Commission Decision
of 28 August 2006
laying down a list of third countries from which poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs may be imported into and transit through the Community and the applicable veterinary certification conditions, and amending Decisions 93/342/EEC, 2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC
(notified under document number C (2006) 3821)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/696/EC) (repealed)

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Repealed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and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).

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Article 1 Subject matter and scope
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Article 2 Definitions
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Article 3 Veterinary certification
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CHAPTER II POULTRY, HATCHING EGGS AND DAY-OLD CHICKS

SECTION 1 General provisions

Article 4 General conditions for import and transit
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Article 5 Place of origin
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Article 6 Health conditions and additional guarantees
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Article 7 Additional health requirements for poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks from third countries where vaccines used against Newcastle disease do not meet Community standards
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Article 8 Transport of poultry
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SECTION 2 Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites and hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites

Article 9 Requirements for i mports
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Article 10 Requirements after import
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SECTION 3 Ratites for breeding and production and hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof

Article 11 Requirements for imports
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Article 12 Requirements after import
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Article 13 Requirements for ratites for breeding and production and day-old chicks thereof from Asia and Africa
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Article 14 Requirements for ratites for breeding and production from a country considered to be infected with Newcastle disease
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CHAPTER III MEAT, MINCED MEAT AND MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT, OF POULTRY, RATITES AND WILD GAME-BIRDS, EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS AND SPECIFIED PATHOGEN-FREE EGGS

SECTION 1 Imports

Article 15 Meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds
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Article 16 Additional guarantees and additional health requirements for ratite meat and wild game-bird meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat thereof
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Article 17 Eggs and egg products
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Article 18 Specified pathogen-free eggs
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SECTION 2 Transit and storage

Article 19 Conditions for transit/storage
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Article 20 Derogation for transit
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CHAPTER IV TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 21 Amendments to Decision 93/342/EEC
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Article 22 Amendments to Decision 2000/585/EC
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Article 23 Amendments to Decision 2003/812/EC
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Article 24 Repeals
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Article 25 Transitional provisions
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Article 26 Applicability
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Article 27 Addressees
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ANNEX I POULTRY, RATITES INCLUDING HATCHING EGGS OF THESE SPECIES AND SPECIFIED PATHOGEN-FREE EGGS
PART 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART 2

Model veterinary certificates

Models:
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Additional guarantees (AG):
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Specific conditions:
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Notes:
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Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites (BPP)

Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive ratites (BPR)

Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks other than of ratites (DOC)

Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks of ratites (DOR)

Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites (HEP)

Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of ratites (HER)

Model veterinary certificate for specified pathogen-free eggs (SPF)

Model veterinary certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites (SRP)

Model veterinary certificate for slaughter ratites (SRA)
PART 3

Addendum for transport of poultry by sea

(To be completed and attached to the veterinary certificate where transport to the European Community border includes transport by ship, even for part of the journey.)
PART 4

A. Methods for standardisation of materials and procedures for veterinary tests for imports of poultry and hatching eggs
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B. Sampling and testing procedures for Newcastle disease and avian influenza after import
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ANNEX II MEAT, MINCED MEAT, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT, EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS
PART 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART 2

Model veterinary certificates

Model(s):
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Additional guarantees (AG):
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Notes
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Specific conditions referred to in column 6
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Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry (POU)

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meatof poultry (POU-MI/MSM)
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Model veterinary certificate for meat of farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT)

Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meatof farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT-MI/MSM)
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Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird meat (WGM)

Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird minced meat and mechanically separated meat(WGM-MI/MSM)
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Model veterinary certificate for eggs (E)

Model veterinary certificate for egg products(EP)
ANNEX III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ANNEX IV Model veterinary certificate for transit/storage of meat minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, specified pathogen-free eggs, eggs and egg products
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ANNEX V PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN RELATION TO CRIMEAN-CONGO HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER

PART 1 For ratites
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PART 2 For ratite meat
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ANNEX VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .