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2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC (notified under document number C (2006) 3821) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/696/EC) (repealed)

Article 12 Requirements after import

1. Imported ratites for breeding and production (ratites) and day-old chicks thereof shall be kept on the holding(s) of destination from their date of arrival:

(a) for a period of at least six weeks; or

(b) where the birds are slaughtered before the expiry of the period referred to in (a), until the day of slaughter.

2. Ratites hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept for a period of at least three weeks from the date of hatching in the hatchery or on the holding(s) to which they have been sent after hatching.

3. During the relevant period as provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2, imported ratites and ratites hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept in isolation in houses where no other ratites or poultry are present.

However, they may be introduced into houses where other ratites or poultry are already present.

In that case, the periods provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall start running from the date of introduction of the last imported ratite and no ratites or poultry present shall be moved from the housing before the end of those periods.

4. Imported hatching eggs shall be hatched in separate incubators and hatchers.

However, imported hatching eggs may be introduced into incubators and hatchers where other hatching eggs are already present.

In that case, the periods provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall start running from the date of introduction of the last imported hatching egg and the measures as provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply.

5. No later than the date of expiry of the relevant period as provided for in paragraph 1 or 2, imported ratites and day-old chicks thereof shall undergo a clinical examination carried out by an authorised veterinarian and, where necessary, samples shall be taken to monitor their state of health.

6. Where ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof and/or their flocks of origin are to undergo testing in accordance with the requirements of the veterinary certificates laid down in Annex I to this Decision, sampling for testing for Newcastle disease and the testing itself shall be carried out in accordance with Annexes I and II to Commission Decision 92/340/EEC(1).

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OJ L 188, 8.7.1992, p. 34.