Article 2 Approval of the vaccination programme
United Kingdom
The plan for preventive vaccination, providing for vaccination until 30 June 2006 , against highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, submitted by France to the Commission on 21 February 2006 , and its amendment of 20 April 2006 , is approved (the preventive vaccination plan).
The preventive vaccination shall be carried out with inactivated heterologous vaccine of avian influenza subtypes H5 authorised by France in ducks and geese in the areas listed in the Annex (‘the preventive vaccination areas’).
Intensive monitoring and surveillance, as set out in the preventive vaccination plan shall be carried out in the preventive vaccination areas.
The preventive vaccination plan shall be implemented efficiently.
The Commission shall publish the preventive vaccination plan.