CHAPTER IV

HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA (HPAI)
SECTION 5

Measures to be applied in further restricted zones

Measures to be applied in further restricted zones
Article 32
1
The competent authority may provide that some or all the measures provided for in Sections 3 and 4 shall apply inside the further restricted zones provided for in Article 16(4) (‘the further restricted zones’).
2
The competent authority may, where epidemiological information or other evidence indicates, implement a preventive eradication programme, including preventive slaughtering or killing of poultry or other captive birds, in holdings and areas at risk, according to the criteria of Annex IV, located in further restricted zones.
The restocking of those holdings shall take place in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.
3
Member States applying the measures provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
4
The Commission shall review the situation with the Member States concerned and in the Committee as soon as possible.
5
Without prejudice to decisions to be adopted pursuant to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field , further surveillance, biosecurity and control measures to prevent the spreading of avian influenza may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 64(3).
OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.