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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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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

    1. Article 1.Subject matter and scope

    2. Article 2.Definitions

  3. CHAPTER II GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR IMPORTS AND TRANSIT

    1. Article 3.Lists of third countries, territories, zones or compartments of origin from which commodities may be imported into and transit through Great Britain

    2. Article 4.Veterinary certification

    3. Article 5. Conditions for imports and transit

    4. Article 6.Examination, sampling and testing procedures

    5. Article 7.Disease reporting requirements

  4. CHAPTER III ANIMAL HEALTH STATUS OF THIRD COUNTRIES, TERRITORIES, ZONES OR COMPARTMENTS OF ORIGIN WITH REGARD TO AVIAN INFLUENZA AND NEWCASTLE DISEASE

    1. Article 8.Avian influenza free third countries, territories, zones or compartments

    2. Article 9.HPAI free third countries, territories, zones and compartments

    3. Article 10.Avian influenza surveillance programmes

    4. Article 11.Vaccination against avian influenza

    5. Article 12.Newcastle disease free third countries, territories, zones and compartments

    6. Article 13.Derogations concerning the use of vaccines against Newcastle disease

  5. CHAPTER IV SPECIFIC CONDITIONS FOR IMPORTS

    1. Article 14. Specific conditions for imports of poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks

    2. Article 15.Specific conditions for imports of specified pathogen-free eggs

    3. Article 16.Specific conditions for transport of poultry and day-old chicks

    4. Article 17.Specific conditions for imports of meat of ratites

  6. CHAPTER V SPECIFIC CONDITIONS FOR TRANSIT

    1. Article 18.Derogations for transit through Latvia, Lithuania and Poland

    2. Article 18a.Derogation for transit through Croatia of consignments coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina and destined to third countries

  7. CHAPTER VI TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 19.Repeals

    2. Article 20.Transitional provisions

    3. Article 21.Entry into force

  8. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

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

      1. PART 1 List of third countries, territories, zones or compartments

      2. PART 2

        1. ...

          1. Additional guarantees (AG):

          2. Salmonella control programme:

          3. Specific conditions:

          4. Avian influenza surveillance programme and avian influenza vaccination plan:

    2. ANNEX II

      (as referred to in Article 4)

      1. (To be completed and attached to the veterinary certificate where...

    3. ANNEX III

      LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR EXAMINATION, SAMPLING AND TESTING AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6

      1. I. Before import into Great Britain

      2. II. After import into Great Britain

        1. Sampling and testing procedures for avian influenza and Newcastle disease:...

      3. III. General requirements

    4. ANNEX IV

      (as referred to in Article 8(2)(d), Article 9(2)(b) and Article 10

      1. I. Requirements for avian influenza surveillance in poultry carried out in...

        1. A. surveillance for avian influenza in poultry:

        2. B. where available information on surveillance for avian influenza in wild...

      2. II. Avian influenza surveillance to be carried out following the occurrence...

    5. ANNEX V

      (as referred to in Article 11(a))

      1. I. Requirements for vaccination plans carried out in a third country,...

      2. II. Surveillance for third countries, territories, zones or compartments that carry...

    6. ANNEX VI

      (as referred to in Article 12(1)(b), Article 12(2)(c)(ii) and Article 13(1)(a))

      1. CRITERIA FOR RECOGNISED NEWCASTLE DISEASE VACCINES

        1. I. General criteria

          1. 1. Vaccines must comply with the standards set out in the...

          2. 2. Vaccines must be registered by the competent authorities of the...

          3. 3. In addition, imports or production and distribution of the vaccines...

          4. 4. Before distribution is allowed, each batch of vaccines must be...

        2. II. Specific criteria

    7. ANNEX VII

      (as referred to in Article 13)

      1. I. For poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs coming from a...

      2. II. For meat of poultry

    8. ANNEX VIII

      (as referred to in Article 14(1)(a))

      1. I. Requirements applicable before import

      2. II. Requirements applicable after imports

    9. ANNEX IX

      (as referred to in Article 14(1)(b))

      1. I. Requirements applicable before import

      2. II. Requirements applicable after import

      3. III. Requirements for ratites for breeding and production and day-old chicks...

      4. IV. Requirements for ratites for breeding and production from a third...

    10. ANNEX X

      (as referred to in Article 17)

      1. I. For ratites

      2. II. For ratites from which meat for import is derived

    11. ANNEX XI

      (as referred to in Article 18(2))

    12. ANNEX XII

      (as referred to in Article 19)

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