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Commission Decision of 27 October 2005 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain third countries for the import of captive birds (notified under document number C(2005) 4288) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/760/EC) (repealed) is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 31 October 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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1.Member States shall suspend the importation from the third countries or parts thereof belonging to the OIE Regional Commissions listed in the Annex of:
(a)live birds other than poultry, as defined in the third indent of Article 1 of Decision 2000/666/EC, and
(b)products derived from the species referred to in point (a).
2.The suspension provided for in paragraph 1 shall not apply to birds certified by a third country in accordance with Decision 2000/666/EC before the date of publication of this Decision.
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.
1.Member States shall ensure that
(a)the birds referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 2 are accompanied by a veterinary certificate provided for in Annex A to Decision 2000/666/EC,
(b)hatching eggs referred to in paragraph 2 (a) of Article 2 are accompanied by a veterinary certificate providing at least the information as required in the certificate provided for in Part 3 of Annex E to Directive 92/65/EEC.
2.Member States shall ensure that the veterinary certificates accompanying consignments of the animals and products referred to in paragraph 1 include the following confirmation:
‘Live birds or hatching eggs in accordance with Article 2 of Decision 2005/760/EC’.
Member States shall ensure that when imported in accordance with this Decision, the consignment of birds referred to in paragraph 1(a) of Article 1 are accompanied by a certificate certifying that those birds are indigenous or have been either hatched and reared or caught in the exporting third country.
Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
This Decision shall apply until 30 November 2005.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 October 2005.
For the Commission
Markos Kyprianou
Member of the Commission
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