2006/689/EC: Commission Decision of 3 October 2006 amending Decision 2005/710/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in Romania (notified under document number C(2006) 4321)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, animal disease, animal product, bird, import restriction, poultry, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 October 2006

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

(notified under document number C(2006) 4321)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/689/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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:

(1)

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 13
October 2005 concerning certain protection measures in
relation to highly pathogenic
in
Romania (3).

avian influenza

wild feathered game, and hatching eggs of those species
and certain other products of birds from the whole
territory of Romania.

Romania has now transmitted further information to the
Commission on the avian influenza situation in that
country, which shows that no further outbreaks of that
disease have been detected since 7 June 2006.

In the light of that information, it is appropriate to limit
the suspension of the imports provided for in Decision of
2005/710/EC to certain areas of Romania that are still
under direct threat of the disease.

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

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(2)

Decision 2005/710/EC provides that Member States are
to suspend imports of live poultry, ratites, farmed and

The Annex to Decision 2005/710/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to 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 version (OJ L 191, 28.5.2004,
p. 1).

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

2006/435/EC (OJ L 173, 27.6.2006, p. 31).

Article 2

shall

The Member States
immediately take the necessary
measures to comply with this Decision and publish those
measures. They shall
immediately inform the Commission
thereof.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 3 October 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 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

In Romania, the counties of:
— Arges
— Bacau
— Botosani
— Braila
— Bucuresti
— Buzau
— Calarasi
— Constanta
— Dimbovita
— Dolj
— Galati
— Giurgiu
— Gorj
— Ialomita
— Iasi
— Ilfov
— Mehedinti
— Neamt
— Olt
— Prahova
— Suceava
— Teleorman
— Tulcea
— Vaslui
— Vilcea
— Vrancea’