{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-111/annex/division-D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-111/annex/division-D.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2004/111",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 29 January 2004 on the implementation of surveys for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds in Member States, to be carried out during 2004 (notified under document number C(2004) 134) (2004/111/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-111",
  "path": "annex/division/D",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "D",
  "heading": "LABORATORY TESTING",
  "text": "Laboratory tests should be carried out pursuant to the guideline procedures established in Annex III to Council Directive 92/40/EEC (including examination of sera from ducks and geese by HI). However, if laboratory tests not laid down in the Directive 92/40/EEC, nor described in the OIE Terrestrial Manual, are envisaged, Member States shall provide the necessary validation data to the CRL, in parallel to submitting their programme to the Commission for approval. All positive serological findings shall be confirmed by the National laboratories for avian influenza by an haemagglutination-inhibition test, using designated strains supplied by the Community Reference Laboratory:\nH5 (a) Initial test using Duck/Denmark/64650/03 (H5N7)\n(b) Test all positives with Ostrich/Denmark/72420/96 (H5N2) to eliminate N9 cross reactive antibody.\nH7 (a) Initial test using Turkey/England/647/77 (H7N7)\n(b) Test all positives with African Starling/983/79 (H7N1) to eliminate N7 cross reactive antibody.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Decision of 23 July 2004 amending Decision 2004/111/EC on the implementation of surveys for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds in the Member States to be carried out during 2004 (notified under document number C(2004) 2459) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/615/EC)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/111/annex/division/D",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:16.126828+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}