2007/99/EC: Commission Decision of 14 February 2007 amending Decision 2005/692/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to avian influenza in South Korea (notified under document number C(2007) 410) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: South Korea, animal disease, disease prevention, import restriction, infectious disease, originating product, poultry

15.2.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 43/35

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 February 2007

amending Decision 2005/692/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to avian
influenza in South Korea

(notified under document number C(2007) 410)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/99/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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
89/662/EEC,
third
90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article
18(7) thereof,

amending Directives

countries

and

(5)

(6)

In view of the animal health risk of the introduction of
highly pathogenic avian influenza into the Community, it
is appropriate as an immediate measure to suspend
imports of these products from South Korea.

Decision 2005/692/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

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Whereas:

Article 1

Article 3 of Decision 2005/692/EC is replaced by the following:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Following the outbreak of avian influenza, caused by a
in south-eastern
highly pathogenic H5N1 virus strain,
Asia starting in December 2003,
the Commission
adopted several protection measures in relation to avian
particular
influenza.
Commission Decision 2005/692/EC of 6 October 2005
concerning certain protection measures in relation to
avian influenza in several third countries (3).

Those measures

include

in

On 25 November 2006, South Korea confirmed an
outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza caused
by the H5N1 strain in a poultry farm in the south of
the country.

Under current Community legislation, South Korea is
only authorised to export to the Community raw pet
food and unprocessed feed material containing any
parts of poultry, eggs for human consumption and
non-treated game trophies from any birds.

‘Article 3

Member States shall suspend the importation from Malaysia
and South Korea of:

(a) raw pet food and unprocessed feed material containing

any parts of poultry;

(b) eggs for human consumption; and

(c) non-treated game trophies from any birds.’

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by Directive

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

(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

(3) OJ L 263, 8.10.2005, p. 20. Decision as amended by Decision

2006/521/EC (OJ L 205, 27.7.2006, p. 26).

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, 14 February 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission