Council Directive 2005/94/ECDangos y teitl llawn

5. The following provisions shall apply to movements of live poultry or other captive birds, and eggs from holdings within the vaccination area to a holding outside the vaccination area: U.K.

(a)

hatching eggs shall:

(i)

originate from a vaccinated or unvaccinated breeding flock which has been examined, with favourable results, in accordance with the diagnostic manual;

(ii)

have been disinfected before dispatch in accordance with a method approved by the competent authority;

(iii)

be transported directly to the hatchery of destination;

(iv)

be traceable within the hatchery;

(b)

eggs shall originate from a vaccinated or non-vaccinated layer flock which has been examined, with favourable results, in accordance with the monitoring diagnostic manual and shall be transported to:

(i)

a packing centre designated by the competent authority (‘the designated packing centre’), provided that they are packed in disposable packaging and that all biosecurity measures required by the competent authority are applied, or

(ii)

an establishment for the manufacture of egg products as set out in Chapter II of Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;

(c)

day-old chicks shall:

(i)

not have been vaccinated;

(ii)

[X1 originate from hatching eggs satisfying the conditions set out in point (a) of paragraph 3;]

(iii)

be placed in a poultry house or shed where there is no resident poultry;

(d)

live poultry or other captive birds shall:

(i)

not have been vaccinated;

(ii)

have been examined with favourable results, in accordance with the diagnostic manual;

(iii)

be placed in a poultry-house or shed where there is no resident poultry;

(e)

poultry for slaughter shall:

(i)

be examined before loading with favourable results, in accordance with the diagnostic manual;

(ii)

be sent directly to a designated slaughterhouse for immediate slaughter.

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum 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 (Official Journal of the European Union L 10 of 14 January 2006).