2003/644/EC: Commission Decision of 8 September 2003 establishing additional guarantees regarding salmonella for consignments to Finland and Sweden of breeding poultry and day-old chicks for introduction into flocks of breeding poultry or flocks of productive poultry (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 3190)
Date: 2003-09-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Sweden, health certificate, import, poultry, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 September 2003

establishing additional guarantees regarding salmonella for consignments to Finland and Sweden of
breeding poultry and day-old chicks for introduction into flocks of breeding poultry or flocks of
productive poultry

(notified under document number C(2003) 3190)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/644/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October
1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and
hatching eggs (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/
2003 (2), and in particular Article 9a(2) thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Decision 95/160/EC of 21 April 1995
establishing additional guarantees regarding salmonella
for consignments to Finland and Sweden of breeding
poultry and day-old chicks for introduction into flocks
of breeding poultry or flocks of productive poultry (3),
has been substantially amended (4). In the interests of
clarity and rationality the said Decision should be codi-
fied.

the

has

approved

The Commission
operational
programmes submitted by Finland and Sweden regarding
salmonella controls. Those programmes include specific
measures for breeding poultry and for day-old chicks for
introduction into flocks of breeding poultry or flocks of
productive poultry.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

The detailed guarantees are to be based in particular on
a microbiological examination of the poultry to be sent
to Finland and Sweden.

In this context different rules should be laid down for
breeding poultry and day-old chicks.

Rules should be established for this microbiological
examination of samples by laying down the sampling
method, the number of samples to be taken and the
microbiological methods for examining the samples.

Those guarantees should not be applicable to any flock
that is subject to a programme recognised as equivalent
to that implemented by Finland and Sweden.

(8) With regard to consignments originating from third
countries, Finland and Sweden should apply import
requirements at least as stringent as those laid down in
this Decision.

Guarantees should be established equivalent
to those
implemented by Finland and Sweden under their opera-
tional programmes.

(9)

The methods described in this Decision take into
account
the European Food Safety
Authority.

the opinion of

(1) OJ L 303, 31.10.1990, p. 6.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 105, 9.5.1995, p. 40.
(4) See Annex IV.

(10)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

2.

The certificate provided for in paragraph 1 may:

Article 1

Breeding poultry to be sent to Finland and Sweden shall be
subject to a microbiological test, effected by sampling in the
flock of origin.

— either be accompanied by the model 2 certificate shown in

Annex IV to Directive 90/539/EEC,

— or be incorporated in the certificate referred to in the first

subparagraph.

Article 2

Article 6

The microbiological test referred to in Article 1 shall be carried
out as laid down in Annex I.

Article 3

Breeding poultry to be sent to Finland and Sweden shall

1.
be accompanied by the certificate shown in Annex II.

2.

The certificate provided for in paragraph 1 may:

— either be accompanied by the model 3 certificate of Annex

IV to Directive 90/539/EEC,

— or be incorporated in the certificate referred to in the first

indent.

Article 4

Day-old chicks to be sent to Finland or Sweden for introduc-
tion into flocks of breeding poultry or flocks of productive
poultry must come from hatching eggs from breeding poultry
that have been subjected to the test provided for in Article 2.

The additional guarantees provided for in this Decision shall
not be applicable to flocks subject to a programme recognised,
according to the procedure laid down in Article 32 of Directive
90/539/EEC, as equivalent to that implemented by Finland and
Sweden.

Article 7

Decision 95/160/EC is repealed.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as refer-
ences to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the
correlation table in Annex V.

Article 8

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 8 September 2003.

1.
Day-old chicks to be sent to Finland or Sweden for intro-
duction into flocks of breeding poultry or flocks of productive
poultry must be accompanied by a certificate as shown in
Annex III.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

1. General rules

The flock of origin must be isolated for 15 days.

The microbiological test must cover all the salmonella serotypes.

2. Sampling method and number of samples to be taken

The sampling method and the number of samples to be taken must be as laid down in Annex III, Section I, point II
A(2)(b) and (c) and point II B of Council Directive 92/117/EEC (1).

3. Microbiological methods for examination of the samples

— Microbiological testing of the samples for salmonella should be carried out to the standard of the International
Organisation for Standardisation ISO 6579:1993 or revised editions, or by the method described by the Nordic
Committee on Food Analysis (NMKL method No 71, fourth edition, 1991) or revised editions.

— Where the results of analysis are contested between Member States the standard of the International Organisation

for Standardisation ISO 6579:1993 or revised editions should be regarded as the reference method.

(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 38.

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ANNEX II

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ANNEX III

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ANNEX IV

Repealed Decision with its amendment

Commission Decision 95/160/EC (OJ L 105, 9.5.1995, p. 40)

Commission Decision 97/278/EC (OJ L 110, 26.4.1997, p. 77)

only Article 1

ANNEX V

CORRELATION TABLE

Decision 95/160/EC

This Decision

Articles 1 to 6

Articles 1 to 6

Article 7

—

Article 8

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

—

—

—

Article 7

Article 8

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

Annex IV

Annex V