# Commission Decision of 13 April 2007 on the implementation of surveillance programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds to be carried out in the Member States and amending Decision 2004/450/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 1554) (2007/268/EC) (repealed)

EU Decision 2007/268 · adopted 3 May 2007

Commission Decision of 13 April 2007 on the implementation of surveillance programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds to be carried out in the Member States and amending Decision 2004/450/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 1554) (2007/268/EC) (repealed)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-268/pdf/eudn_20070268_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (1 July 2010) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-268/pdf/eudn_20070268_2010-07-01_en.pdf; Revised version (10 June 2009) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-268/pdf/eudn_20070268_2009-06-10_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Commission Decision
of 13 April 2007
on the implementation of surveillance programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds to be carried out in the Member States and amending Decision 2004/450/EC
(notified under document number C(2007) 1554)
(2007/268/EC) (repealed)
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## 1 Approval of surveillance programmes for avian influenza

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## 2 Amendments to Decision 2004/450/EC

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## Annex I: Guidelines on the implementation of surveillance programmes for avian influenza in poultry to be carried out in the Member States

### Division A: Objectives, general requirements and criteria for surveillance

## A.1 Objectives

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### Division A.2: General requirements and criteria

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## B Surveillance for avian influenza in poultry

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## 4 Sampling shall be stratified throughout the territory of the whole Member State, so that samples can be considered as representative for the whole of the Member State, taking into account:

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## 5 Based on a risk assessment and the specific situation in the Member State concerned, the sampling design shall also consider:

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### Division C: Specific requirements for detection of infections with H5/H7 subtypes of avian influenza in ducks, geese and quail

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### Division D: Laboratory testing

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## 3 All positive serological findings shall be confirmed by the NL by a haemagglutination-inhibition test, using designated strains supplied by the CRL:

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## Annex II: Guidelines on the implementation of surveillance programmes for avian influenza in wild birds to be carried out in the Member States

### Division A: Objectives, general requirements and criteria for surveillance

## A1 Objectives

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### Division A2: General requirements and criteria

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### Division B: Surveillance for avian influenza in wild birds

## Design and implementation

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### Division: Sampling procedures

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### Division C: Laboratory testing

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## Annex III 

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/268 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-268
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