2007/843/EC: Commission Decision of 11 December 2007 concerning approval of Salmonella control programmes in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus in certain third countries in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the Eurpoean Parliament and of the Council and amending Decision 2006/696/EC, as regards certain public health requirements at import of poultry and hatching eggs (notified under document number C(2007) 6094) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, egg, health certificate, health control, import (EU), poultry, third country, veterinary inspection, zoonosis

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 December 2007

concerning approval of Salmonella control programmes in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus in certain
third countries in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the Eurpoean Parliament and
of the Council and amending Decision 2006/696/EC, as regards certain public health requirements at
import of poultry and hatching eggs

(notified under document number C(2007) 6094)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/843/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of
European Parliament and of
the Council of 17 November
2003 on the control of Salmonella and other specified food-
borne zoonotic agents (1), and in particular Article 10(2)
thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down
specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (2), and in
particular Article 9 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down
the organisation of official controls on
specific rules
products of animal origin intended for human consumption (3),
and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,

for

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 lays down requirements
for the control of Salmonella in different poultry popu-
lations of the Member States. The requirements apply to
Member States from the dates set out in Annex I to that
Regulation,
in particular 18 months after a target for
reduction of the prevalence of Salmonella has been estab-
lished.

(2)

A target for such reduction applies for breeding flocks of
from 1 July 2005 in accordance with
Gallus gallus

(3)

(4)

(5)

(1) OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
L 280,

(EC) No 1237/2007 (OJ

Commission Regulation
24.10.2007, p. 5).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1003/2005 (4),
for
laying hens from 1 August 2006 in accordance with
Regulation (EC) No 1168/2006 and for broilers from 1
July 2007 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
646/2007 (5).

Israel, Tunisia and the United States have
Canada,
submitted to the Commission their control programmes
for Salmonella in breeding poultry of Gallus gallus,
hatching eggs
thereof and day-old chicks of Gallus
gallus intended for breeding. These programmes were
found to provide guarantees equivalent to the guarantees
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 and
should therefore be approved.

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
certification
amending Decisions
93/342/EEC, 2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC (6) covers
imports into and transit through the Community of in
particular breeding and productive poultry, hatching eggs
and day-old chicks and sets out a list of third countries
from which Member States are authorised to import the
relevant animals and hatching eggs.

conditions

and

Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003, admission
to or retention on the lists of third countries provided for
in Community legislation from which Member States are
authorised to import the relevant animals and hatching
to the
eggs covered by that Regulation is
submission to the Commission by the third country
concerned of
to national
control programmes for Salmonella to be established by
the Member States, and its approval by the Commission.

a programme

equivalent

subject

(2) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55; corrected version in OJ L 226,
25.6.2004, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1243/2007 (OJ L 281, 25.10.2007, p. 8).

(3) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206; corrected version in OJ L 226,
25.6.2004, p. 83. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation
(EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 170, 1.7.2005, p. 12. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1168/2006 (OJ L 211, 1.8.2006, p. 4).

(5) OJ L 151, 13.6.2007, p. 21.
(6) OJ L 295, 25.10.2006, p. 1. Decision as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1237/2007.

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(7)

(8)

(9)

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the approval of programmes,
As a consequence of
Canada,
Israel, Tunisia and the United States should
remain on the list set out in Decision 2006/696/EC of
third countries
from which the Member States are
authorised to import breeding poultry of Gallus gallus,
hatching eggs
thereof and day-old chicks of Gallus
gallus intended for breeding.

the framework of the national control programmes for
the control of Salmonella in poultry (1) lays down certain
rules for the use of antimicrobials and vaccines in the
framework of the national control programmes approved
to Regulation (EC)
by
No 2160/2003.

the Commission pursuant

Certain other third countries currently listed in Decision
submitted any control
2006/696/EC have not yet
programme for Salmonella to the Commission. Since
requirements on breeding poultry of Gallus gallus,
hatching eggs
thereof and day-old chicks of Gallus
gallus intended for breeding, already apply within the
imports of such poultry and eggs should
Community,
therefore no longer be authorised from those third
countries. The list of third countries or parts thereof
set out in Part 1 of Annex I to Decision 2006/696/EC
should be amended accordingly.

equivalent

to provide guarantees,

and productive poultry of Gallus

to the
In order
requirements within the Community,
third countries,
from which Member States are authorised to import
breeding
gallus
thereof and day-old chicks of Gallus
hatching eggs
gallus, should certify that
the control programme for
Salmonella has been applied to the flock of origin and
flock has been tested for the presence of
that
Salmonella serotypes of public health significance as
soon as the requirements apply to the different poultry
populations in the Community.

that

In addition, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003,
flocks of Gallus gallus can not be used for breeding
purposes and their eggs can not be used as hatching
eggs
since 1 January 2007 in the Community if
infected with Salmonella Enteritidis and/or Salmonella
Typhimurium. Therefore, breeding poultry, day-old
chicks intended for breeding and hatching eggs should
only be authorised for import into the Community if the
flocks of origin where tested and free of Salmonella Enter-
itidis and Salmonella Typhimurium.

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

States

countries

from which Member

Third
are
authorised to import breeding and productive poultry
of Gallus gallus hatching eggs and day-old chicks of
Gallus gallus, should certify that the specific requirements
for the use of antimicrobials and vaccines provided for in
Regulation (EC) No 1177/2006 have been applied as
soon as the requirements apply to the different poultry
If antimicrobials have
populations in the Community.
been used in day-old chicks for other purposes than
the control of Salmonella, it should also be indicated on
the certificate because such use may influence the testing
for Salmonella at import.

In

for

order

accordingly.

The model veterinary certificates
the import of
breeding and productive poultry, day old chicks and
in Decision 2006/696/EC should be
hatching eggs
future
amended
amendments to the model veterinary certificates at the
time when the provisions on imports in Regulation (EC)
No 2160/2003 become applicable to productive poultry
and day-old chickens, other than for breeding, the model
veterinary certificates should be amended for imports of
those animals as well, with a clear indication when those
amendments apply to the different populations.

avoid

to

Bulgaria and Romania acceded to the European Union on
1 January 2007. From that date, the provisions on intra-
Community trade laid down in Decision 2006/696/EC
apply to those new Member States. Bulgaria
and
Romania should therefore be deleted from the lists of
third countries that are approved for imports by the
Member States and set out in Part 1 of Annexes I and
II to Decision 2006/696/EC.

issued

To avoid any disruption of trade, the use of veterinary
accordance with Decision
certificates
2006/696/EC, as currently worded, should be allowed
for a period of 60 days following the date of application
of the present Decision.

in

(10)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1177/2006 of 1 August
2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards
requirements for the use of specific control methods in

(1) OJ L 212, 2.8.2006, p. 3.

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(15) However,

on

imports

in order to avoid future amendments to the
the time when the
model veterinary certificates at
provisions
(EC)
in
No 2160/2003 become applicable to laying hens and
broilers of Gallus gallus, the model veterinary certificates
should be amended for imports of those animals as well,
with a clear indication when those amendments apply to
the different populations. The date of application of these
amendments should therefore be deferred as appropriate.

Regulation

Article 3

Consignments of breeding or productive poultry other than
ratites, day-old chicks other than of ratites and hatching eggs
of poultry other than ratites for which veterinary certificates
have been issued in accordance with Decision 2006/696/EC,
in the version applying before the date of application of the
present Decision may be imported into the Community for a
period of 60 days following the date of application of the
present Decision.

(16) Decision 2006/696/EC should therefore be amended

accordingly.

Article 4

This Decision shall apply from 15 February 2008.

(17)

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:

However, points II.2.5 of the model certificate for breeding or
productive poultry other than ratites, II 2,4 of the model certi-
ficate for day-old chicks other than of ratites in Annex I of
Decision 2006/696/EC as amended by the present Decision
shall apply from 1 January 2009 if the productive poultry or
day-old chicks is solely intended for the production of meat.

Article 1

The control programmes submitted by Canada, Israel, Tunisia
and United States in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2160/2003 are hereby approved as regards
Salmonella in flocks of breeding hens.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2007.

Article 2

Annexes I and II to Decision 2006/696/EC are amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

(1) Annex I to Decision 2006/696/EC is amended as follows:

(a) Part 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Part 1

List of third countries or parts thereof (*)

Veterinary certificate

Country

1

AR — Argentina

AU — Australia

BR — Brazil

Code of
territory

2

AR-0

AU-0

BR-0

BR-1

BR-2

BW — Botswana

BW-0

CA — Canada

CA-0

CH — Switzerland

CL — Chile

CH-0

CL-0

HR — Croatia

HR-0

Description of territory

3

Model(s)

4

SPF

BPP, DOC,
HEP, SPF,
SRP

BPR

DOR

HER

SPF

States of Mato Grosso, Paraná,
Rio Grande
Santa
do
Catarina and São Paulo

Sul,

BPP, DOC,
HEP, SRP

States of Rio Grande do Sul,
Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo
and Mato Grosso do Sul

BPR, DOR,
HER, SRA

SPF

BPR

DOR

HER

BPR, BPP,
DOC, DOR,
HEP, HER,
SRA, SPF,
SRP

(**)

BPR, BPP,
DOC, DOR,
HEP, HER,
SPF, SRA,
SRP

BPR, BPP,
DOR, DOC,
HEP, HER,
SPF, SRA,
SRP

Additional
Guarantees

5

I

II

III

I

II

III

IV

Specific
conditions

6

A

A

A

A

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1

GL — Greenland

IL — Israel

IS — Iceland

MG — Madagascar

MX — Mexico

NA — Namibia

2

GL-0

IL-0

IS-0

MG-0

MX-0

NA-0

NZ — New Zealand

NZ-0

PM — St Pierre and

PM-0

Miquelon

TH — Thailand

TN — Tunisia

TR — Turkey

US — United States

UY — Uruguay

ZA — South Africa

TH-0

TN-0

TR-0

US-0

UY-0

ZA-0

6

A

4

SPF

BPR, BPP,
DOC, DOR,
HEP, HER,
SPF, SRP

SPF

SPF

SPF

SPF

BPR

DOR

HER

BPR, BPP,
DOC, DOR,
HEP, HER,
SPF, SRA,
SRP

SPF

SPF

DOR, BPR,
BPP, HER,
SPF

SPF

BPR, BPP,
DOC, DOR,
HEP, HER,
SPF, SRA,
SRP

SPF

SPF

BPR

DOR

HER

5

IV

I

II

III

IV

IV

I

II

III

(*) Without prejudice to specific certification requirements provided for in Community agreements with third countries.
(**) Certificates in accordance with the agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural

products, OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.’

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(b) Part 2 is amended as follows:

(i) in the section with the subheading ‘Additional guarantees (AG)’, the following is added:

‘IV: Relevant guarantees for breeding poultry of Gallus gallus, day-old chicks of Gallus gallus intended for breeding
purposes and hatching eggs of Gallus gallus in accordance with EU provisions on the control of Salmonella,
have been provided and shall be certified in accordance with model BPP, DOC and HEP respectively.’

(ii) after the section with the subheading ‘Additional Guarantees (AG)’, the following section is inserted:

‘Specific conditions:
“A”: Prohibition to import into the Community breeding poultry of Gallus gallus, day-old chicks of Gallus gallus
intended for breeding purposes and hatching eggs of Gallus gallus because a Salmonella control programme
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the Commission or approved
by it.’

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(iii) the model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites (BPP) is replaced by the

following:

‘Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites (BPP)

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(iv) the model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks other than of ratites (DOC) is replaced by the following:

‘Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks other than of ratites (DOC)

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(v)

the model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites (HEP) is replaced by the following:

‘Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites (HEP)

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(2)

In Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 2006/696/EC, the entries for Bulgaria and Romania are deleted.