(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
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/39of 14 January 2016amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for Mexico 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), 32016R0039, January 16, 2016
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/57of 19 January 2016amending 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 poultry and poultry products may be imported into or transit through the Union in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in the State of Minnesota(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R0057, January 20, 2016
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/148of 4 February 2016amending 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 of the subtype H7N8(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R0148, February 5, 2016
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/433of 22 March 2016amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entry for the United States of America 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 of the subtype H7N8(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R0433, March 23, 2016
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/151of 27 January 2017amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, as regards the entries in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Union and the veterinary certification requirements(Text with EEA relevance), 32017R0151, January 28, 2017
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/193of 3 February 2017amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for Ukraine in the lists of third countries from which the introduction of certain commodities into the Union is authorised in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza(Text with EEA relevance), 32017R0193, February 4, 2017
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/481of 20 March 2017amending 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), 32017R0481, March 21, 2017
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1414of 3 August 2017amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the entries for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the United States, South Africa and Zimbabwe 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), 32017R1414, August 4, 2017
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 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.
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