# Commission Decision of 28 August 2006 laying down a list of third countries from which poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs may be imported into and transit through the Community and the applicable veterinary certification conditions, and amending Decisions 93/342/EEC, 2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC (notified under document number C (2006) 3821) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/696/EC) (repealed) EU Decision 2006/696 ยท adopted 28 August 2006 Commission Decision of 28 August 2006 laying down a list of third countries from which poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs may be imported into and transit through the Community and the applicable veterinary certification conditions, and amending Decisions 93/342/EEC, 2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC (notified under document number C (2006) 3821) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/696/EC) (repealed) ## Introductory text Commission Decision of 28 August 2006 laying down a list of third countries from which poultry, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs may be imported into and transit through the Community and the applicable veterinary certification conditions, and amending Decisions 93/342/EEC, 2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC (notified under document number C (2006) 3821) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/696/EC) (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Veterinary certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: POULTRY, HATCHING EGGS AND DAY-OLD CHICKS ### Section 1: General provisions ## 4 General conditions for import and transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Place of origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Health conditions and additional guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Additional health requirements for poultry, hatching eggs and day-old chicks from third countries where vaccines used against Newcastle disease do not meet Community standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Transport of poultry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Breeding and productive poultry other than ratites and hatching eggs and day-old chicks other than of ratites ## 9 Requirements for i mports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Requirements after import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Ratites for breeding and production and hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof ## 11 Requirements for imports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Requirements after import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Requirements for ratites for breeding and production and day-old chicks thereof from Asia and Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Requirements for ratites for breeding and production from a country considered to be infected with Newcastle disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: MEAT, MINCED MEAT AND MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT, OF POULTRY, RATITES AND WILD GAME-BIRDS, EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS AND SPECIFIED PATHOGEN-FREE EGGS ### Section 1: Imports ## 15 Meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Additional guarantees and additional health requirements for ratite meat and wild game-bird meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat thereof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Eggs and egg products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Specified pathogen-free eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Transit and storage ## 19 Conditions for transit/storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Derogation for transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS ## 21 Amendments to Decision 93/342/EEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Amendments to Decision 2000/585/EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Amendments to Decision 2003/812/EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Repeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: POULTRY, RATITES INCLUDING HATCHING EGGS OF THESE SPECIES AND SPECIFIED PATHOGEN-FREE EGGS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Model veterinary certificates ## Models: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional guarantees (AG): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Specific conditions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Notes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive poultry other than ratites (BPP) ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for breeding or productive ratites (BPR) ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks other than of ratites (DOC) ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks of ratites (DOR) ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites (HEP) ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for hatching eggs of ratites (HER) ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for specified pathogen-free eggs (SPF) ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for slaughter poultry and poultry for restocking game supplies other than ratites (SRP) ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for slaughter ratites (SRA) ### Division: Addendum for transport of poultry by sea ### Division: (To be completed and attached to the veterinary certificate where transport to the European Community border includes transport by ship, even for part of the journey.) ## A Methods for standardisation of materials and procedures for veterinary tests for imports of poultry and hatching eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Sampling and testing procedures for Newcastle disease and avian influenza after import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: MEAT, MINCED MEAT, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT, EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Model veterinary certificates ## Model(s): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Additional guarantees (AG): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Specific conditions referred to in column 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for meat of poultry (POU) ## Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meatof poultry (POU-MI/MSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for meat of farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT) ## Model veterinary certificate for minced meat and mechanically separated meatof farmed ratites for human consumption (RAT-MI/MSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird meat (WGM) ## Model veterinary certificate for wild game-bird minced meat and mechanically separated meat(WGM-MI/MSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for eggs (E) ### Division: Model veterinary certificate for egg products(EP) ## Annex III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV Model veterinary certificate for transit/storage of meat minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, specified pathogen-free eggs, eggs and egg products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN RELATION TO CRIMEAN-CONGO HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER ## 1 For ratites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 For ratite meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/696 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-696 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.