2006/52/EC: Commission Decision of  30 January 2006  amending Decision 2005/731/EC laying down additional requirements for the surveillance of avian influenza in wild birds  (notified under document number C(2006) 135)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-01-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, bird, disease prevention, exchange of information, poultry, veterinary inspection, wildlife

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 January 2006

amending Decision 2005/731/EC laying down additional requirements for the surveillance of avian
influenza in wild birds

(notified under document number C(2006) 135)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/52/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in
particular Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

Community measures for the control of avian influenza
were established by Council Directive 92/40/EEC of 19
May 1992 introducing Community measures for the
control of avian influenza (2),
in order to ensure the
protection of animal health and contribute to the devel-
opment of the poultry sector.

Following the outbreak of a very serious epidemic of
avian influenza, caused by a highly pathogenic H5N1
virus strain, in south-eastern Asia starting in December
2003,
the Commission adopted several protection
measures in relation to avian influenza.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

recently,

the Commission adopted Decision
More
2005/732/EC (3) approving the programmes
the
implementation of Member States’ surveys for avian
influenza in poultry and wild birds.

for

2005

down

laying

17 October

In accordance with Commission Decision 2005/731/EC
of
additional
requirements for the surveillance of avian influenza in
wild birds (4), which is applicable until 31 January
2006, Member States include in their programmes also
the
of
abnormal mortality and significant disease outbreaks in
wild birds.

investigations

surveillance

laboratory

and

The epidemiological situation requires to prolong the
surveillance measures applied in Member States and it
is therefore appropriate to prolong in a first step the
additional requirements until the end of 2006.

Decision 2005/731/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

In addition, since 2002 surveillance programmes for
avian influenza in poultry and wild birds have been
implemented in Member States.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive
the Council

the European Parliament and of

2002/33/EC of
(OJ L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).

In Article 4 of Decision 2005/731/EC, the date ‘31 January
2006’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2006’.

(2) OJ L 167, 22.6.1992, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 274, 20.10.2005, p. 95.
(4) OJ L 274, 20.10.2005, p. 93.

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Member States shall amend their legislation to bring it into compliance with this Decision and give
immediate appropriate publicity to the measures adopted. They shall immediately inform the Commission
of those measures.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission