Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 approving plans for the approval of establishments for the purposes of intra-Community trade in poultry and hatching eggs pursuant to Council Directive 90/539/EEC (notified under document number C(2006) 6842)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, approval, egg, health control, import (EU), intra-EU trade, poultry

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 December 2006

approving plans for the approval of establishments for the purposes of intra-Community trade in
poultry and hatching eggs pursuant to Council Directive 90/539/EEC

(notified under document number C(2006) 6842)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/17/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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 90/539/EEC of 15 October
1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community
trade in, and imports from third countries of poultry and
hatching eggs (1) and in particular Article 3(2) and (3) thereof,

(5)

(6)

The plans submitted by Bulgaria and Romania and as
amended following the suggestions made during their
evaluation,
the criteria laid down in Directive
90/539/EEC and, subject to an effective implementation,
permit the objectives of that Directive to be attained and
should therefore be approved.

fulfil

For the sake of clarity of Community legislation, Decision
2004/835/EC should be repealed and replaced by the
present 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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

down

animal

90/539/EEC

Directive
health
sets
conditions governing intra-Community trade in poultry
and hatching eggs and imports of those products from
third countries. Pursuant to that Directive Member States’
plans for the approval of establishments for the purposes
of intra-Community trade in poultry and hatching eggs
are to be approved by the Commission.

Decision 2004/835/EC of 3 December 2004 approving
plans for the approval of establishments for the purposes
of
intra-Community trade in poultry and hatching
eggs (2) approved those plans for the present Member
States, except
for Luxembourg. The Annex to that
Decision lists the Member States whose plans have
been approved.

are due

and Romania

Bulgaria
to the
Community on 1 January 2007. Accordingly, they have
submitted their plans for the approval of establishments
for the purposes of intra-Community trade in poultry
and hatching eggs to the Commission for approval.

to accede

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The plan submitted by Bulgaria to the Commission on 9
October 2006 for
the
purposes of
intra-Community trade in poultry and hatching
eggs is approved.

the approval of establishments for

Article 2

The plan submitted by Romania to the Commission on 5
October 2006 for
the
purposes of
intra-Community trade in poultry and hatching
eggs is approved.

the approval of establishments for

Article 3

The Annex sets out the list of Member States having approved
plans for the approval of establishments for the purposes of
intra-Community trade in poultry and hatching eggs.

(1) OJ L 303, 31.10.1990, p. 6. Directive as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

(2) OJ L 360, 7.12.2004, p. 28.

Article 4

Decision 2004/835/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

‘ANNEX

List of Member States referred to in Article 3

Code

Member State

AT

BE

BG

CY

CZ

DE

DK

EE

EL

ES

FI

FR

HU

IE

IT

LV

LT

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

Malta

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Sweden

Slovenia

Slovakia

United Kingdom’