2007/79/EC: Commission Decision of 31 January 2007 amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in Hungary (notified under document number C(2007) 325) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, animal disease, disease prevention, health control, poultry, trade restriction, veterinary inspection, zoonosis

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 January 2007

amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly
pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in Hungary

(notified under document number C(2007) 325)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/79/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
in intra-
December 1989 concerning
Community trade with a view to the completion of
the
internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

veterinary

checks

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in
particular Article 10(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20
December 2005 on Community measures for the control of
avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (3), and in
particular Article 66(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Directive 2005/94/EC lays down measures
the
control of avian influenza and repeals Council Directive
92/40/EEC of 19 May 1992 introducing Community
measures for the control of avian influenza (4), as from
1 July 2007.

for

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13. Directive as last amended by Directive
2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33), as corrected by OJ L 195, 2.6.2004, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive
2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).
(3) OJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 167, 22.6.1992, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).

for

the

final date

transposition of Directive
As
2005/94/EC into national
law is 1 July 2007,
Commission Decision 2006/415/EC of 14 June 2006
in relation
concerning certain protection measures
the subtype
to highly pathogenic avian influenza of
H5N1 in poultry in the Community and repealing
Decision 2006/135/EC (5) and Commission Decision
2006/416/EC of 14 June 2006 concerning certain transi-
tional measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian
in the
influenza in poultry or other captive birds
Community (6), were adopted pending the transposition
of that Directive. Those Decisions are to apply until 30
June 2007.

(3)

(4)

Decision 2006/415/EC lays down certain protection
measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of
highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry in the
territory of a Member State caused by the highly
pathogenic A virus of subtype H5, in order to prevent
the spread of the avian influenza into the disease free
the Community thorough the movement of
parts of
birds as well as products thereof.

Hungary has notified the Commission of an outbreak of
H5N1 in poultry on its territory and has taken the
appropriate measures
in Decision
including the establishment of Areas A
2006/415/EC,
and B as provided for in Article 4 of that Decision.

as provided for

(5) OJ L 164, 16.6.2006, p. 51. Decision as amended by Decision

2006/506/EC (OJ L 199, 21.7.2006, p. 36).

(6) OJ L 164, 16.6.2006, p. 61.

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(5)

The Commission has examined those measures in colla-
boration with Hungary, and is satisfied that the borders
of Areas A and B established by the competent authority
in that Member State are at a sufficient distance to the
the outbreak. Areas A and B in
actual
Hungary can therefore be confirmed and the duration
of that regionalisation fixed.

location of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2006/415/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

(6)

It is therefore necessary to amend Decision 2006/415/EC
accordingly.

(7)

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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Area A as established in accordance with Article 4(2):

ISO country
code

Member State

HU

HUNGARY

Code
(if available)

00006

Protection zone

Surveillance zone

Area B as established in accordance with Article 4(2):

ISO country
code

Member State

HU

HUNGARY

Code
(if available)

00006

Date until applicable
Article 4(4)(b)(iii)

1.3.2007

Date until applicable
Article 4(4)(b)(iii)

1.3.2007

ANNEX

‘ANNEX

PART A

Area A

Name

In the county of Csongrád the
municipalities of:

SZENTES LAPISTÓ külterület

NAGYMÁGOCS külterület (partly)

DEREKEGYHÁZ

FÁBIÁNSEBESTYÉN

NAGYMÁGOCS

ÁRPÁDHALOM (partly)

SZENTES külterület (partly)

SZEGVÁR külterület (partly)

SZÉKKUTAS külterület (partly)

DEREKEGYHÁZ

PART B

Area B

Name

In the county of Csongrád the
municipalities of:

ÁRPÁDHALOM

BAKS

BALÁSTYA

CSANYTELEK

CSONGRÁD

DÓC

EPERJES
FELGYŐ
HÓDMEZŐVÁSÁRHELY

KISTELEK

MÁRTÉLY

MINDSZENT
NAGYTŐKE

ÓPUSZTASZER

PUSZTASZER

SZEGVÁR

SZÉKKUTAS

SZENTES
TÖMÖRKÉNY’