2005/933/EC: Commission Decision of  21 December 2005  amending for the second time Decision 2005/693/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to avian influenza in Russia  (notified under document number C(2005) 5563)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, animal disease, disease prevention, import restriction, infectious disease, originating product, poultry

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 December 2005

amending for the second time Decision 2005/693/EC concerning certain protection measures in
relation to avian influenza in Russia

(notified under document number C(2005) 5563)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/933/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

cessed parts of
listed in Annex I to that Decision.

feathers from those regions of Russia

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991
laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from
third
89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article
18(7) thereof,

amending Directives

countries

and

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (2), and in particular Article 22 (6) thereof,

(3)

(4)

Outbreaks of avian influenza continue to occur in certain
parts of Russia and it is therefore necessary to prolong
the measures provided for in Decision 2005/693/EC. The
Decision can however be reviewed before this date
depending on information supplied by the competent
veterinary authorities of Russia.

The outbreaks in the European part of Russia have all
occurred in the central area and no outbreaks have
occurred in the northern regions.
is therefore no
longer necessary to continue the suspension of imports
of unprocessed feathers and parts of feathers from the
latter.

It

(5)

Decision 2005/693/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

Whereas:

(6)

(1)

(2)

Avian influenza is an infectious viral disease in poultry
and birds, causing mortality and disturbances which can
quickly take epizootic proportions liable to present a
serious
to animal and public health and to
reduce sharply the profitability of poultry farming.

threat

Commission Decision 2005/693/EC of 6 October 2005
concerning certain protection measures in relation to
avian influenza in Russia (3) was adopted following
outbreaks of avian influenza in Russia. That Decision
suspends the importation of birds, other than poultry,
from Russia and of unprocessed feathers and unpro-

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 263, 8.10.2005, p. 22. Decision as amended by Decision

2005/740/EC (OJ L 276, 21.10.2005, p. 68).

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2005/693/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 3 ‘31 December 2005’ is replaced by ‘31 March
2006’.

2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

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Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish
those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Federal Districts of Russia referred to in Article 1(2) and (3)

1. Far Eastern Federal District

Jewish
Includes the following Subjects of the Russian Federation: Amur Oblast, Chukotka Autonomous District,
Autonomous Oblast, Kamchatka Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Koryakia Autonomous District, Magadan Oblast,
Primorsky Krai, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Sakhalin Oblast.

2. Siberian Federal District

Includes the following Subjects of the Russian Federation: Aga Buryatia Autonomous District, Altai Republic, Altai
Krai, Buryatia Republic, Chita Oblast, Evenkia Autonomous District, Irkutsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia
Republic, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Taymyria Autonomous District, Tomsk Oblast, Tuva
Republic, Ust-Orda Buryatia Autonomous District.

3. Urals Federal District

Includes the following Subjects of the Russian Federation: Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khantia-Mansia Autonomous District,
Kurgan Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Yamalia Autonomous District.

4. Central Federal District

Includes the following Subjects of the Russian Federation: Belgorod Oblast, Bryansk Oblast, Ivanovo Oblast, Kaluga
Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Moscow (federal city), Moscow Oblast, Oryol Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Tambov
Oblast, Tula Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Voronezh Oblast.

5. Southern Federal District

Includes the following Subjects of the Russian Federation: Adygeya Republic, Astrakhan Oblast, Chechnya Republic,
Dagestan Republic,
Ingushetia Republic, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Kalmykia Republic, Karachay-Cherkessia
Republic, Krasnodar Krai, North Ossetia-Alania Republic, Stavropol Krai, Rostov Oblast, Volgograd Oblast.

6. Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District

Includes the following Subjects of the Russian Federation: Bashkortostan Republic, Chuvashia Republic, Kirov Oblast,
Mari El Republic, Mordovia Republic, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Penza Oblast, Perm Oblast,
Permyakia Autonomous District, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Tatarstan Republic, Udmurtia Republic, Ulyanovsk
Oblast.’