2006/24/EC: Commission Decision of  20 January 2006  amending for the second time Decision 2005/710/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to a suspicion of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Romania  (notified under document number C(2006) 62)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-01-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, animal disease, animal product, import restriction, poultry, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 January 2006

amending for the second time Decision 2005/710/EC concerning certain protection measures in
relation to a suspicion of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Romania

(notified under document number C(2006) 62)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/24/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(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
introduced via international
trade in live poultry and
poultry products.

collected

On 12 October 2005 Romania notified the Commission
of the isolation of the Asian strain of the avian influenza
virus
in poultry.
Commission Decision 2005/710/EC of 13 October
in
2005 concerning
relation to a suspicion of highly pathogenic avian
influenza in Romania (3) was therefore adopted.

protection measures

from a

clinical

certain

case

meat products in view of the fact that the outbreaks of
the Asian strain of the avian influenza virus in Romania
were confined to the Danube delta.

New outbreaks of the disease have occurred in that part
of Romania considered free of
infection. The area of
Romania from which imports into the Community of
poultry meat and poultry meat products should still be
prohibited therefore needs to be extended to cover that
part of the country east and south of the Carpathian
Mountains.

As Romania has now confirmed the presence of the
of Decision
disease
into
2005/710/EC should be amended to take this
account.

territory,

title

the

on

its

Decision 2005/710/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2005/710/EC is amended as follows:

1. the title is replaced by the following:

‘Commission Decision 2005/710/EC of 13 October 2005
concerning certain protection measures
in relation to
highly pathogenic avian influenza in Romania’;

(3)

That Decision was amended to regionalise Romania for
imports into the Community of poultry meat and poultry

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

(3) OJ L 269, 14.10.2005, p. 42. Decision as last amended by Decision

2006/23/EC (see page 27 of this Official Journal).

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

Article 2

shall

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

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Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 January 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Parts of territory of Romania referred to in Article 1(a) and (b)

PART A

ISO country code

Name of country

Description of part of territory

RO

Romania

— Whole of the territory of Romania

PART B

ISO country code

Name of country

Description of part of territory

RO

Romania

In Romania, the counties of:
— Arges
— Bacau
— Botosani
— Braila
— Bucuresti
— Buzau
— Calarasi
— Constanta
— Dimbovita
— Dolj
— Galati
— Giurgiu
— Gorj
— Ialomita
— Iasi
— Ilfov
— Mehedinti
— Neamt
— Olt
— Prahova
— Suceava
— Teleorman
— Tulcea
— Vaslui
— Vilcea
— Vrancea’