2006/435/EC: Commission Decision of  23 June 2006  amending Decision 2005/710/EC as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry in Romania  (notified under document number C(2006) 2421)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, animal disease, animal product, import restriction, poultry, veterinary inspection

27.6.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 173/31

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 June 2006

amending Decision 2005/710/EC as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly
pathogenic avian influenza in poultry in Romania

(notified under document number C(2006) 2421)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/435/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

those species and certain other products of birds

of
(the relevant imports).

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:

(3)

(4)

Romania has now transmitted further information to the
Commission on the avian influenza situation in that
country, which shows that an outbreak of that disease
has recently been detected outside the area of Romania
currently regionalised by Decision 2005/710/EC.

In light of the rapidity of the spread of avian influenza in
Romania in the last few weeks, it is necessary to extend
the suspension of relevant imports from Romania, into
the Community, to the whole territory of that country.

(5)

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

(1)

(2)

Following the outbreak of avian influenza, caused by a
highly pathogenic H5N1 virus strain, in south-east Asia
starting in December 2003,
the Commission adopted
several protection measures in relation to that disease,
in particular Commission Decision 2005/710/EC of
protection
13 October
concerning
measures
avian
in relation to highly pathogenic
influenza in Romania (3).

certain

2005

(6)

(7)

In the light of the information communicated to the
Commission on the disease situation and the control
measures
in
Romania,
this Decision will be
reviewed at the meeting of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health in July 2006.

taken by
the provisions of

competent

authorities

the

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Decision 2005/710/EC provides for the suspension of
imports
into the Community from certain parts of
live poultry,
Romania, affected by that disease, of
ratites, farmed and wild feathered game and live birds
including pet birds, hatching eggs
other than poultry,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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

2006/405/EC (OJ L 158, 10.6.2006, p. 14).

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2005/710/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

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The 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, 23 June 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Parts of the 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

— Whole of the territory of Romania’