{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-52/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 30 January 2006 amending Decision 2005/731/EC laying down additional requirements for the surveillance of avian influenza in wild birds (notified under document number C(2006) 135) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/52/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-52",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 30 January 2006\namending Decision 2005/731/EC laying down additional requirements for the surveillance of avian influenza in wild birds\n(notified under document number C(2006) 135)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2006/52/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market, and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommunity measures for the control of avian influenza were established by Council Directive 92/40/EEC of 19 May 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza, in order to ensure the protection of animal health and contribute to the development of the poultry sector.\n(2)\nFollowing the outbreak of a very serious epidemic of avian influenza, caused by a highly pathogenic H5N1 virus strain, in south-eastern Asia starting in December 2003, the Commission adopted several protection measures in relation to avian influenza.\n(3)\nIn addition, since 2002 surveillance programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds have been implemented in Member States.\n(4)\nMore recently, the Commission adopted Decision 2005/732/EC approving the programmes for the implementation of Member States’ surveys for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds.\n(5)\nIn accordance with Commission Decision 2005/731/EC of 17 October 2005 laying down additional requirements for the surveillance of avian influenza in wild birds, which is applicable until 31 January 2006, Member States include in their programmes also the surveillance and laboratory investigations of abnormal mortality and significant disease outbreaks in wild birds.\n(6)\nThe epidemiological situation requires to prolong the surveillance measures applied in Member States and it is therefore appropriate to prolong in a first step the additional requirements until the end of 2006.\n(7)\nDecision 2005/731/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(8)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Directive 2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 315, 19.11.2002, p. 14)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 167, 22.6.1992, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 274, 20.10.2005, p. 95."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 274, 20.10.2005, p. 93."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/52/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}