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Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements (Text with EEA relevance)

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ANNEX IU.K.POULTRY, HATCHING EGGS, DAY-OLD CHICKS, SPECIFIED PATHOGEN-FREE EGGS, MEAT, MINCED MEAT, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT, EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS

[F1PART 1 U.K. List of third countries F2...

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Hereafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under Israeli administration since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank.

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ISO code and name of third country or territory F6... F7... Veterinary certificate F3... F3... F3... F3... F3...
Model(s) F8... F3... F3...
1 F6... F7... 4 F8... F3... F3... F3... F3... F3... F3...
AL — Albania F6... F7... EP, E F3...
AR — Argentina F6... F7... SPF
POU, RAT, EP, E F3... F3...
WGM F8...
[F9AU – Australia F6... F7... SPF
EP, E F3...
BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP, LT20 F3... F3... F3...
BPR F8...
DOR F8...
HER F8...
POU F8...
RAT F8...]
[F10BA — Bosnia and Herzegovina F6... F7... E, EP F3...
POU ]
BR — Brazil F6... F7... SPF
F6... F7... RAT, BPR, DOR, HER, SRA F3... F3...
F6... F7... BPP, DOC, HEP, SRP, LT20 F3... F3...
F6... F7... WGM F8...
EP, E, POU F3... F3...
BW — Botswana F6... F7... SPF
EP, E F3...
BPR F8...
DOR F8...
HER F8...
RAT F8...
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[F12CA — Canada F6... F7... SPF
EP, E F3...
F6... F7... WGM F8...
BPR, BPP, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 F3... F3... F3...
POU, RAT F3...
F6... F7...]
[F13CH — Switzerland][F13SPF
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20
WGM
EP, E, POU, RAT]
CL — Chile F6... F7... SPF
EP, E F3...
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20 F3... F3... F3...
WGM F8...
POU, RAT F3...
CN — China F6... F7... EP
F6... F7... POU, E F8... F3... F3... F3... F3...
[F14EU member States, Liechtenstein and Norway cF7...SPF
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20
WGM
EP, E, POU, RAT]
GL — Greenland F6... F7... SPF
EP, WGM
HK — Hong Kong F6... F7... EP
[F10IL — Israel b F6... F7... SPF, EP

BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER,

LT20

F8... F3... F3... F3... F3...
SRP F3... F3...
RAT F8... F3... F3...
WGM F8... F3... F3...
E F8... F3... F3... F3...
F6... F7... POU F8... F3... F3...
F6... F7...F15... F8... F3... F3...]
IN — India F6... F7... EP
[F16IS – Iceland c F6... F7... SPF
WGM
F17... POU, RAT]
[F18JP — Japan F6... F7... EP, E
POU F3...F3...]
KR — Republic of Korea F6... F7... EP, E F3...
MD — Moldova F6... F7... EP
ME — Montenegro F6... F7... EP
MG — Madagascar F6... F7... SPF
EP, E, WGM F3...
MY — Malaysia F6... F7... —
F6... F7... EP
E F3...
[F19MK – Republic of North Macedonia F6... F7... E, EP
POU F3... F3...]
[F20MX — Mexico F6... F7... SPF
EP F3...]
NA — Namibia F6... F7... SPF
BPR F8...
DOR F8...
HER F8...
RAT, EP, E F8... F3...
NC — New Caledonia F6... F7... EP
NZ — New Zealand F6... F7... SPF
BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20, F3...
WGM F8...
EP, E, POU, RAT F3...
PM — Saint Pierre and Miquelon F6... F7... SPF
RS — Serbia F6... F7... EP
[F21RU — Russia F6... F7... EP, E F3...
POU F3... F3...
F3... F3...]
SG — Singapore F6... F7... EP
TH — Thailand F6... F7... SPF, EP
WGM F8... F3...
POU, RAT F3...
E F3... F3...
TN — Tunisia F6... F7... SPF
BPP, LT20, BPR, DOR, HER F3...
WGM F8...
EP, E, POU, RAT F3...
TR — Turkey F6... F7... SPF
EP, E F3...
[F22UA — Ukraine F6... F7... EP, E [F23WGM, POU, RAT]
F6... F7...F24...
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F6... F7...
F6... F7... F24... F3... F3... F3...
F24... F3... F3... F3...
F6... F7... F24... F3... F3... F3...
F24... F3... F3... F3...
F6... F7... F24... F3... F3... F3...
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[F25US – United States F6... F7... SPF [F26EP, E, WGM, POU, RAT, BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, SRP, SRA, LT20]
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F6... F7... F27... F8...
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F6...F7... F27... F8... F3... F3... F3...
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F6...F7... F27... F8... F3... F3... F3...
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F27... F3... F3...]
UY — Uruguay F6... F7... SPF
EP, E, RAT F3...
[F28ZA — South Africa F6... F7... SPF
EP, E F3...
BPR F8... F3... F3... F3...
DOR F8...
HER F8...
RAT F8... F3... F3...
ZW — Zimbabwe F6... F7... RAT F8... F3... F3...
EP, E F3...]

