2006/438/EC: Commission Decision of  27 June 2006  amending Decision 2006/148/EC on introducing preventive vaccination against highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and related provisions for movements in France  (notified under document number C(2006) 2875)
Date: 2006-06-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, animal disease, health control, intra-EU trade, poultry, vaccination

28.6.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 174/7

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 June 2006

amending Decision 2006/148/EC on introducing preventive vaccination against highly pathogenic
avian influenza H5N1 and related provisions for movements in France

(notified under document number C(2006) 2875)

(Only the French text is authentic)

(2006/438/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, which is
considered as a pilot project
limited
experience with preventive vaccination in these species.

since there is

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20
December 2005 on Community measures for the control of
avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (1), and in
particular Article 57(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

By Commission Decision 2006/148/EC of 24 February
2006 on introducing preventive vaccination against
highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and related
provisions for movements in France (2),
the plan for
preventive vaccination against highly pathogenic avian
influenza H5N1, submitted by France to the Commission
on 21 February 2006 (the preventive vaccination plan),
has been approved and certain measures to be applied in
France have been laid down where preventive vaccination
is carried out.

(2)

According to the preventive vaccination plan, France has
undertaken the vaccination of ducks and geese against

(1) OJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 55, 25.2.2006, p. 51.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

According to the preventive vaccination plan, such as
approved by Decision 2006/148/EC, vaccination had to
be completed by 1 April 2006.

On 20 April 2006 France presented its first compre-
hensive report on the use of vaccination. Furthermore,
France has
the use of
requested a prolongation of
preventive vaccination under the same conditions until
30 June 2006 in order to gain further experience and
epidemiological insight and has correspondigly submitted
an amendment to the preventive vaccination plan.

On the basis of the information contained in the report
presented by France, the Commission is of the view that
further field experience is needed with respect to the use
of vaccination against the spread of highly pathogenic
avian influenza H5N1 in ducks and geese. Therefore it
is appropriate to approve the prolongation of preventive
vaccination submitted by France until 30 June 2006.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The first subparagraph of Article 2(1) of Decision 2006/148/EC
shall be replaced by the following:

Article 2

Addressee

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.

Done at Brussels, 27 June 2006.

‘1.
The plan for preventive vaccination, providing for
vaccination until 30 June 2006, against highly pathogenic
avian influenza H5N1,
to the
Commission on 21 February 2006, and its amendment of
20 April 2006, is approved (the preventive vaccination plan).’

submitted by

France

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission