2007/594/EC: Commission Decision of 29 August 2007 amending Annex IV to Council Directive 90/539/EEC as regards model veterinary certificates for intra-Community trade in poultry and hatching eggs to take account of certain public health requirements (notified under document number C(2007) 3999) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-08-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: egg, health certificate, health control, intra-EU trade, poultry

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 August 2007

amending Annex IV to Council Directive 90/539/EEC as regards model veterinary certificates for
intra-Community trade in poultry and hatching eggs to take account of certain public health
requirements

(notified under document number C(2007) 3999)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/594/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching
eggs, including the condition that poultry and hatching
eggs during transportation to the place of destination are
to be accompanied by a veterinary certificate which
conforms with the appropriate model certificates
in
Annex IV to that Directive.

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 34 thereof,

Having regard at Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official
controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance
with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare
rules (2), and in particular Article 30(1)(b) thereof,

(2)

(3)

Whereas:

(1)

Directive
health
conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and

90/539/EEC lays

animal

down

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

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

(2) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1, corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1.
last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No

Regulation as
1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

Those veterinary certificates provide for guarantees with
regard to certain animal diseases. However, they do not
contain any information with regard to public health,
such as information on testing for certain zoonoses
and zoonotic agents.

Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of
the European
Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003
on the control of salmonella and other specified food-
borne zoonotic agents (3) provides that
the flocks of
origin of poultry covered by that Regulation are to be
tested for certain specified zoonoses and zoonotic agents
prior to any dispatch from the food business of origin of
live animals or hatching eggs. The date and the results of
testing are to be included in the relevant veterinary certi-
ficates, provided for in Community legislation, from the
dates indicated in Annex I to that Regulation. Those
requirements
and
hatching eggs from 1 January 2007 and are to apply
to laying hens from 1 February 2008 and to broilers
from 1 January 2009.

to live breeding

animals

apply

(3) OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1791/2006.

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(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

elimination, or

Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 lays down requirement for
to verify
the adoption of model health certificates
compliance with Community
the
reduction to acceptable
prevention,
In the
levels of risks to human and animal health.
interests of coherence and simplicity of Community legis-
lation, a single model certificate should, where appro-
priate, combine requirements concerning official certifi-
cation of feed and food and other relevant requirements.

aiming at

rules

reasons

pursuant

to Regulation

Taking account of the testing requirements for public
health
(EC) No
2160/2003, the animal health requirements of Directive
90/539/EEC, and the appropriateness to combine all
certifications into a single model certificate, new model
certificates for poultry and hatching eggs should be
introduced
should
replace the model certificates in Directive 90/539/EEC.

in Community

legislation and

In October 2004 Denmark introduced the systematic
prophylactic vaccination of poultry against Newcastle
disease. Denmark should therefore no longer be listed
as a country having an EC-approved non-vaccinating
status for Newcastle disease in the model health certi-
ficates set out in Directive 90/539/EEC.

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 (1), Commission Decision 2006/563/EC of
11 August 2006 concerning certain protection measures
in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of
subtype H5N1 in wild birds in the Community and
repealing Decision 2006/115/EC (2) and Commission
Decision 2006/605/EC of 6 September 2006 on
certain protection measures
in relation to intra-
Community trade in poultry intended for restocking of
wild game supplies (3)
lay down certain provisions
live
concerning
poultry and hatching eggs from areas subject to certain
restrictions.

for movements

authorisations

of

(9)

(10)

(11)

avian influenza

and repealing Directive
control of
92/40/EEC (4) provides for the approval of vaccination
plans against avian influenza in certain Member States.

account of

those provisions of Decisions
Taking
2006/415/EC,
and
Directive 2005/94/EC, certain amendments should be
made to the current model veterinary certificates set
out in Directive 90/539/EEC.

2006/563/EC,

2006/605/EC

It is appropriate for the certificates to be presented in
accordance with the standardised layout of veterinary
certificates
in Commission Decision
2004/292/EC of 30 March 2004 on the introduction
amending Decision
the
of
92/486/EEC (5).

system and

Traces

out

set

as

and

linked

inspection report

Commission Regulation (EC) No 599/2004 of 30 March
2004 concerning the adoption of a harmonised model
certificate
to intra-
Community trade in animals and products of animal
origin (6) provides that the various veterinary certificates
required in the context of intra-Community are to be
presented on the basis of the harmonised model certi-
ficates annexed to that Regulation. Accordingly,
is
necessary to harmonise the model veterinary certificates
set out in Directive 90/539/EEC.

it

(12) Directive 90/539/EEC should therefore be amended

accordingly.

(13)

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex IV to Directive 90/539/EEC is replaced by the text in the
Annex to this Decision.

(8)

In addition, Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20
the
December 2005 on Community measures

for

This Decision shall apply from 1 September 2007.

Article 2

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

2007/556/EC (OJ L 212, 14.8.2007, p. 10).

(2) OJ L 222, 15.8.2006, p. 11. Decision as last amended by Decision

2007/119/EC (OJ L 51, 20.2.2007, p. 22).

(3) OJ L 246, 8.9.2006, p. 12.

(4) OJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 63. Decision as amended by Decision

2005/515/EC (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 29).

(6) OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 44.

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However, the following provisions of the Models set out in
Annex IV to Directive 90/539/EEC, as amended by this
Decision, shall apply from the following dates:

(i) 1 February 2008 where those poultry or chicks are
solely intended for the production of eggs other than
hatching eggs; or

(a) point II.2(a) of the veterinary certificate in Model 2 for day-

old chicks, shall apply from:

(ii) 1 January 2009 where those poultry or chicks are solely

intended for meat production.

(i) 1 February 2008 where those chicks are solely intended
for the production of eggs other than hatching eggs; or

(d) point II.2(a) of the veterinary certificate in Model 5 for

slaughter poultry, shall apply from:

(ii) 1 January 2009 where those chicks are solely intended

for meat production.

(i) 1 February 2008 where

the production of

those poultry are
eggs other

solely
than

intended for
hatching eggs; or

(b) point II.2(a) of the veterinary certificate in Model 3 for

breeding and productive poultry, shall apply from:

(ii) 1 January 2009 where those poultry are solely intended

for meat production.

(i) 1 February 2008 where

the production of

those poultry are
eggs other

intended for
hatching eggs; or

solely
than

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

(ii) 1 January 2009 where those poultry are solely intended

for meat production.

Done at Brussels, 29 August 2007.

(c) point II.2(a) of the veterinary certificate in Model 4 for
poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs, shall apply from:

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX
‘ANNEX IV

VETERINARY CERTIFICATES FOR INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE

(Models 1 to 6)

MODEL 1

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