{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-437/annex/chapter-IV/division-8/division-8.C/division-8.16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-437/annex/chapter-IV/division-8/division-8.C/division-8.16.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/437",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 4 August 2006 approving a Diagnostic Manual for avian influenza as provided for in Council Directive 2005/94/EC (notified under document number C(2006) 3477) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/437/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-437",
  "path": "annex/chapter/IV/division/8/division/8.C/division/8.16",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "8.16",
  "heading": "Article 39(6)(b) and (h) — Measures to be applied on holdings where outbreaks of LPAI are confirmed",
  "text": "When an official veterinarian inspects a holding, prior to the transport of poultry to a slaughterhouse, or a holding where poultry already hatched from eggs collected during the incubation period are present, the following measures must be carried out:\n(a) A check of the production and health records of the holding.\n(b) A clinical inspection in each production unit, including an evaluation of its clinical history and clinical examinations of the poultry or other captive birds.\n(c) The standard samples must be taken from birds from each production unit to be sent to slaughter less than 48 hours prior the time of departure of the poultry.\n(d) The standard samples must be taken from each production unit from poultry already hatched from eggs collected during the incubation period.",
  "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/2006/437/annex/chapter/IV/division/8/division/8.C/division/8.16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:33.742537+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."
}