PART 1Introduction

Competent authority

3.  The Welsh Ministers are the competent authority for the purposes of—

(a)Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1003/2005 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 as regards a Community target for the reduction of the prevalence of certain salmonella serotypes in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus and amending Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003(1) (in this Order, referred to as “the Commission Regulation”); and

(b)Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1177/2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards requirements for the use of specific control methods in the framework of the national programmes for the control of salmonella in poultry(2) (in this Order, referred to as “Commission Regulation 1177/2006”).

(1)

OJ No. L 170, 1.7.2005, p.12. This Regulation extends to the EEA through Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 101/2006 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement (OJ No. L 333, 30.11.2006, p.6).

(2)

OJ No. L 212, 2.8.2006, p.3.