2007/873/EC: Commission Decision of 18 December 2007 approving the national programme for the control of salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus submitted by Bulgaria (notified under document number C(2007) 6353)
Date: 2007-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, animal breeding, animal disease, disease prevention, health control, infectious disease, livestock, public health, veterinary inspection, zoonosis

28.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 344/45

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 December 2007

approving the national programme for the control of salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus
submitted by Bulgaria

(notified under document number C(2007) 6353)

(Only the Bulgarian text is authentic)

(2007/873/EC)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Bulgaria has submitted its national programme for the
control of salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus.

The programme submitted by Bulgaria was found to
comply with relevant Community veterinary legislation
and in particular with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003.

The national control programme submitted by Bulgaria
should therefore be approved.

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

The national programme for
breeding flocks of Gallus gallus
approved.

the control of salmonella in
submitted by Bulgaria is

This Decision shall apply from 1 February 2008.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to Bulgaria.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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
the Council of 17 November
European Parliament and of
2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-
borne zoonotic agents (1) and, in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The purpose of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 is to
ensure that proper and effective measures are taken to
detect and control salmonella and other zoonotic agents
at all relevant stages of production, processing and distri-
bution, particularly at the level of primary production, in
order to reduce their prevalence and the risk they pose to
public health.

A Community target was established for the reduction of
the prevalence of all salmonella serotypes with public
health significance in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus at
the level of primary production by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1003/2005 of 30 June 2005 imple-
menting Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of
the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards a
Community target for the reduction of the prevalence
of certain salmonella serotypes in breeding flocks of
amending Regulation (EC) No
Gallus
gallus
2160/2003 (2).

and

In order to achieve the Community target Member States
are to establish national programmes for the control of
salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus and submit
them to the Commission in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 2160/2003.

(1) OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1237/2007 (OJ L 280, 24.10.2007, p. 5).
(2) 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).