1.Without prejudice to the general criteria laid down in Article 2, a third country is classified as free from Newcastle disease for the first time if:
(a)no outbreaks of that disease have occurred in poultry on its territory for at least 36 months; and
(b)no vaccinations against Newcastle disease using non-recognized vaccines have been carried out for at least 12 months.
2.Where a sanitary slaughter policy is practised to control the disease and without prejudice to the provision of paragraph 1 (b) the period of 36 months referred to in paragraph 1 (a) is reduced to:
(a)6 months if no emergency vaccination has been carried out;
(b)12 months if emergency vaccination has been carried out, provided that a further 12-month period has elapsed after the official termination for such emergency vaccination.
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4.By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 (b) and 2 (b) a third country is classified as free from Newcastle disease if it allows the use of vaccines against the disease, which, although complying with the general criteria set out in Annex B for the vaccines, do not fulfil the specific criteria thereof.
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Textual Amendments
F1 Deleted by Commission Decision of 7 June 1994 laying down the criteria for classifying third countries and parts thereof with regard to avian influenza and Newcastle disease in relation to imports of fresh poultrymeat and amending Decision 93/342/EEC (94/438/EC).
F2 Deleted by Commission Decision 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 conditions, and amending Decisions 93/342/EEC, 2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC (notified under document number C (2006) 3821) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/696/EC).