1.By way of derogation from paragraph 1 (a) of Article 1, Member States shall authorise the imports of birds coming from bodies, institutes and centres and proceeding to bodies, institutes and centres approved by the competent authority in the Member State of destination in compliance with Directive 92/65/EEC.
2.By way of derogation from paragraph 1 (b) of Article 1, Member States shall authorise imports of:
(a)Hatching eggs of the birds referred to in paragraph 1(a) of Article 1 under the condition that these eggs are:
either destined for the approved bodies, institutes or centres referred to in paragraph 1, or
destined to dedicated hatcheries approved for that purpose by the competent authority which do not at the same time hatch eggs for poultry and into which eggs are laid only after fumigation effectively decontaminating the shell.
(b)Specimens collected from any species of birds which are safely packaged and sent directly under the responsibility of the competent authorities of the dispatching country listed in the Annex to an approved laboratory in a Member State for laboratory diagnosis.