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(2006/696/EC) (repealed)
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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Subject matter and scope
Article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Definitions
Article 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Veterinary certification
Article 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER II

POULTRY, HATCHING EGGS AND DAY-OLD CHICKS
SECTION 1

General provisions

General conditions for import and transit
Article 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Place of origin
Article 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Health conditions and additional guarantees
Article 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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
Article 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transport of poultry
Article 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2

Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites and hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites

Requirements for i mports
Article 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Requirements after import
Article 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3

Ratites for breeding and production and hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof

Requirements for imports
Article 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Requirements after import
Article 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Requirements for ratites for breeding and production and day-old chicks thereof from Asia and Africa
Article 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Requirements for ratites for breeding and production from a country considered to be infected with Newcastle disease
Article 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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

Meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds
Article 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Additional guarantees and additional health requirements for ratite meat and wild game-bird meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat thereof
Article 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eggs and egg products
Article 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Specified pathogen-free eggs
Article 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2

Transit and storage

Conditions for transit/storage
Article 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Derogation for transit
Article 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER IV

TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Amendments to Decision 93/342/EEC
Article 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendments to Decision 2000/585/EC
Article 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendments to Decision 2003/812/EC
Article 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Repeals
Article 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transitional provisions
Article 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Applicability
Article 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Addressees
Article 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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).