Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Annex II to Decision 2006/696/EC is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Consignments of eggs for which certificates have been issued in accordance with Decision 2006/696/EC in its version before 1 November 2007 may be imported into the Community for a period of 60 days following that date.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from:

• 1 November 2007 where Salmonella ssp. are identified in the flock of laying hens as the source of infection for humans by the consumption of eggs or egg products as a result of the epidemiological investigation of food-borne outbreaks in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2003/99/EC,

• 1 January 2009 at the latest to all other flocks of laying hens.