CHAPTER II

RULES FOR INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE
Article 16
1
Where a Member State draws up or has drawn up a voluntary or compulsory control programme for a disease to which poultry are susceptible, it may present the programme to the Commission, outlining in particular:
a
the distribution of the disease in its territory;
b
the reasons for the programme, taking into consideration the importance of the disease and the programme’s likely benefit in relation to its cost;
c
the geographical area in which the programme will be implemented;
d
the status categories to be applied to poultry establishments, the standards which must be attained in each category, and the test procedures to be used;
e
the programme monitoring procedures;
f
the action to be taken if, for any reason, an establishment loses its status;
g
the measures to be taken if the results of the tests carried out in accordance with the provisions of the programme are positive.
2
The Commission shall examine the programmes presented by the Member States. The programmes may be approved, in compliance with the criteria referred to in paragraph 1, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2). Any additional guarantees, general or specific, which may be required in intra-Community trade may be defined in accordance with the same procedure. Such guarantees shall not exceed those required by the Member State in its own territory.
3
Programmes submitted by Member States may be amended or supplemented in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2). Amendments or additions to programmes which have already been approved or to guarantees which have been defined in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article may be approved in accordance with the same procedure.