2006/23/EC: Commission Decision of  20 January 2006  amending 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) 61)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-01-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, animal disease, animal product, health certificate, import restriction, poultry, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 January 2006

amending 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) 61)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/23/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

(5)

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

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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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.

On 12 October 2005 Romania notified the Commission
of the isolation of an influenza A virus of subtype H5N1
Asian strain collected from a clinical case in poultry.
Commission Decision 2005/710/EC of 13 October
2005 concerning
in
relation to a suspicion of highly pathogenic avian
influenza in Romania (3) was therefore adopted.

protection measures

certain

Romania 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 those parts of the territory of Romania that
are affected and at risk.

(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.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2005/710/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

1. Member States shall suspend the importation of:

(a)

live poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game, and
hatching eggs of these species coming from the part of
the territory of Romania referred to in Part A of the
Annex; and

(b) the following products coming from the part of the
territory of Romania mentioned in Part B of the Annex:

— fresh meat of poultry,

ratites,

farmed and wild

feathered game,

— meat preparations and meat products consisting of or

containing meat of those species,

— raw pet

food and unprocessed feed material

containing any parts of those species,

— eggs for human consumption,

— non-treated game trophies from any birds, and

— unprocessed feathers and parts of feathers.

shall authorise the importation of

By way of derogation from paragraph 1(b), Member
2.
States
the products
covered by paragraph 1(b) first to third indent, which have
been obtained from birds slaughtered before 1 August 2005.

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In the veterinary certificates/commercial documents
3.
accompanying consignments of the products referred to in
paragraph 2 the following words as appropriate to the
species shall be included:

least one of the specific treatments referred to under points
B, C or D in Part IV of Annex II to Commission Decision
2005/432/EC.’;

“Fresh poultry meat/fresh ratite meat/fresh meat of wild
feathered game/fresh meat of farmed feathered game/meat
product consisting of, or containing meat of poultry,
ratites, farmed or wild feathered game meat/meat preparation
consisting of, or containing meat of poultry, ratites, farmed
or wild feathered game meat/raw pet food and unprocessed
feed material containing any parts of poultry, ratites, farmed
or wild feathered game (*) obtained from birds slaughtered
before 1 August 2005 and in accordance with Article 1(2) of
Commission Decision 2005/710/EC.

___________
(*) Delete as appropriate.”

4.
By derogation from paragraph 1(b), second indent,
Member States shall authorise the importation of meat
products consisting of or containing meat of poultry,
ratites,
the
condition that the meat of these species has undergone at

farmed and wild feathered game under

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

Decision is added.

Article 2

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 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) respectively:

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:
— Tulcea
— Constanta
— Galati
— Braila
— Ialomita
— Calarasi’