2006/501/EC: Commission Decision of  14 July 2006  amending Decision 2006/264/EC concerning protection measures in relation to Newcastle disease in Romania  (notified under document number C(2006) 3167)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, animal disease, game meat, health certificate, import restriction, meat product, poultry, poultrymeat

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 July 2006

amending Decision 2006/264/EC concerning protection measures in relation to Newcastle disease in
Romania

(notified under document number C(2006) 3167)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/501/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Decision, Member States are to suspend imports of live
farmed and wild feathered game and
poultry, ratites,
hatching eggs,
fresh meat and meat preparations and
meat products from these species from certain parts of
Romania.

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
89/662/EEC,
third
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 notified to the Commission another
outbreak of Newcastle disease in the county of Sălaj, a
part of the territory of Romania from which imports into
the Community have not been suspended. That county
should therefore be added to the list of counties set out
in the Annex to Decision 2006/264/EC.

Taking account of the current epidemiology situation in
Romania in relation to Newcastle disease the measures
laid
be
down in Decision 2006/264/EC should
prolonged.

(5)

Decision 2006/264/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

(1)

(2)

Newcastle disease is a highly contagious viral disease in
poultry and birds and there is a risk that the disease
trade in
agent might be introduced via international
live poultry and poultry products.

(6)

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Commission Decision 2006/264/EC of 27 March 2006
concerning protection measures in relation to Newcastle
disease in Romania (3) was adopted following outbreaks
to that
of Newcastle disease in Romania. Pursuant

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 95, 4.4.2006, p. 6.

Article 1

Decision 2006/264/EC is amended as follows:

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1. In Article 5, the date ‘31 July 2006’

December 2006’.

is replaced by ‘31

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

2. The Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex to this

Decision.

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.

Done at Brussels, 14 July 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Parts of the territory of Romania referred to in Articles 1 and 2:

Arges county

Brasov county

Bucharest county

Braila county

Buzau county

Caras-Severin county

Calarasi county

Constanta county

Dambovita county

Giurgiu county

Gorj county

Ialomita county

Ilfov county

Mehedinti county

Mures county

Olt county

Prahova county
Sălaj county

Tulcea county

Vaslui county

Valcea county
Vrancea county’.