{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-7/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-7/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/7",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 9 January 2006 concerning certain protection measures in relation to the import of feathers from certain third countries (notified under document number C(2006) 33) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/7/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-7",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 9 January 2006\nconcerning certain protection measures in relation to the import of feathers from certain third countries\n(notified under document number C(2006) 33)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2006/7/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries, and in particular Article 22 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nAvian influenza is an infectious viral disease in poultry and birds, causing mortality and disturbances which can quickly take epizootic proportions liable to present a serious threat to animal and public health and to reduce sharply the profitability of poultry farming. There is a risk that the disease agent might be introduced via international trade in live poultry and poultry products, including untreated feathers.\n(2)\nSeveral outbreaks of avian influenza have been notified by the Turkish authorities in backyard flocks in eastern Anatolia. As the disease is likely to have been spread to Turkey by migratory birds, the presence of the disease in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq and Syria cannot be excluded.\n(3)\nCurrently no poultry products other than untreated feathers and parts thereof are authorised for imports from the countries neighbouring Turkey.\n(4)\nIn accordance with Commission Decision 2005/733/EC, imports from Turkey of untreated feathers are already suspended.\n(5)\nAs no further information is available on surveillance for avian influenza in the countries neighbouring the eastern part of Turkey, and in view of the animal health risk of disease introduction into the Community, it is appropriate to suspend imports of untreated feathers and parts thereof from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq and Syria.\n(6)\nConsequently it is appropriate to require proof of treatment for imports of commercial consignments of processed feathers from the third countries concerned.\n(7)\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 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1; corrected in OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 274, 20.10.2005, p. 102."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/7/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:44.369662+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."
}