2006/759/EC: Commission Decision of 8 November 2006 approving certain national programmes for the control of salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus (notified under document number C(2006) 5281)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, disease prevention, food safety, poultry, public health, veterinary inspection, zoonosis

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 November 2006

approving certain national programmes for the control of salmonella in breeding flocks of
Gallus gallus

(notified under document number C(2006) 5281)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/759/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of
the Council of 17 November
European Parliament and of
2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-
borne zoonotic agents (1) and, in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Whereas:

The purpose of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 is to
ensure that proper and effective measures are taken to
detect and control salmonella and other zoonotic agents
at all relevant stages of production, processing and distri-
bution, particularly at the level of primary production, in
order to reduce their prevalence and the risk they pose to
public health.

(1)

(2)

of certain salmonella serotypes in breeding flocks of
amending Regulation (EC) No
Gallus
gallus
2160/2003 (2).

and

In order to achieve the Community target Member States
are to establish national programmes for the control of
salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus and submit
them to the Commission in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 2160/2003.

Certain Member States have submitted their national
programmes for the control of salmonella in breeding
flocks of Gallus gallus.

Those programmes were found to comply with relevant
Community veterinary legislation and in particular with
Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003.

The national control programmes should therefore be
approved.

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)

(7)

A Community target was established for the reduction of
the prevalence of all salmonella serotypes with public
health significance in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus at
the level of primary production by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1003/2005 of 30 June 2005 imple-
menting Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 as regards a
Community target for the reduction of the prevalence

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The national programmes for the control of salmonella in
breeding flocks of Gallus gallus submitted by the Member
States listed in the Annex are approved.

(1) OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(2) OJ L 170, 1.7.2005, p. 12. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1003/2005 (OJ L 170, 1.7.2005, p. 12).

(EC) No 1168/2006 (OJ L 211, 1.8.2006, p. 4).

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Article 2

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 November 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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