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

PART 2U.K.

F29...U.K.

F30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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Additional guarantees (AG):U.K.

‘I’

:

Guarantees for breeding and productive ratites coming from a third country, territory or zone not free from Newcastle disease, certified in accordance with model BPR

‘II’

:

Guarantees for day-old chicks of ratites coming from a third country, territory or zone not free from Newcastle disease, certified in accordance with model DOR

‘III’

:

Guarantees for hatching eggs of ratites coming from a third country, territory or zone not free from Newcastle disease certified in accordance with model HER

:

F31

‘V’

:

Guarantees for slaughter ratites coming from a third country, territory or zone not free from Newcastle disease, certified in accordance with model SRA

‘VI’

:

additional guarantees covering poultrymeat certified in accordance with model POU

‘VII’

:

additional guarantees covering meat of farmed ratites for human consumption certified in accordance with model RAT

‘VIII’

:

additional guarantees for wild game-bird meat certified in accordance with model WGM

:

F32...

‘[F33X’

:

additional guarantees covering commodities certified in accordance with point 8 of Section I of Annex III and the model certificates BPP, BPR, DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, POU, RAT and E.]

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[F34Salmonella control programme: U.K.

‘S0’

Prohibition to export into [F35Great Britain] breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of Gallus gallus , day-old chicks (DOC) of Gallus gallus , slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of Gallus gallus and hatching eggs (HEP) of Gallus gallus because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the [F36appropriate authority] or approved by it.

‘S1’

Prohibition to export into [F35Great Britain] breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of Gallus gallus , day-old chicks (DOC) of Gallus gallus and slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of Gallus gallus for other purposes than breeding, because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the [F36appropriate authority] or approved by it.

‘S2’

Prohibition to export into [F35Great Britain] breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of Gallus gallus , day-old chicks (DOC) of Gallus gallus and slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of Gallus gallus for other purposes than breeding or laying, because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the [F36appropriate authority] or approved by it.

‘S3’

Prohibition to export into [F35Great Britain] breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of Gallus gallus and slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of Gallus gallus for other purposes than breeding, because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the [F36appropriate authority] or approved by it.

‘S4’

Prohibition to export into [F35Great Britain] eggs (E) of Gallus gallus others than eggs classed B in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 557/2007 because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the [F36appropriate authority] or approved by it.

‘[F37S5’

Prohibition to export into [F38Great Britain] breeding and productive poultry of Gallus gallus (BPP), slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of Gallus gallus because a Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the [F36appropriate authority] or approved by it.

‘ST0’

Prohibition to export into [F38Great Britain] breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of s, day-old chicks (DOC) of s, slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of turkeys and hatching eggs (HEP) of turkeys because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the [F36appropriate authority] or approved by it.

‘ST1’

Prohibition to export into [F38Great Britain] breeding or productive poultry (BPP) of turkeys and slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking (SRP) of s because a relevant Salmonella control programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 has not been submitted to the [F36appropriate authority] or approved by it.]]

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Specific conditions:U.K.

‘P2’

:

Prohibition to import into or transit through [F39Great Britain] due to restrictions related to a HPAI outbreak

‘P3’

:

Prohibition to import into or transit through [F40Great Britain] due to restrictions related to a ND outbreak

‘[F41N’

:

Guarantees have been provided that the legislation on the control of Newcastle disease in the third country or territory is equivalent to that applied in [F42Great Britain]. In the case of an outbreak of Newcastle disease, imports may continue to be authorised from the third country or territory with no change in the third country code or territory code. However, imports into [F42Great Britain] from any areas which are placed under official restrictions by the competent authority of the third country or territory concerned due to an outbreak of that disease shall be automatically prohibited]

:

F43

‘[F44H’

:

Guarantees have been provided that meat of farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT) is obtained from ratites coming from a registered closed ratite holding approved by the third country’s competent authority. In the case of a HPAI outbreak on the third country’s territory, imports of such meat may still continue to be authorised, provided that it is obtained from ratites coming from a registered closed ratite holding free of LPAI and HPAI; and where within a radius of 100 km around that holding, including, where applicable, the territory of a neighbouring country, there has been no outbreak of LPAI or HPAI for at least the last 24 months and where there has been no epidemiological link to a ratite or poultry holding where LPAI or HPAI has been present within at least the last 24 months.]

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Avian influenza surveillance programme and avian influenza vaccination plan:U.K.

‘A’

:

Third country, territory, zone or compartment carries out an avian influenza surveillance programme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 798/2008

‘B’

:

Third country, territory, zone or compartment carries out vaccination against avian influenza in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 798/2008

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F45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F46ANNEX IIU.K.(as referred to in Article 4)

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ANNEX IIIU.K. [F47LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS], INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR EXAMINATION, SAMPLING AND TESTING AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6

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I.Before import into [F48Great Britain]U.K.

Methods for standardisation of materials and procedures for examination, sampling and testing for:

1.

Avian influenza

  • Diagnostic manual for avian influenza as laid down in Commission Decision 2006/437/EC(1); or

  • Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE)(2).

2.

Newcastle disease

  • Annex III to Council Directive 92/66/EEC(3); or

  • Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE);

  • Where Article 12 of Directive [F12009/158/EC] [F49(to be read as if for “ Community legislation ” in point (d) there were substituted “ relevant legislation in Great Britain ”, and as if paragraph 2 were omitted)] applies, the sampling and testing methods must comply with the methods described in Annexes to Commission Decision 92/340/EEC(4).

3.

Salmonella pullorum and Salmonella gallinarum

  • Chapter III of Annex II to Directive [F12009/158/EC]; or

  • Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE).

4.

[F50Salmonella arizonae

  • Chapter III of Annex II to Directive [F12009/158/EC]; or

  • Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE).]

5.

Mycoplasma gallisepticum

  • Chapter III of Annex II to Directive [F12009/158/EC]; or

  • Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE).

6.

Mycoplasma meleagridis

Chapter III of Annex II to Directive [F12009/158/EC].

7.

[F1Salmonella of public health significance

Sampling shall be carried out in accordance with the sampling protocol laid down in point 2.2 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 200/2010.

The detection method recommended by the EU reference laboratory (EURL) for salmonella in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, or an equivalent method shall be used. That method is described in the current version of Annex D of ISO 6579 (2002): ‘Detection of Salmonella spp. in animal faeces and in samples of the primary production stage’. For that detection method, a semi-solid medium (modified semi-solid Rappaport-Vassiladis medium, MSRV) is used as the single selective enrichment medium.

Serotyping shall be carried out following the Kauffmann-White scheme or an equivalent method.]

8.

[F33Additional guarantees (X) in relation to certain third countries not free from Newcastle disease

8.1.

In establishments referred to in point 8.2, the official veterinarian must:

(a)

check the production and health records of the establishment;

(b)

carry out a clinical inspection in each production unit, including an evaluation of its clinical history and clinical examinations of poultry — in particular of those that appear sick — in each production unit from which dispatch referred to in point 8.2 is intended;

(c)

sample at least 60 tracheal or oropharyngeal and 60 cloacal swabs for laboratory investigations to be performed for checking the presence of Newcastle disease virus from poultry and ratites from each production unit from which dispatch referred to in point 8.2 is intended; if the number of birds present in that epidemiological unit is smaller than 60, swabs must be taken from all birds. In case of products referred to in point 8.2(c) this sampling may also take place at the slaughterhouse.

8.2.

Point 8.1 applies in establishments from which it is intended to dispatch to [F51Great Britain]:

(a)

breeding or productive poultry and breeding or productive ratites (BPP, BPR);

(b)

day-old chicks of poultry, day-old chicks of ratites, hatching eggs of poultry or ratites and eggs for consumption (DOC, DOR, HEP, HER, E);

(c)

meat obtained from poultry and ratites kept on such holdings (POU, RAT).

8.3.

The procedures provided for in point 8.1 must be carried out:

(a)

for the commodities referred to in points (a) and (c) of point 8.2, within not more than 72 hours prior to dispatch to [F52Great Britain] or prior to the slaughter of the poultry and ratites;

(b)

for the commodities referred to in point (b) of point 8.2, at intervals of 15 days or in case of infrequent dispatch to [F53Great Britain], not more than seven days before collection of the hatching eggs.

8.4.

The procedures referred to in point 8.1 must have a favorable outcome and the laboratory investigations referred to above must be performed in an official laboratory, give negative results and be available before dispatch to [F54Great Britain] of any of the commodities listed in points 8.2.]

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II.After import into [F55Great Britain]U.K.

Sampling and testing procedures for avian influenza and Newcastle disease:U.K.

During the period referred to in point II.1 of Annex VIII, the official veterinarian shall take samples from the imported poultry for virological examination, to be tested as follows:

  • Between the seventh and the fifteenth day following the date of commencement of the isolation period, cloacal swabs must be taken from all birds where the consignment contains less than 60 birds, and from at least 60 birds where consignments contain more than 60 birds;

  • Testing of samples must be carried out in official laboratories designated by the competent authority, using diagnostic procedures for:

    (i)

    avian influenza as laid down in the diagnostic manual in Commission Decision 2006/437/EC;

    (ii)

    Newcastle disease as laid down in Annex III to Council Directive 92/66/EEC.

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III.General requirementsU.K.

  • Samples may be pooled, subject to a maximum of five samples from individual birds in each pool.

  • Virus isolates must be sent without delay to the national reference laboratory.

ANNEX IVU.K.(as referred to in Article 8(2)(d), Article 9(2)(b) and Article 10REQUIREMENTS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMMES AND INFORMATION TO BE SUBMITTED(5)

I.Requirements for avian influenza surveillance in poultry carried out in third countries, territories, zones or compartments as referred to in Article 10.U.K.

A.surveillance for avian influenza in poultry:U.K.

1.

Description of objectives

2.

Third country, territory, zone or compartment (keep as appropriate):

3.

Type of surveillance:

  • Serological surveillance

  • Virological surveillance

  • Targeted avian influenza subtypes

4.

Sampling criteria:

  • Targeted species (for example, s, chicken, partridges)

  • Targeted categories (for example, breeders, layers)

  • Targeted husbandry systems (for example, commercial establishments, backyard flocks)

5.

Statistical basis for number of establishments sampled:

  • Number of establishments in area

  • Number of establishments per category

  • Number of establishments to be sampled per poultry category

6.

Frequency of sampling

7.

Number of samples taken per establishment/shed

8.

Time period for sampling

9.

Type of samples taken (tissue, faeces, cloacal/oropharyngeal/tracheal swabs)

10.

Laboratory tests used (for example, AGID, PCR, HI, Virus isolation.)

11.

Indication of laboratories carrying out testing at central, regional or local level (keep as appropriate)

Indication of reference laboratory carrying out confirmatory testing [F56(a laboratory which has been approved by the appropriate authority as a national reference laboratory for avian influenza or OIE)]

12.

Reporting system/protocol used for avian influenza surveillance results (include results where available)

13.

Follow-up investigations of positive results for subtypes H5 and H7.

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B.where available information on surveillance for avian influenza in wild birds to assess risk factors for avian influenza introduction into poultry:U.K.

1.

Type of surveillance:

  • Serological surveillance

  • Virological surveillance

  • Targeted avian influenza subtypes

2.

Sampling criteria

3.

Targeting of wild bird species (indicate species names in Latin)

4.

Targeting of selected areas

5.

Information referred to in point 6 and points 8 to 12 of Part I.A.

II.Avian influenza surveillance to be carried out following the occurrence of an outbreak of that disease in a third country, territory, zone or compartment previously free from that disease, as referred to in Articles 8(2)(d) and 9(2)(b)U.K.

Surveillance for avian influenza must provide at least the confidence by a randomised representative sample of the populations at risk to demonstrate the absence of infection taking into account the specific epidemiological circumstances in relation to the occurred outbreak(s).

ANNEX VU.K.(as referred to in Article 11(a))INFORMATION TO BE SUBMITTED BY A THIRD COUNTRY VACCINATING AGAINST AVIAN INFLUENZA(6)

I.Requirements for vaccination plans carried out in a third country, territory, zone or compartment as referred to in Article 11U.K.

1.

Country, territory, zone or compartment (keep as appropriate)

2.

Disease history (previous outbreaks in poultry or cases in wild birds of HPAI/LPAI)

3.

Description of the reasons for the decision on the introduction of vaccination

4.

Risk assessment based on:

  • Avian influenza outbreak within that third country, territory, zone or compartment (keep as appropriate)

  • Avian influenza outbreak in a nearby country

  • Other risk factors such as certain areas, type of poultry husbandry or categories of poultry or other captive birds

5.

Geographical area where vaccination is carried out

6.

Number of establishments in vaccination area

7.

Number of establishments where vaccination is carried out, if different from number in point 6

8.

Species and categories of poultry or other captive birds in vaccination territory, zone or compartment

9.

Approximate number of poultry or other captive birds in the establishments referred to in point 7

10.

Summary of the vaccine characteristics

11.

Authorisation, handling, manufacture, storage, supply, distribution and sale of avian influenza vaccines on national territory

12.

Implementation of a DIVA strategy

13.

Envisaged duration of vaccination campaign

14.

Provisions and restrictions on the movements of vaccinated poultry and poultry products derived from vaccinated poultry or vaccinated other captive birds

15.

Clinical and laboratory tests carried out in the establishments vaccinated and/or located in the vaccination area (e.g. efficacy and pre-movement testing etc.)

16.

Means of record keeping (e.g. for the detailed information referred to point 15) and registration of holdings where vaccination is carried out.

II.Surveillance for third countries, territories, zones or compartments that carry out vaccination against avian influenza as referred to in Article 11U.K.

Where vaccination is carried out in a third country, territory, zone or compartment all commercial establishments that are vaccinated against avian influenza must be required to undergo laboratory testing and the following information, in addition to the information referred to in Part I.A to Annex IV, shall be submitted:

1.

Number of vaccinated establishments in area per category

2.

Number of vaccinated establishments to be sampled per poultry category

3.

Use of sentinel birds (indicate species and number of sentinel birds used per shed)

4.

Number of samples taken per establishment and/or shed

5.

Data on vaccine efficacy.

[F57ANNEX VI U.K. (as referred to in Article 12(1)(b), Article 12(2)(c)(ii) and Article 13(1)(a))

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CRITERIA FOR RECOGNISED NEWCASTLE DISEASE VACCINES U.K.

I. General criteria U.K.

1. Vaccines must comply with the standards set out in the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in the Chapter on Newcastle disease. U.K.
2. Vaccines must be registered by the competent authorities of the third country concerned before being allowed to be distributed and used. For such registration, the competent authorities of the third country concerned must rely on a complete file containing data on the efficacy and innocuity of the vaccine; for imported vaccines the competent authorities may rely on data checked by the competent authorities of the country where the vaccine is produced, as far as these checks have been carried out in conformity with OIE standards. U.K.
3. In addition, imports or production and distribution of the vaccines must be controlled by the competent authorities of the third country concerned. U.K.
4. Before distribution is allowed, each batch of vaccines must be tested on innocuity, in particular regarding attenuation or inactivation and absence of undesired contaminating agents, and on efficacy on behalf of the competent authorities. U.K.

II. Specific criteria U.K.

Live attenuated Newcastle disease vaccines must be prepared from a Newcastle disease virus strain for which the master seed has been tested and shown to have an intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) of:

(a)

less than 0,4, if not less than 10 7 EID 50 are administered to each bird in the ICPI test; or

(b)

less than 0,5, if not less than 10 8 EID 50 are administered to each bird in the ICPI test.]

