Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 approving contingency plans for the control of avian influenza and Newcastle disease (notified under document number C(2006) 6806)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, animal disease, disease prevention, poultry farming, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 December 2006

approving contingency plans for the control of avian influenza and Newcastle disease

(notified under document number C(2006) 6806)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/24/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular Article 56 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/40/EEC of 19 May 1992
introducing Community measures for the control of avian
influenza (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 17(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992
introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle
disease (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article
21(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

(6)

and Romania have submitted their contingency plans
for
and Newcastle
disease to the Commission for approval.

avian influenza

control of

the

fulfil

Those contingency plans as amended by Bulgaria and
Romania following the suggestions made during their
the criteria laid down in Directives
evaluation,
to a regular
92/40/EEC and 92/66/EEC and, subject
update and an effective implementation, permit
the
desired objectives of those Directives to be attained and
should therefore be approved.

For the sake of clarity of Community legislation, Decision
2004/402/EC should be repealed and replaced by this
Decision.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(1)

(2)

(3)

Directives 92/40/EEC and 92/66/EEC set out the control
measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of
avian influenza and Newcastle disease respectively, as
well as certain preventive measures aimed at increasing
the awareness and preparedness of
competent
farming community concerning
authorties
those
the
contingency plans of the Member States for the control
of avian influenza and Newcastle disease are to be
approved by the Commision.

these Directives

and the

Pursuant

diseases.

the

to

Commission Decision 2004/402/EC of 26 April 2004
approving contingency plans for the control of avian
influenza and of Newcastle disease (3) approves those
contingency plans for the present Member States. The
Annex to that Decision lists the Members States whose
plans have been approved.

Bulgaria
to the
Community on 1 January 2007. Accordingly, Bulgaria

and Romania

to accede

are due

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

contingency

The
to the
Commission on 7 November 2006 for the control of avian
influenza and Newcastle disease are approved.

by Bulgaria

submitted

plans

Article 2

contingency plans

The
to the
Commission on 9 November 2006 for the control of avian
influenza and Newcastle disease are approved.

submitted by Romania

Article 3

The Annex sets out the list of Member States having approved
contingency plans for
the control of avian influenza and
Newcastle disease.

(1) OJ L 167, 22.6.1992, p. 1. Directive as last amended by the 2004

Act of Accession (OJ L 236, 23.9.2004, p. 33).

(2) OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1. Directive as last amended by the 2004 Act

of Accession.

(3) OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 111.

Article 4

Decision 2004/402/EC is repealed.

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This Decision shall apply subject to and from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of
Bulgaria and Romania.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 6

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

List of Member States referred to in Article 3

Code

Country

AT

BE

BG

CY

CZ

DE

DK

EE

EL

ES

FI

FR

HU

IE

IT

LV

LT

LU

MT

NL

PL

PT

RO

SE

SI

SK

UK

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Germany

Denmark

Estonia

Greece

Spain

Finland

France

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Sweden

Slovenia

Slovakia

United Kingdom