final destination. 2. Imported ratites and day-old chicks thereof shall be kept on the establishment(s) of destination from their date of arrival: (a) for a period at least six weeks; or (b) where the birds are slaughtered before the expiry of the period referred to in (a), until the day of slaughter.
3. Ratites which have hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept for a period of at least three weeks from the date of hatching in the hatchery or for at least three weeks on the establishment(s) to which they have been sent after hatching. Where day-old chicks of ratites are not reared in the Member State which imported the hatching eggs, they shall be transported directly to the final destination (as specified in points I.10 and I.11 of the health certificate, Model 2, in Annex IV to Council Directive 2009/158/EC ) and kept there for at least three weeks from the date of hatching.OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 74 .4. During the relevant periods as referred to in points 2 and 3, imported ratites and ratites which have hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept in isolation in poultry houses where no other ratites or poultry are present. However, they may be introduced into poultry houses where other ratites or poultry are already present. In that case, the periods referred to in points 2 and 3 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last imported ratite and no ratites or poultry present shall be moved from the poultry housing before the end of those periods. 5. Imported hatching eggs shall be hatched in separate incubators and hatchers. However, imported hatching eggs may be introduced into incubators and hatchers where other hatching eggs are already present. In that case, the periods referred to in points 2 and 3 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last imported hatching egg and the measures as provided for in those points shall apply. 6. No later than the date of expiry of the relevant periods as referred to in point 2 or 3, imported ratites and day-old chicks thereof shall undergo a clinical examination carried out by an official veterinarian and, where necessary, samples shall be taken to monitor their state of health.
(a) before the date the isolation period begins, the competent authority shall check the isolation facilities as referred to in point 4 of Part II of this Annex to verify whether they are satisfactory; (b) during the relevant periods as referred to in points 2 and 3 of Part II of this Annex a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease shall be carried out on a cloacal swab or faeces sample from each ratite; (c) where ratites are to be sent to a Member State, the status of which has been established in accordance with Article 12(2) of Directive 2009/158/EC, a serological test shall be carried out on each ratite, in addition to the virus isolation test provided for in point (b) of this Part; (d) negative results of the tests provided for in points (b) and (c) shall be available before any bird is released from isolation.
This Regulation | Decision 2006/696/EC | Decision 94/438/EC | Decision 93/342/EEC |
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Article 1(1) first subparagraph | Article 1 first subparagraph | ||
Article 1(1) second subparagraph | Article 5 | ||
Article 1(2) | Article 1 second subparagraph | ||
Article 1(3) | Annex I and II (part1) | ||
Article 2 (1-5) | Article 2 (a-e) | ||
Article 2 (6) | Article 2 (m) | ||
Article 2 (7) | Article 2 (j) | ||
Article 2 (8) | Article 2 (k) | ||
Article 2 (9) | Article 2 (l) | ||
Article 2 (10) | |||
Article 2 (11) | |||
Article 2 (12) (a-c) | Article 2 (g) | ||
Article 2 (12) (d) | |||
Article 2 (13) | Article 2 (h) | ||
Article 2 (14) | Article 2 (f) | ||
Article 2 (15) | |||
Article 2 (16) | |||
Article 2 (17) | |||
Article 2 (18) | |||
Article 2 (19) | |||
Article 2 (20) | |||
Article 3 | Article 5 | ||
Article 4 first subparagraph | Article 5 and 3 | ||
Article 4 second subparagraph | Annex I part 3 | ||
Article 4 third subparagraph | Article 3 second subparagraph | ||
Article 5 | Article 4 | ||
Article 6 | |||
Article 7 (a) | Article 2 (h) | ||
Article 7 (b) | Article 2 (g) | ||
Article 7 (c) | Article 2 (i) | ||
Article 8 | |||
Article 9 | |||
Article 10 | |||
Article 11 | |||
Article 12 | Article 4 (1) (2) | Article 4 (1) (2) | |
Article 13 | Article 4 (3) | Article 4 (4) | |
Article 14 (1) (a) | Article 9 | ||
Article 14 (1) (b) | Article 11 | ||
Article 14 (2) | |||
Article 15 | Article 18 | ||
Article 16 | Article 8 | ||
Article 17 | Article 16 (2) | ||
Article 18 (1) | |||
Article 18 (2) | Article 19 (b) | ||
Article 18 (3) | Article 19 | ||
Article 19 | Article 20 | ||
Article 20 | |||
Article 21 | |||
Article 22 | |||
Annex I | Annex I and II | ||
Annex II | Annex I part 3 | ||
Annex III (I) (1-6) | Annex I part 4 (A) | ||
Annex III (I) (7) | |||
Annex III (II), (III) | Annex I part 4 (B) | ||
Annex IV | |||
Annex V | |||
Annex VI | Annex B | ||
Annex VII (I) | Article 7 | ||
Annex VII (II) | Annex | ||
Annex VIII (I) | Article 9 | ||
Annex VIII (II) | Article 10 | ||
Annex IX (I) | Article 11 | ||
Annex IX (II) | Article 12 | ||
Annex IX (III) | Article 13 | ||
Annex IX (IV) | Article 14 | ||
Annex X | Annex V | ||
Annex XI | Annex IV | ||
Annex XII |