ANNEX VIIU.K.(as referred to in Article 13)ADDITIONAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS

I.For poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs coming from a third country, Territory, zone or compartment where vaccines used against Newcastle disease do not meet THE criteria of Annex VIU.K.

1.

Where the third country, territory, zone or compartment does not prohibit the use of Newcastle disease vaccines that do not meet the specific criteria set out in Annex VI the following additional health requirements shall apply to:

(a)

poultry, including day-old chicks must not have been vaccinated with such vaccines for at least 12 months preceding the date of import to [F58Great Britain];

(b)

the flock or flocks must have undergone a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease not earlier than two weeks before the date of import into [F59Great Britain] or, in the case of hatching eggs, not earlier than two weeks before the date of collection of the eggs:

(i)

carried out in an official laboratory;

(ii)

on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock;

(iii)

in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index of more than 0,4 have been found.

(c)

poultry must have been kept in isolation under official surveillance on the establishment of origin during the two-week period referred to in (b);

(d)

poultry must not have been in contact with poultry not meeting the requirements set out in (a) and (b) during a period of 60 days before the date of import into [F60Great Britain] or, in the case of hatching eggs, during a period of 60 days before the date of collection of the eggs.

2.

Where day-old chicks are imported from a third country, territory, zone or compartment as referred to in point 1, the day-old chicks and the hatching eggs from which the day-old chicks are derived must not have been in contact in the hatchery or during transport with poultry or hatching eggs not meeting the requirements set out in point 1(a) to (d).

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II.For meat of poultryU.K.

Meat of poultry must come from slaughter poultry that:

(a)

[F57has not been vaccinated with live attenuated vaccines prepared from a Newcastle disease virus master seed showing a higher pathogenicity than lentogenic strains of the virus within the period of 30 days preceding slaughter;]

(b)

underwent a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease, carried out in an official laboratory at the time of slaughter on a random sample of cloacal swabs from at least 60 birds in each flock concerned and in which no avian paramyxoviruses with an Intracerebral Pathogenicity Index (ICPI) of more than 0,4 were found;

(c)

has not been in contact in 30 days preceding the date of slaughter with poultry that does not fulfil the conditions set out in (a) and (b).

ANNEX VIIIU.K.(as referred to in Article 14(1)(a))BREEDING AND PRODUCTIVE POULTRY OTHER THAN RATITES, HATCHING EGGS AND DAY-OLD CHICKS OTHER THAN OF RATITES

I.Requirements applicable before importU.K.

1.

Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites for import into [F61Great Britain] shall only come from establishments which have been approved by the competent authority of the third country concerned in accordance with conditions that are at least [F62equivalent to those described] in Annex II to Directive [F12009/158/EC] and where such approval has not been suspended or withdrawn.

2.

Where breeding and productive poultry other than ratites, hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites and/or their flocks of origin are to undergo testing to meet the requirements of the relevant veterinary certificates laid down in this Regulation, sampling for testing and the testing itself must be carried out in accordance with Annex III.

3.

Hatching eggs for import into [F63Great Britain] shall bear the name of the third country of origin and the word ‘hatching’ that is more than 3mm high [F64in English, whether or not it also appears in other languages].

4.

Each package of hatching eggs as referred to in point 3 shall contain only eggs of a single species, category and type of poultry from the same third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin and consignor, and shall bear at least the following particulars:

(a)

the information shown on the eggs as provided for in point 3;

(b)

the species of poultry from which the eggs come;

(c)

the consignor's name or business name and address.

5.

Each box of imported day-old chicks shall contain only a single species, category and type of poultry from the same third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, hatchery and consignor and shall bear at least the following particulars:

(a)

the name of the third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin;

(b)

the species of poultry to which the day-old chicks belong;

(c)

the distinguishing number of the hatchery;

(d)

the consignor's name or business name and address.

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II.Requirements applicable after importsU.K.

1.

Imported breeding and productive poultry other than ratites and day-old chicks other than of ratites shall be kept on the establishment(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.

However, the period provided for in (a) may be reduced to three weeks, provided that sampling and testing in accordance with Annex III have been carried out with favourable results.

2.

Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites which have been hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept for at least three weeks from the date of hatching in the hatchery or for at least three weeks on the establishment(s) to which the poultry has been sent after hatching.

F65...

3.

