{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-416/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-416/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/416",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 14 June 2006 concerning certain transitional measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry or other captive birds in the Community (notified under document number C(2006) 2402) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/416/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-416",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Measures to be applied in cases of outbreaks of HPAI in separate production units",
  "text": "In cases of an outbreak of HPAI in a holding which consists of two or more separate production units, the competent authority may grant derogations from the measures provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 7(2) for production units containing poultry or other captive birds where no HPAI is suspected, provided that such derogations do not endanger disease control.\nSuch derogations shall only be granted in respect of two or more separate production units where the official veterinarian, taking account of the structure, size, operation, type of housing, feeding, water source, equipment, staff and visitors to the holding, is satisfied that they are completely independent of other production units in terms of location and day-to-day management of the poultry or other captive birds kept there.\nThe Member States shall inform the Commission and the other Member States of any derogation granted on the basis of this provision.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/416/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:34.157242+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."
}