2007/556/EC: Commission Decision of 1 August 2007 amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the Community (notified under document number C(2007) 3696) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Germany, animal disease, health control, poultry, trade restriction, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 August 2007

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

(notified under document number C(2007) 3696)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/556/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

June 2007 amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning
in relation to highly
certain protection measures
subtype H5 in
avian influenza of
pathogenic
poultry in the Czech Republic (5).

the

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 63(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 2006/415/EC of 14 June 2006
concerning certain protection measures in relation to
highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1
in poultry in the Community and repealing Decision
2006/135/EC (4) lays down certain protection measures
to be applied in order to prevent the spread of that
including the establishment of areas A and B
disease,
following a suspected or confirmed outbreak of
the
disease.

(2)

Following an outbreak of highly pathogenic
avian
influenza of H5N1 subtype in the Czech Republic the
Commission has adopted Decision 2007/434/EC of 21

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13. Directive as last amended by Directive
2004/41/EC of
the Council
(OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33); corrected version (OJ L 195,
2.6.2004, p. 12).

the European Parliament and of

(2) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive
the Council

the European Parliament and of

2002/33/EC of
(OJ L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14).

(3) OJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 164, 16.6.2006, p. 51. Decision as last amended by Decision

2007/496/EC (OJ L 184, 14.7.2007, p. 29).

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

In the following days the Commission has adopted
Decision 2007/454/EC of 29 June 2007 concerning
protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic
avian influenza of subtype H5N1 in poultry in the
Community (6)
interim protective
confirm the
in Decision 2007/434/EC as
measures provided for
regards areas A and B in the Czech Republic and the
duration of that regionalisation.

to

Following an outbreak of highly pathogenic
avian
influenza of H5N1 subtype in Germany the Commission
has adopted Decision 2007/483/EC of 9 July 2007
amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain
protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic
avian influenza of
subtype H5 in poultry in
Germany (7).

the

By Commission Decision 2007/496/EC of 13 July
amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain
protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic
avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the
Community (8) the interim protective measures provided
for in Decision 2007/483/EC as regards areas A and B in
Germany were confirmed. In addition, the delineation of
the restricted areas and the duration of the measures
applied by the Czech Republic were modified to take
into account a change in the epidemiological situation
in that Member State.

two further outbreaks

On 12 July 2007 the Czech Republic has reported the
confirmation of
in poultry
holdings located within area A which requires the appli-
cation of the protection measures as regards the Czech
Republic to be prolonged. Moreover,
reasons of
clarity of Community legislation it appears appropriate
to list areas under restriction in area A in that Member
State in an alphabetical order without distinguishing
between the protection and the surveillance zones.

for

(5) OJ L 161, 22.6.2007, p. 70.
(6) OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 87.
(7) OJ L 180, 10.7.2007, p. 43.
(8) OJ L 184, 14.7.2007, p. 29.

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(7)

(8)

Decision 2006/415/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Done at Brussels, 1 August 2007.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

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

Code
(if available)

CZ

CZECH
REPUBLIC

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

14.8.2007

ANNEX

‘ANNEX

PART A

Area A

Name

BENÁTKY
BĚSTOVICE
BOHUŇOVICE
BOROVNICE
BOŠÍN
BRANDÝS NAD ORLICÍ
BUČINA
CEREKVICE NAD LOUČNOU
ČERMNÁ NAD ORLICÍ
ČESKÁ TŘEBOVÁ
ČESKÉ HEŘMANICE
ČESKÉ LIBCHAVY (partly)
CHLENY
CHOCEŇ
CHOTOVICE
ČISTÁ (partly)
DOBŘÍKOV
DOLNÍ ÚJEZD (partly)
DŽBÁNOV
HORKY
HORNÍ JELENÍ (partly)
HRÁDEK
HRUŠOVÁ
JAVORNÍK
JEHNĚDÍ
KOLDÍN
KOSOŘÍN
KOSTELECKÉ HORKY
KRCHLEBY
LEŠTINA
LHOTY U PODŠTEJNA
LIBCHAVY (partly)
LIBECINA
LITOMYŠL
MAKOV
MORAŠICE
MOSTEK
NASAVRKY
NĚMČICE
NOVÁ SÍDLA
NOVÉ HRADY
ORLICKÉ PODHŮŘÍ
OSÍK
OUCMANICE
PLCHOVICE
PODLESÍ
POLOM
PŘÍLUKA
PŘÍVRAT
PRORUBY
PUSTINA
RADHOŠŤ
ŘEPNÍKY (partly)
ŘETOVÁ
ŘETŮVKA
ŘÍDKÝ
SEČ
SEDLIŠTĚ
SKOŘENICE

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ISO
Country Code

Member State

Code
(if available)

Area A

Name

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

SLATINA
SLOUPNICE
SOPOTNICE (partly)
SRUBY
STRAKOV
SUCHÁ LHOTA
SUDISLAV NAD ORLICÍ
SUDSLAVA
SVATÝ JIŘÍ
TISOVÁ
TRŽEK
TÝNIŠŤKO
ÚJEZD U CHOCNĚ
ÚJEZDEC
ÚSTÍ NAD ORLICÍ (partly)
VELKÁ SKROVNICE
VIDLATÁ SEČ
VLČKOV
VODĚRADY
VRACLAV
VRAČOVICE-ORLOV
VYSOKÉ MÝTO
ZÁDOLÍ
ZÁLŠÍ
ZÁMRSK
ZÁŘECKÁ LHOTA

DE

GERMANY

The communes of:

6.8.2007

ALLENDORF
ARNSGEREUTH
BAD BLANKENBURG
BECHSTEDT
CURSDORF
DEESBACH
DÖSCHNITZ
GRÄFENTHAL
LICHTE
LICHTENHAIN
MARKTGÖLITZ
MELLENBACH-GLASBACH
MEURA
OBERHAIN
OBERWEISSBACH
PIESAU
PROBSTZELLA
REICHMANNSDORF
ROHRBACH
SAALFELD
SAALFELDER HÖHE
SCHMIEDEFELD
SCHWARZBURG
SITZENDORF
UNTERWEIßBACH
WITTGENDORF

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

PART B

ISO
Country Code

Member State

Code
(if available)

Area B

Name

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

CZ

CZECH
REPUBLIC

00053

PARDUBICKY KRAJ:

14.8.2007

OKRES: Chrudim, Pardubice

Svitavy
Ústí nad Orlicí

00052

KRALOVEHRADECKY KRAJ:

DE

GERMANY

OKRES: Hradec Králové

Rychnov nad Kněžnou

DRÖBISCHAU
KAULSDORF
KÖNIGSEE
LEUTENBERG
MEUSELBACH-SCHWARZMÜHLE
ROTTENBACH
RUDOLSTADT

6.8.2007’