Article 66Transitional provisions
1.Contingency plans for the control of avian influenza approved in accordance with Article 17(4) of Directive 92/40/EEC and in force at 1 July 2007 shall continue to apply for the purpose of this Directive.
However, by 30 September 2007 Member States shall submit to the Commission amendments to those contingency plans, to bring them in line with this Directive.
Those amended plans shall be approved in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 64(2).
2.Pending the transposition of this Directive, further transitional provisions on the control of avian influenza may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 64(2).