Commission Decision of 7 June 2006 amending Decisions 2005/710/EC, 2005/734/EC, 2005/758/EC, 2005/759/EC, 2005/760/EC, 2006/247/EC and 2006/265/EC as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (notified under document number C(2006) 2177) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/405/EC)

Article 1

Decision 2005/710/EC is amended as follows:

1.

Paragraph 1(a) of Article 1 is replaced by the following:

Article 1

1.Member States shall suspend the importation of:

(a)live poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game, and hatching eggs of these species coming from the part of the territory of Romania referred to in Part B of the Annex;

2.

In Article 4, the date ‘31 July 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’.

Article 2

In Article 4 of Decision 2005/734/EC, the date ‘31 May 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’.

Article 3

The Annex to Decision 2005/758/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 4

In Article 5 of Decision 2005/759/EC, the date ‘31 May 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 July 2006’.

Article 5

In Article 6 of Decision 2005/760/EC, the date ‘31 May 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 July 2006’.

Article 6

Decision 2006/247/EC is amended as follows:

1.

Article 1(a) is replaced by the following:

Article 1

Member States shall suspend imports of:

(a)

live poultry, ratites and farmed and wild feathered game, and hatching eggs of these species coming from the part of the territory of Bulgaria referred to in Part B of the Annex;

2.

In Article 5, the date ‘31 May 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’.

Article 7

In Article 3 of Decision 2006/265/EC, the date ‘31 May 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’.

Article 8

The Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 9

Articles 2, 4, 5, Article 6(2) and Article 7 shall apply from 1 June 2006.

Article 10

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 June 2006.

For the Commission

Markos Kyprianou

Member of the Commission