Commission Regulation (EC) No 81/2006 of 18 January 2006 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 concerning the terms that may be used on the marketing of poultrymeat in the event of restrictions on access for poultry to open-air runs (c. 81)

Article 1 U.K.

Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

the following introductory phrase is inserted after the title ‘Annex IV’:

‘The conditions referred to in Article 10 are as follows:’;

2.

the following subparagraph is added:

‘In the event of restrictions, including veterinary restrictions adopted under Community law to protect public and animal health, having the effect of restricting the access of poultry to open-air runs, poultry reared in accordance with the production methods described in points (c), (d) and (e) of the first subparagraph, with the exception of guinea fowls reared in percheries, may continue to be marketed with a special reference to the method of rearing for the duration of the restriction but under no circumstances for more than 12 weeks.’

Article 2 U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 January 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission