Commission Decision of 30 December 2004 amending Decision 2004/666/EC as regards the reintroduction of vaccination in certain parts of Italy affected by low pathogenic avian influenza and extending movement control measures (notified under document number C(2004) 5541) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/10/EC)

Article 1

Decision 2004/666/EC is amended as follows:

1.

Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

1. The vaccination programme against avian influenza submitted by Italy to the Commission is approved. It shall be carried out in the areas listed in Annex I with a bivalent vaccine and in the areas listed in Annex II with the monovalent vaccine.

2. Intensive monitoring and surveillance, as set out in the vaccination programme referred to in paragraph 1, shall be carried out in the areas listed in Annexes I and II.’

2.

In Articles 2 and 3, the words‘Annex I’ are replaced by the words ‘Annexes I and II’.

3.

Article 5 is amended as follows:

(a)

In paragraph 1, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:

‘Fresh meat of poultry shall be marked with a rectangular mark containing the approval number of the establishment, but not the letters C.E., and shall not be dispatched from Italy if it is derived from:’

(b)

In paragraph 2, the words ‘Annex II of Council Directive 2002/99/EC’ are replaced by the words ‘paragraph 1’.

4.

In Article 6, in the introductory phrase, the words ‘Annex I’ are replaced by the words ‘Annexes I and II’.

5.

In Annex I, the title ‘vaccination area’ is replaced by the title ‘Area, where vaccination is carried out with a bivalent vaccine’.

6.

In Annex II, the title ‘area bordering the vaccination area where intensive monitoring is carried out’ is placed by the title ‘Area, where vaccination with a monovalent vaccine is carried out’.