27.06.09; Certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N1 in Croatia and Switzerland
Commission Decision 2008/555/EC provides that Member States of the EU are to suspend imports from certain parts of Croatia and Switzerland of live poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game and certain other live birds, including pet birds and hatching eggs of those species, as well as certain products of birds. This Decision expires on 30 June 2009.
Croatia and Switzerland have notified the European Commission that the competent authorities of these third countries are applying protection measures that are equivalent to those applied by the competent authorities of the EU Member States.
Taking account of these guarantees the European Commission has published a new Commission Decision 2009/494/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N1 in Croatia and Switzerland. This Decision will apply from 1 July 2009 until 31 December 2010.
The protection measures apply to the following commodities;
(a) poultry (including ratites);
(b) hatching eggs;
(c) birds and their hatching eggs;
(d) meat, minced meat, meat preparations, mechanically separated meat of wild feathered game;
(e) meat products consisting of or containing meat of wild feathered game;
(f) raw pet food and unprocessed feed material containing any parts of wild feathered game;
(g) non-treated game trophies from any birds.
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