2007/693/EC: Commission Decision of 26 October 2007 concerning protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in Canada (notified under document number C(2007) 5202) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canada, animal disease, import licence, import restriction, poultry, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 October 2007

concerning protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in Canada

(notified under document number C(2007) 5202)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/693/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

influenza of subtype H7N3 in a poultry holding in the
province of Saskatchewan. It also informed that certifi-
cation has been immediately suspended for poultry,
poultry meat and other products liable to spread that
virus, for imports into the Community from the whole
territory of Canada.

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
third
89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article
18(1) and (6) thereof,

amending Directives

countries

and

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(1) and (5)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 2006/696/EC of 28 August 2006
laying down a list of third countries from which poultry,
hatching eggs, day-old chicks, meat of poultry, ratites and
wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified
pathogen-free eggs may be imported into and transit
through the Community and the applicable veterinary
amending Decisions
certification
93/342/EEC, 2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC (3)
sets
from which these
third countries
list of
out
commodities may be
and transit
into,
imported
through, the Community and lays down the veterinary
certification conditions.

conditions,

and

a

(4)

(5)

(6)

(2)

Under that Decision, imports into the Community from
Canada, are authorised of poultry, hatching eggs, day-old
chicks, meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds.

(3)

On 27 September 2007, Canada reported to the
Commission an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian

(7)

(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 295, 25.10.2006, p. 1.

epidemiological

Canada has taken immediate and appropriate control
including restrictions on the movement of
measures,
poultry and their products within and out of
the
disease affected area and provided the Commission
situation.
with information on the
According to the information available there are no indi-
cations of further virus spread from the affected area. In
the light of
the
Agreement between the European Community and the
Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect
public and animal health in respect of
trade in live
animals and animal products as approved on behalf of
the Community by Council Decision 1999/201/EC (4), it
is appropriate to restrict the suspension of imports from
Canada to the disease affected area in the province of
Saskatchewan.

information and in view of

that

Commission Decision 2005/432/EC of 3 June 2005
laying down the animal and public health conditions
and model certificates for imports of meat products for
human consumption from third countries and repealing
Decisions 97/41/EC, 97/221/EC and 97/222/EC (5) lays
down the list of third countries from which Member
States, depending on the third country’s animal health
status,
those
products subject to certain treatment regimes.

importation of

to authorise

the

are

of

products

Imports, into the Community from Canada are currently
have
authorised,
that
poultry meat
undergone a non-specific treatment. However,
in the
case of an outbreak of avian influenza, that treatment
is insufficient to inactivate the avian influenza virus. It
is
to only
authorise imports of poultry meat products from the
affected area that have been subjected to treatment B,
to
C or D,
Decision 2005/432/EC.

in accordance to Part 4 of Annex II

therefore appropriate,

in this Decision,

In the light of the current epidemiological situation in
Canada this Decision should apply until 30 November
2007 and the measures should be reviewed.

(4) OJ L 71, 18.3.1999, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 151, 14.6.2005, p. 3. Decision as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1792/2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

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(8)

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

Member States
commodities
Annex I to this Decision:

shall

following
from the territory of Canada referred to in

suspend imports of

the

(a) poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks, as defined in

Article 2(a), (b) and (c) of Decision 2006/696/EC;

(b) meat, as defined in Article 2(j) of Decision 2006/696/EC;

(c) meat preparations and meat products as defined in points
1.15. and 7.1. in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
the Council (1), and
of
consisting of, or containing meat referred to in point (b);

the European Parliament and of

(d) raw pet food and unprocessed feed material containing any

parts of the species referred to in point (a);

Decision provided that in the import certificates accompanying
consignments of these commodities, it is clearly indicated that:

(a)

they come from the territory of code ‘CA-1’ where the
freedom from avian influenza must be certified.

(b) ‘This consignment

is
Decision 2007/693/EC.’

in compliance with Commission

Article 3

By way of derogation from Article 1, meat products referred to
in Article 1(c), shall be authorised for importation into the
Community, provided that
they have been subjected to
in accordance with Part 4 of Annex II
treatment B, C or D,
to Decision 2005/432/EC.

Article 4

This Decision shall apply until 30 November 2007.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

(e) non-treated game trophies from any bird.

Done at Brussels, 26 October 2007.

Article 2

Imports of commodities referred to in Article 1 shall be
authorised from the territory referred to in Annex II of this

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, as corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 22.

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ANNEX I

The restricted area (10 km) in the province of Saskatchewan including part of the Rural Municipality of Lumsden #189
that is bound:

— On the south by Highway 11,

— On the southeast by Highway 20 to Last Mountain Creek,

— On the east and north by Last Mountain Creek and Last Mountain Lake,

— On the west by the east half Range 23 (3 miles) of Township 21 and 20 to the intersection of Highway 11 in the

Rural Municipality of Dufferin #190.

CA-1: The territory of Canada, except for the restricted area set out in Annex I.

ANNEX II