During the relevant periods, as referred to in points 1 and 2, imported breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks and breeding and productive poultry other than ratites which have hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept in isolation in poultry houses where no other flocks are present.

However, they may be introduced into poultry houses where breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks are already present.

In that case, the relevant periods referred to in points 1 and 2 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last imported bird and no poultry present shall be moved from the poultry houses 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 referred to in points 1 and 2 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last imported hatching egg.

5.

No later than the date of expiry of the relevant periods as provided for in point 1 or 2, imported breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks shall undergo a clinical examination carried out by the official veterinarian and, where necessary, samples shall be taken to monitor their state of health.

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ANNEX IXU.K.(as referred to in Article 14(1)(b))RATITES FOR BREEDING AND PRODUCTION, HATCHING EGGS AND DAY-OLD CHICKS THEREOF

I.Requirements applicable before importU.K.

1.

Imported ratites for breeding and production (ratites) shall be identified by neck-tags and/or microchips bearing the ISO code of the third country of origin. Such microchips must comply with ISO standards.

2.

Imported hatching eggs of ratites shall be marked with a stamp indicating the ISO code of the third country of origin and the approval number of the establishment of origin.

3.

Each package of hatching eggs as referred to in point 2 shall contain only eggs of ratites from the same third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin and consignor, and shall bear at least the following particulars:

(a)

the information shown on the eggs as provided for in point 2;

(b)

a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment contains hatching eggs of ratites;

(c)

the consignor’s name or business name and address.

4.

Each box of imported day-old chicks of ratites for breeding and production shall contain only ratites from the same third country, territory, zone or compartment of origin, establishment and consignor, and shall bear at least the following particulars:

(a)

the ISO code of the third country of origin and the approval number of the establishment of origin;

(b)

a clearly visible and legible indication that the consignment contains day-old chicks of ratites;

(c)

the consignor’s name or business name and address.

II.Requirements applicable after importU.K.

1.

After the import controls have been carried out in accordance with [F66Regulation (EU) 2017/625], consignments of ratites and hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof shall be transported directly to the final destination.

2.

Imported ratites and day-old chicks thereof shall be kept on the establishment(s) of destination from their date of arrival:

(a)

for a period 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.

3.

[F67Ratites which have 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 for at least three weeks on the establishment(s) to which they have been sent after hatching.

F68...]

4.

During the relevant periods as referred to in points 2 and 3, imported ratites and ratites which have hatched from imported hatching eggs shall be kept in isolation in poultry houses where no other ratites or poultry are present.

However, they may be introduced into poultry houses where other ratites or poultry are already present. In that case, the periods referred to in points 2 and 3 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last imported ratite and no ratites or poultry present shall be moved from the poultry housing before the end of those periods.

5.

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 referred to in points 2 and 3 shall commence from the date of introduction of the last imported hatching egg and the measures as provided for in those points shall apply.

6.

No later than the date of expiry of the relevant periods as referred to in point 2 or 3, imported ratites and day-old chicks thereof shall undergo a clinical examination carried out by an official veterinarian and, where necessary, samples shall be taken to monitor their state of health.

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III.Requirements for ratites for breeding and production and day-old chicks thereof from Asia and Africa applicable on their import into [F69Great Britain] U.K.

The protective measures for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever set out in Part I of Annex X shall apply to ratites for breeding and production and day-old chicks thereof coming from third countries, territories, zones or compartments in Asia and Africa.

All ratites testing positive to the competitive ELISA test for antibodies to Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever provided for therein shall be destroyed.

All birds of the same consignment shall be retested by the competitive ELISA test 21 days after the date of the original sampling. Where any bird tests positive all birds in the same consignment shall be destroyed.

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IV.Requirements for ratites for breeding and production from a third country, territory or zone considered to be infected with Newcastle diseaseU.K.

The following rules shall apply to ratites and hatching eggs thereof coming from a third country, territory or zone considered as infected with Newcastle disease and to day-old chicks that have hatched from such eggs:

(a)

before the date the isolation period begins, the competent authority shall check the isolation facilities as referred to in point 4 of Part II of this Annex to verify whether they are satisfactory;

(b)

during the relevant periods as referred to in points 2 and 3 of Part II of this Annex a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease shall be carried out on a cloacal swab or faeces sample from each ratite;

(c)

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(d)

negative results of the tests provided for in [F71point (b)] shall be available before any bird is released from isolation.

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ANNEX XU.K.(as referred to in Article 17)PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN RELATION TO CRIMEAN-CONGO HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER

I.For ratitesU.K.

The competent authority shall ensure that the ratites are isolated in rodent-proof, tick-free surroundings for at least 21 days prior to the date of import into [F72Great Britain].

Textual Amendments

Before moving to the tick-free surroundings, the ratites shall be treated to ensure that all ectoparasites on them are destroyed. After 14 days in tick-free surroundings, the ratites shall undergo the competitive ELISA test for antibodies to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever. Every animal put into isolation must test negative to the test. On the ratites' arrival in [F72Great Britain], the treatment for ectoparasites and the serological test shall be repeated.

II.For ratites from which meat for import is derivedU.K.

The competent authority shall ensure that the ratites are isolated in rodent-proof, tick-free surroundings for at least 14 days prior to the date of slaughter.

Before moving to the tick-free surroundings, the ratites shall either be examined to verify that they are tick-free or treated to ensure that all ticks on them are destroyed. The treatment used must be specified on the import certificate. Any treatment used shall not result in any detectable residues in the ratite meat.

Each batch of ratites shall be examined for ticks prior to slaughter. If any ticks are detected, the entire batch shall again be put into pre-slaughter isolation.

F73 ANNEX XI U.K. (as referred to in Article 18(2))

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ANNEX XIIU.K.(as referred to in [F74Article 19])CORRELATION TABLE

Textual Amendments

This RegulationDecision 2006/696/ECDecision 94/438/ECDecision 93/342/EEC
Article 1(1) first subparagraphArticle 1 first subparagraph
Article 1(1) second subparagraphArticle 5
Article 1(2)Article 1 second subparagraph
Article 1(3)Annex I and II (part1)
Article 2 (1-5)Article 2 (a-e)
Article 2 (6)Article 2 (m)
Article 2 (7)Article 2 (j)
Article 2 (8)Article 2 (k)
Article 2 (9)Article 2 (l)
Article 2 (10)
Article 2 (11)
Article 2 (12) (a-c)Article 2 (g)
Article 2 (12) (d)
Article 2 (13)Article 2 (h)
Article 2 (14)Article 2 (f)
Article 2 (15)
Article 2 (16)
Article 2 (17)
Article 2 (18)
Article 2 (19)
Article 2 (20)
Article 3Article 5
Article 4 first subparagraphArticle 5 and 3
Article 4 second subparagraphAnnex I part 3
Article 4 third subparagraphArticle 3 second subparagraph
Article 5Article 4
Article 6
Article 7 (a)Article 2 (h)
Article 7 (b)Article 2 (g)
Article 7 (c)Article 2 (i)
Article 8
Article 9
Article 10
Article 11
Article 12Article 4 (1) (2)Article 4 (1) (2)
Article 13Article 4 (3)Article 4 (4)
Article 14 (1) (a)Article 9
Article 14 (1) (b)Article 11
Article 14 (2)
Article 15Article 18
Article 16Article 8
Article 17Article 16 (2)
Article 18 (1)
Article 18 (2)Article 19 (b)
Article 18 (3)Article 19
Article 19Article 20
Article 20
Article 21
Article 22
Annex IAnnex I and II
Annex IIAnnex I part 3
Annex III (I) (1-6)Annex I part 4 (A)
Annex III (I) (7)
Annex III (II), (III)Annex I part 4 (B)
Annex IV
Annex V
Annex VIAnnex B
Annex VII (I)Article 7
Annex VII (II)Annex
Annex VIII (I)Article 9
Annex VIII (II)Article 10
Annex IX (I)Article 11
Annex IX (II)Article 12
Annex IX (III)Article 13
Annex IX (IV)Article 14
Annex XAnnex V
Annex XIAnnex IV
Annex XII
(2)

http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mmanual/A_summry.htm

(3)

OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).

(5)

Please give as much detailed information as necessary to allow proper assessment of the programme.

(6)

Please give as much detailed information as necessary to allow proper assessment of the programme.

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