Commission Decision of 30 November 2005 amending Decisions 2005/759/EC and 2005/760/EC relating to measures to combat avian influenza in birds other than poultry (notified under document number C(2005) 4663) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/862/EC)

Article 2 U.K.

Decision 2005/760/EC is amended as follows:

1.

Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

1. By way of derogation from Article 1(1)(a), Member States shall authorise imports of birds from bodies, institutes and centres and destined for bodies, institutes and centres approved by the competent authority of the Member State of destination in compliance with Directive 92/65/EEC.

2. By way of derogation from Article 1(1)(b), Member States shall authorise imports of:

(a) hatching eggs of the species referred to in Article 1(1)(a), provided that the eggs are destined for:

(i)

the approved bodies, institutes and centres referred to in paragraph 1, or

(ii)

dedicated hatcheries approved by the competent authority for that purpose, which are not at the same time engaged in hatching eggs for poultry and in which eggs are placed only after fumigation effectively to decontaminate the shells;

(b) specimens collected from any species of birds and which are safely packaged and sent directly to an approved laboratory in a Member State for laboratory diagnosis under the responsibility of the competent authorities of a dispatching country listed in the Annex;

(c) products derived from those species complying with the conditions provided for in Chapter II(C), Chapter III(C), Chapter IV(B), Chapter VI(C) and Chapter X(B) of Annex VII, and Chapter II(C), Chapter III(II)(B), Chapter VII(A)(1)(a), Chapter VII(B)(5) and Chapter X of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002;

(d) products derived from those species which, in accordance with Community legislation, are not subject to any animal health conditions or which are not subject to any ban or restriction for reason of animal health, including the products referred to in Chapter III(III) of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, as far as regards mineralized bird guano coming from countries which have not declared the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza caused by influenza A virus of subtype H5N1 during the last 12 months.’

2.

In Article 6, the date ‘30 November 2005’ is replaced by ‘31 January 2006’.