2006/11/EC: Commission Decision of  11 January 2006  amending Decision 2005/758/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to a suspicion of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Croatia and repealing Decision 2005/749/EC  (notified under document C(2005) 6025) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, animal disease, animal product, disease prevention, import restriction, poultry, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 January 2006

amending Decision 2005/758/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to a suspicion
of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Croatia and repealing Decision 2005/749/EC

(notified under document C(2005) 6025)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/11/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Commission Decision 2005/749/EC (3) was
therefore
adopted and later
replaced by Commission Decision
2005/758/EC of 27 October 2005 concerning certain
protection measures in relation to a suspicion of highly
pathogenic avian influenza in Croatia and repealing
Decision 2005/749/EC (4).

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

(3)

Croatia has applied strict disease control measures and
has sent further information on the disease situation to
the Commission which justify limiting the suspension of
imports to the affected part of the territory of Croatia.

(4)

Decision 2005/758/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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,

(5)

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

(2)

Avian influenza is an infectious viral disease in poultry
and other birds, causing mortality and disturbance which
can quickly take on epizootic proportions liable to
present a serious threat
to animal and public health
and to reduce the profitability of poultry farming
sharply. There is a risk that the disease agent might be
trade in live poultry and
introduced via international
poultry products.

Article 1

Decision 2005/758/EC is amended as follows:

1. In Article 1(1), the introductory phrase is replaced by the

following:

‘Member States shall suspend imports of the following from
that part of the territory of Croatia referred to in the Annex:’;

Croatia has notified the Commission of the isolation of
an influenza A virus of subtype H5N1 Asian strain
in a wild species.
collected from a

clinical

case

(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, corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1).

2. The Annex the text of which is set out in the Annex to this

Decision is added.

(3) OJ L 280, 25.10.2005, p. 23.
(4) OJ L 285, 28.10.2005, p. 50.

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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, 11 January 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Part of the territory of Croatia referred to in Article 1(1)

ISO
country code

Name of country

Part of territory

HR

Croatia

In Croatia the counties of:
— Viroviticko-Podravska
— Osjecko-Baranjska’