Operators shall only move poultry and hatching eggs of poultry from a Member State or zone thereof which does not have the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination to a Member State or zone thereof which has the status free from infection with Newcastle disease virus without vaccination when those animals and hatching eggs, in addition to the requirements of Sections 1 to 3 for the specific commodity, fulfil the following requirements as regards infection with Newcastle disease virus:

1. (a)

   in the case of breeding poultry and productive poultry, they:

   1. (i)

      are not vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus;

   2. (ii)

      have been isolated for 14 days prior to departure, at either the establishment of origin under the supervision of an official veterinarian or in an approved quarantine establishment, where:

      • no poultry has been vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus during the last 21 days prior to departure;

      • no other birds were introduced during the last 21 days prior departure;

      • no vaccination has been carried out in the quarantine establishment;

   3. (iii)

      have tested negative, during the last 14 days prior to departure, in serological tests to detect antibodies against Newcastle disease virus, performed on blood samples at a level which gives 95 % confidence of detecting infection at 5 % prevalence;

2. (b)

   in the case of poultry intended for slaughter, those animals come from flocks which either:

   1. (i)

      are not vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus and have tested negative, during the last 14 days prior to departure, in serological tests to detect antibodies against Newcastle disease virus performed on blood samples at a level which gives 95 % confidence of detecting infection at 5 % prevalence;

      or

   2. (ii)

      are vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus and have tested negative, during the last 14 days prior to departure, in a test to detect the presence of Newcastle disease virus, performed at a level which gives 95 % confidence of detecting infection at 5 % prevalence;

3. (c)

   in the case of day-old chicks, they:

   1. (i)

      are not vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus;

   2. (ii)

      come from hatching eggs satisfying the conditions in point (d);

   3. (iii)

      come from a hatchery where working practice ensures that such hatching eggs are incubated at completely separate times and locations from hatching eggs not satisfying the conditions in point (d);

4. (d)

   in the case of hatching eggs of poultry, they:

   1. (i)

      are not vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus;

   2. (ii)

      come from flocks which are:

      either

      • not vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus;

        or

      • vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus using inactivated vaccines;

        or

      • vaccinated against infection with Newcastle disease virus using live vaccines that satisfy the criteria in Annex VI and vaccination has taken place at least 30 days before the collection of the hatching eggs.